Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-13


make q speech of rare eloquence AM
power, and at its conclusion the address
of General Malone was upon his motion
unanimously iudorsed. After presenting
at length much testimony, the points o
which have been heretofore given, th,
following appears, which is new:
Peter Smith saw the private Draw
which preceded the massacre. H,
swears that as soon as the negro WHIT
was being beaten cried "Murderl' I
good many white Democrats rushed VI
and formed in line, and one of them
Mr.. Ed. Hatcher, called to the Demo
Gratis, VIII were in an Office near by, anC
said. Come out, if you are not COW
ards" Then the Democrats rushed ou
to him, and about the same time Demo
Gratis came rushing out of the Opera
house, which was near by, and in which
they had been holding meeting, anC
Mr.. Ed. Hatcher gave the order to tn,
men, who were drawn up in line, ready,
when the Democrats drew their pistols
and Hatcher gave the VOID "fire," anC
then firing commenced. Nearly under
the window where l was standing {
colored man was holding horses, which
we're hitched to wagon, and Captain
W. P. Graves walked up to him and pre-
sented his pistol at him. The coloreC
man said, Don't shoot me, | am no
doing anything" and Graves immedi
ately fired, shooting the colored man il
the arm, and breaking it. The coloreC
man ran into an open door near by, anC
Graves walked off
The witness swore be refrained from
voting through fear. 81 and the bal
ance of the cOlered people preferred tc
stay away from the polls; we had seer
men killed only few days before, sim
ply because they were colored and were
Readjusters. We could not change oul
color, and did not wish to change oul
political principles, but vaiuing oul
lives more than the right of suffrage
we stayed home"
This testimony as to intimidation is
repeated in various forms by more than
twenty colored witnesses.
Colonel Sims, A. NJ Wheeler, Post
master j. H. Raulston, and many colored
witnesses, all swore that there was nc
foundation for the Bourbon statement
that negroes abstained from voting uE.
der advice of their leaders. A strong
effort was made to induce them to vote
1t appeared in evidence that danger was
|apprehended of another riot, if the Bour.
bons should see that the negro vote was
coming out, and endangering their sue.
cess.
William Powell, of New Design, three
miles from Danville, testified: You
have no idea o. the condition of affairs
in that neighberhood at the time-day
of election. We did not know where to
go for safety, and were expected to be
murdered any time by white Democrats
While we were attached to our party,
We were afraid TO risk our lives for the
right Cf suffrage"
Jack Redd, of New Design, ffty-eigbt
years old, testified: Democrats of Dan
vile and surrounding neighborhood,
from the day of the disturbance to the
day of the election, were going all
around the country armed with shot
guns and pistols, firing off guns at night,
and threatening colOred people. We
were unarmed and defenseless"
Some of the very men who were
shooting at Danyille on the third day
were there that day armed, and there
was no chance for colored men,"
The witness was at Dauville on the
Sd, after the firing. He says: 81 went
back and met Colonel Cabell On the cor
ner of Main street. He said: Where
are you goingP l told him him | was
only walking up street. He said: Go
back, This is what l have been telling
you ten years ago. Now, you see it is
right at hand here At this time Hatch
EFT and cOlored man ran up with pis-
tolls and guns, and Hatchett said, Get
away Colonel and let me blow his id
heart out Colonel Cabell said, Don't
shoot the id scoundrel, but let him
go out from here"
SAT this time Hatchett ran out from
the crowd and struck me in the face
with something. don't know what. l
then ran down street, and they shot at
me, suppose a dozen Shots"
Charles Adams, teamster, who was
shot ~ Graves, while holding his horses,
testiL ed: while was in the house the
firing began on Main street, and Mr..
Nicholas told me to go and watch my
team. l went out Immediately, but the
horses bad run off. l started after them,
and Captain Graves hallooed after me,
and told me to get out of the way. told
him L was not disturbing any one, but
was looking after my horses. He said,
Get into the house. spoke in very
loud voice, and had just come out of the
door. L turned Immediately, to go back
into the house, when he presentedihis
pistol at me, and said, pulling off my
nat to him: For Gods sake, Captain
~ I daia
thing. He seemed determined to shoot
and | threw up my right band to keep
off the bullet as he shot, and the ball
struck me in the right forearm. break
ing the small bone of the arm. l ran
into the house, and as |
ran be fired second time; don't know
whether at me or somebody else. don't
know Captain Graves, except by sight
Don't know why he wantedjto shoot me,
unless because was eoiored man and
a Readjuster."
Being asked Captain Graves position,
the witness replied: "a white man; one
of the leading Democrats of Danvllle; !;
of large tobacco warehouse; /;
believe he signed the famous Danville
was one of the special police
or constables who were detailed to keep
order in the town after the row."
These extracts are taken hastily from
a mass of testimony of similar purport,
demonstrating the truth of General Ma
homes assertions, and showing that the
half has not been told. The mob ap-
pears to have claimed to be special po-
lice to protect those they had not seen
fit to kill. From what or whom those
poor creatures to be protected by the
slayers Uf their brethren, the deponents
say not. The sickening details before us
could not be printed i'll d whole issue of
the Republican. What we have given
sufficiently illustrates the value of the
Bourbon Committees address.
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