Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-17
EASTERN NEWS.


III ~
~o parss DISPATCHES.
...a.n Eseesses ssvessasss'e.'
- r-e.Ays. Feb. l5.-The sub
HM al The Senate Committee on
su1ns md Elections met In Inc
lnvlfe1 o.. Present. Hoar, Cam
Caeo@ aeniebury and Jones:
fsn Il. Mathews, . o.Ts%., ~ Copiah
.l.hsv1, killed q ha1 H.S IT, S ,psre
~, aid be had nvso .osse
ei; h md was oAnoioase q. We
~ ~ Nov. Z. He considered the
doo .occnlation a. TO color about
~ thooaht the colored people
- W III majority. He believed the
~ had q small majority In
49, .s hot the Democrats carried
= .ss1son. Tho respective parties
~ - he eounties together. Inere
ssvs.s iiQht disturbance after tue
~ M clubs we're organized oy
ssssSss.ocrsts who went armed and
- They murdered some,
scansss.. xbsrs and put ropes around
sb'p ~ al still others but did not
~ pSs,n. The day before the cleo
~ 49, an armed mob at Hazel
$50 Tbey sent a message 70 nis
~, earning him not ~ vote AZ the
tus rsrt dsy. A few days before
ss sx;on a colored church was
y Sc~n becaus 10 the Independents
1921 70 organize CLUB there. A
t1eoes1 4 cannon all over the
sSO "a fred it occasionally. Armed
sx;6ed Matthews family that If
.,ooble occurred the latter would be
.ssuopslble. As soon as the polls
~ n Dec. 7, J.P MAtthevs went
M Ms shot down by Wheeler
m name was being checked ON
\. III list. Witness learned this
~ slsotion officers. The armed
,;dine over the county before the
~ .;"c dseIased they would carry the
-. 10 eho!guns II necessary or
~ - knife. Witness gave the
~. q numbers Of persona IN the
- -. among them ]. L. Mead,
cs;,..en u the Dem ocratic COMMITTEES
xnsrish county. Witness mentioned
fiiIinq Of Frank LANCE and the
s..eing al his wife, the whipping of
49, Peter. the assaults on David Bell
~ 6iemou Smith, and other colored
{, the armed mob. Some few col
s,sd psople voted on that day; Others
- 70 the polls but feared 10 stay.
~, three or four cOIOred I1en In the
.s.sv we're thought to DO Democrats.
49, made q statement concerning
~ 1000 Of bis brother and himself
a olher political friends to have the
..ssiy officials take some action TO
~ ths outrages. They finally ap-
"a 70 the governor but nothing vas
Nv. Barnett, chairman Of the In
as.oasnt Executive Committee Of
0sias county testified, substantially
.s1rming the testimony ~ to the out
~ and assaults aud the efforts made
Nsl,dals TO stop them.
m The witnesses testified that moth.
= "a been done to Wheeler for kill.
= Matthew'S, nor 10 Hayes for shooting
hnset
~ United States Senate Copiah
O1apty Outrage Investigating Commit
= recalled A. w. Burnett, Chairman
aAs lndepsndent Executive Commit
= Of Copiah county. He IL native Of
niniasippi. Witness testified at great
Inetb, rsciting what he knew about
= outrage, substantially corroborating
3. Matthew'S in that several colOrsd
"a bed been killed aud others shot
"a whipped, and the election tickets Of
= Independence for distribution we're
nlso from them and destroyed by
nsds Of armed Democrats. Witness
hddsnounced the Outrsges perpetrat0d
h iAeso armed and mounted bands as
sssrdiy and inhuman. His friends
sEbed him not To talk 80 iopd. He
II been warned not to return to Ha-
hurst, and believed that II he did he
|WsId DO killed. The Republican
|sopehss made during the campaign
IN not inflammatory. They did not
ypsal to race prejudioes. Some Of the
Danocratic speeches were very threat
aine.
Being cross examined by Salisbury,
s4asas said that on the 9th day Of Sep
tnber be saw Heart and seven others
hsding ON corner. As he tassed by
Hsan accused tho witness Of making
damaging remarks about him. which
siiasss denied. Eeart o illed witness a
Annsd liar. Witness drew dirk
mite and made q lun9s at Heart, cut
u his coat. Heart was attempting to
hs q pistol. Both ran and Heart
hvine fred, shooting the witness
Asagh the thigh. Witness went to
uNhingtcn In December and saw Son
M Hoar, Fry and Sherman. Hs fur.
lnAod the names Of persons who had
~ outraged. His object in going to
Wilmington WAS 10 ascertain whether
Ravublieans In the South could be pro-
ialsd from being whipped, abused and
uusdsred like dogs. II they could not
~ oaeht TO know it and quit voting.
y Va lold the Republicans in WASH
il1tcn considered that the ipvestiga-
- Of the Copiah county outrages at
Hnael6usat would DO farce. Witnesses
NsA 10 inlinidated and terrified by a
81 By which he means tho LEO Demo-
NJ vho we're riding over the country
sanittng outrages.
| .esS .ossooWbs WtObW III ". ~ Nt0t-
~ lsstiAed that herself and hus-
- we're born and raised in Copiah
senly. She will not return to Hazel
~ 10 live, though her husbands
npsstyi 10 there. The day before the
1.e0oee elections she saw an armed
Pao the house, several Of em re-
eaahe tAAt somebody had better get
After passing the mob halted,
- IL. AeCree came back to the house
. useeoeed resolution. supporting
s.ss heea adopted by the people Of
0nen, stating that the best interests
49, = sahssrved IL her husband alb
- nom voting, aud that he had
- - %. Her husband WAS kind.
se9e and charitable, and contrib
hnpeAlly TO the churches. No
esR came TO him for assistance
1veos away without it. He always
1 ~ indy Of bis neiehbors, kept open
yIasd entertained great deal. She
q reason for the killing other