Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-27

tthhgLon, thggIo, asserting tha. the statements made
therein were untrue.
.ot,;aS iaA Deeeham, member of the grand jurv.
testlneu substantially. as has another mero ;
per OF that body. regarding the eff1rts ~ 10
W W as1ertalh the guilty parties in the Wallace
and POrtner cases. " "''''oS
/. +. Chiles testified imnaecbi,,~ -, u, -
acter of Burnett 'iie CHAR
A. u. Lewis testified impeaching the char
acter OF Matthews. who admitted To tSe -.
ness ness lhat ne had manipulated the Board of
by so doing. O9'
DR.. o. Fl. Spence testified impeaching the
SnaTacter OF the election at Queens store
dependents stuffed the ballot box
W. I. Wilkinson testified that the election
at Cfvstal Springs was peaceable and 0uiet.
@ anu tndt lne statement made that the an
nouncement OF Print Matthews death was
apDlauded was untrue.
The witness regarded it as a great misfor-
~tune; lie opposed all manner of violence and
Z. Price testified concerning Matthews con-
trolling influence with the Board of sinner
VisOFs. OF which the witness was a member,
-, +. Neison lestlned to the corruption Of
members Of the Board of Supervisors
e W: Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court
tesuhed lmpeaching Burnett's statement
lh the before named interview that he had the
most law practice in the countv tho racord
showing but ten cases to his credit and those
mostly unlmpOrtant. He considers Matthews
armed. - - "e"'
Daniel Woods testified. contradictine the
statement OF Noel Ramsey that Woods told
be killed. "V"''
.. l.: Meade. Chairman of the Democratic
committee at the last election, testified that
ne ala not encourage fraud or violence He
teIaleu incidents occurring before and after
tne erection substantially as testified to
uy otheT democrats. The witness attributed
tne excitement preceding the election to fears
OF people that the Matthews crowd would get
possession OF the county government, result
ing IN the ruin Of the people The witness
considered some candidates ON the Independ-
eni tleket personally good men, but under the
influence OF Matthews. While they were
tney were all bad; He thought that the reso-
luton advising Matthews not to vote in ad-
Vlsed. lie presided at the meeting and an
proved OF the resolutions adopted after Mat
S1eWs' w E death: Il A. Thompson, attorney, and
W. n 6owan, Commissioners Of Elections of
COplah county, both testified to Matthews
violence In political matters.
+. >. Hargrave, Sheriff of Copah county.
teStlhed lavorably. concerning the peace
white people OF the county, lie believed
that he had done his entire duty under the law
IN arrestng the men charged with disturbing
the peace in beat three and releasing them on
thelr own fecOgnzance. He believed that he
would nave been elected Sheriff without any
bulldozing
James Sexton. of the counsel for Copiah
county, before the committee, testified CON
cernlng occurrences preceding the election
from his knowledge as attorney in one case.
anu from information obtained from ATTORNEYS
ana others as TO the other two cases. The
witness Is satisfied, in fact feels that the kill
ing OF Wallace, the whipping of POrtner. and
the burning Of Crumps' house were in no way
connected with politics, and does not
DeneVe that the armed men who came INTO
Hazlehurst had anything to do with these or
the other on RACES. He considers the resolu-
tlons against the Matthews family the result
OF great excitement, and that large majority
OF the WDlte DpOni9 6O fndorco bot
witness Is opposed to frauds or any character
OF lntlmIdation being used to carrx electinns