National Republican., 1884-02-27

the witness entered the store he saw great
number Of guns and pistols lying ON the
counter. WitnCs thought there must nave
been 2UOof them, more, han he ever saw IN the
show case before. lie noticed that some of
the pistols were loaded. The front door OF
the store usually stood oren, Tut at that time
t was closed Witness looked out ot the
window and saw the firing begin. Then ne
went into the lower part Of the store ana hid
behind the salt bags.
seven or eirhT of the colored men
rushed into the store when the firing was
going on. Mr. Burch, q white man, came in
with Two pistols in his hand and laid them
down and took up two loaded ones from the
counter. Then he got behind the colored
men and said Now YOU radical s. of BIS
every one Of you git out Of here OF Ill kill
you" He had pistol cock, d in each hand.
He said tho cOlored men began the thing aud
must not harbor there. This was after tho
firing Witness was an emplOye in tho store
aud told BurCh so. but BurCh called him
liar and said he must get out Graves sat
there. but did not say anything. ono Of the
clerks. however, confirmed witnesss state
ment and Bureh let him alone.
Witness intended to vote and had regis
tered He did not vote. He quit Mr..
Gravess employment one week after the
riot.
Senator Sherman announced that the secrc-
t1ry was out Of money and could not pay the
witnesses. lie said that he was willing to
advance the money rather than have the six
teen witnesses now present wait around for
their pay. lie thought, however that no
more witnesses should be summoned until
the house had made the necessary apprOpria.
ton.
Judge Iapham said that ho would not ad-
wise Senator sherman to advance the money.
He intimated that, as in similar case when
President liaycs advanced money, il would
never bo refunded. Tho examination Of wit
nesses continued without u decision of this
matter.
Warwick Reed, colored boarding house
keeper. testified that shortly before the day
of the riot he overheard something that was
said in a meeting of the democratic executive
committee.
did you know what DIR. Keene said?"
asked Judge Lapham.
IL did, but don't know whether ho was
member Of the committee or not
"Well, what did he say -
The witness asked to be excused from an
swering the question, as il would be damaging
TO his business. His home and interests were
in Danvillc. His wife owned some good
property there and his boarders were white
people, and he would rather not say what he
knew.
Judge Lapham said he would change the
subject FOR Il moment and asked do you
know where the witness, X. w. Glass, who
testified here, s?'
AZ know but wouldn't like to say. He
is not in Danville"
Witness did not know, except by hearsay,
of the threats that had been made, which
compelled him to run away. Glass was a
tobacco roller.
The witness was again urged, both by
Judge Lapham and Senator Vance, to tell
about DIR. Keoue, but the witness "hoped it
would be the pleasure of the committee to
excuse him." although ho was loyal to the
q n,,l all hot 1Io tn1l tg
stand aside until Senator Sherman. who was
abs, Mt, should return.
William II. Paxton, colored, said that
Charles Redd, white man, had asked him to
vote the conservative ticket. Witness said
he would not Rodd said he need not be
afraid as they were prepared, ready, and
waiting to see that he was not troubled. Redd
told him that they were going to carry the
election even if they had to carry it by balls.
This was about three weeks before the elec-
tiOn. Witness did not vote because he was
"aicarcd because Of the shooting.
Senator Sherman, having returned, ex-
planned to Mr. Reed that no should answer
the question which had been put to him.
Reed asked where his protection would be-
when he went home This was not answered,
hnt Reed was informed that it was his duty
to answer. Then he answered that he heard
Or. Epene's voice saying that they must
carry the town at all hazards. Some one else
said, os, If we must take it by violence"
Dr. heene said th6y had the mon if they
could only do their duty, but, as they all
knew, the registration laws wero against
them. lie said that If they could not carry
tho town then they certainly must in the
spring.
Emanuel Carter culored. testified that on
the day of the riot he saw Mr. Hatcher in
tho market. Hatcher raised his pistol and
fired and sal d: "Boys, now's the time" and
it ''looked like there was hail a-fallin'"
when the bullets struck tho brick walls
The colored people was runnin' like rab-
bits" Mr.. Bendall foreman of the street
improvements, for whom witness did horse
shGeinng, . toid the witness witness. at o,i;; II
to be the devil to pay here to-day. If
Sims PUTS his foot on the ground he won't go
alive out of Danville" He looked very
angry. He told the witness he had better
keep off the street. Witness did not vote,
although lie had registered and intended to
vote. Sims had advised them to go peaceably
TO the polls, have no disturbance, and if any
one attacked them to 60 on and pay no
attention to It. During Sims's speech some
white man in the crowd drew q pistol and
threatened TO shoot Sims right there and
then. Witness thought but for the events of
Saturday the negroes would have all gone to
the polls and voted.
Elijah Cousins, colored testified concerning
conversation nuu Win MI WlnDlSn OuuB,
whito man, on Saturday morning. Young
said Elijah, you git of the street and tell
all the boys from Clarksville to get off the
street for somebody's goin' TO get killed here
this evening Mr.. Young was from Clarks-
Vile and his father had raised the witness
The witness saw five or six boys carrying a
lot of guns into Voolfolk S Blairs insurance
Office on Saturday morning. He also saw
two young men in the room back Of the
Office putting the cartridges into the guns.
This was between II and f. o'clock, before
the riot. Witness saw Blount, Graves, Lea,
and Hatcher shoot during the riot. Those
were the only ones he recognized.
The witness carried tickets on election day
and voted. He said that the colOrel mon
generally would have voted, but on Monday
morning number of them went to q store
to buy ammunition, as they wanted to 90 hunt
ing. The stOrekeeper would sell them none,
but did sell TO some young white men who
came up Just then. When the coored men
asked why he made this discrimination, the
storekeeper answered that he had orders to
sell white men all the ammunition they
wanted but to sell none to negroes This
made the colored men afraid, and they did
not vote.
Val Patterson, colored, gNslghter Of Dan
vile, testified that he saw men handing five
or six breech-loading guns out of Voolfolk
& Blair's Office during the riot. They were
distributed to people standing in front of the
office, but no did not know who TOOK them.
Witness had registered and intended to vote,
but did not because ho was afraid.
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