Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-27
The South Carolina Election
Gases.

CHARLESTON, S. c., April 26.-In
the United States Circuit Court to-
day, before Judges Bond and Bryan,
the case of the United States against
John T. Hogg and 38 other defends
ants, charged with obstructing quail
fed voters at Buford's Bridge, in
Barnwell County, in 1880, which was
commenced on Monday, was re-
sumed The following additional
witnesses, all colored, for the prose-
cution, were examined: Berry
Wroten, Albert Dublin, Richard
Walker, Simon Smith, Evan r. Ayre,
Stephen Sanders, James T. Orr,
Thomas Draper, Dublin Holman and
Joe Hogg.
These witnesses all testified that
the colored people had not fair
chance to vote at Bufords bridge on
the day of election in 1880, but had
been told that they must wait their
turn until after the white men got
through voting. Three of them
admitted under cross examination
that they had voted without moles-
tation, and said that row between
two persons at the polls had fright
ened some of the colored people off,
and after they went off the rest had
refused to, The witnesses were
unanimous III testifying that no one
had been hurt during the whole day,
and that the only pistol fired off at
all was by a colored man
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 26.-In
the United States Circuit Court to-
day, the trial of the case of the Uni~
ted States against John T. Hogg and
thirty>eight other defendants, charg-
ed with obstructing qualified voters
from voting, at the election of 1881.
was resumed.
The prosecution examined six more
colored witnesses, who told the same
story as those who had preceded
them.
The government then rested its
case and the defense had only exam
ined two witnesses up to the hour of
adjournment.
The witness for the defense
testified that, owing to the rotten
condition of the house In which they
had held the election, the managers
were compelled to adopt the rule
that only one voter should be ad-
mitted at time. With this object
in view two State constables were
placed at the door and admitted the
voters one by one. The white men
got to the poll first, and formed into
line, as is usual at elections. The
negroes, who had camped all night
near the poll, at daylight marched
down to the poll in company, and
demanded the right to vote. They
were told they could vote as soon as
their turn came, and such of them
as got into line and took their
turn had every opportunity
to vote, and did vote.
Between thirty and forty Republi-
can votes were cast before 9 o'clock
in the morning. About 8 o'clock ar
alteration occurred between a white
man and q colored man, and the
main body of the colored voters
who had withdrawn from the pol
and were stationed about hundred
yards off rushed down upon the
whites with yells, and with clubs
pistols, scythes and pieces of iror
in their hands. By the intervention
of white and colored men a row
was prevented, and not a person wal
hurt. The difficulty only LASTED
about five minutes About this tim.
the leader of the Republicans re-
ceived a dispatch from one of tn,
county leaders telling him not to LEI
men vote, and accordingly theyS ! Ire
fused to vote any longer, When ques
toned by several of the white me-
why they didn't vote, the negroe
said that their supervisor had faile'
to come, and useless to vote becaus
the poll would be contested anyhow
The case will probably consume a
of tomorrow and Friday.
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