The Portland daily press., 1884-03-05
SOUTHERN OUTRAGEs.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.-The Danvills inves-
tigation was resumed this morning Represen-
tative Wise was permitted to revise hls testi-
mony. He said the report as it stood, touch.
ing his intercourse with the colored members
Of the Legislature did him injustice and he
would therefore add this sentence, Sin SO far ga
my testimony is sought to convey the impress
Ion that made Discrimination between color
ed and white members OF the Legislature as
rule, In their communication with me 1t does
them and me an injustice. / nave always
treated official calls, upon me, by whomsoever
made. without any discrimination whatever
and always expect to DO so"
j. Verser white, a deputy collector of in
ternal revenue testified that Mr. Graves, the
store keeper, advised the witness to stay pretty
close to his room on election day as there was
goiDg to be trouble. The next day r. H. " OIL
folk, a Democrat, stopped him and told him
that there was going to be trouble, and if
the witness remained in town he would Bu RELY
be killed. J. b. Westbrooks on the night be-
fore the election, told the witness that the
Democrats had made up theil minds to carry
the election. They could not stand Malone
and Niger rule any longer. After the cleo.
tion We tbrooks said to the witness:
Jim, what told you came true, bat it came
three days earlier than we expected"
The witness saw armed Democrats at the
polls on election Say and the Negroes were
afraid to 60 to the polls in consequence,
Charles WoodiBg, colored. testified that he
met Mr. Lea on Sunday night and was ad-
vised by him to go home. Lea said they (the
Demecratsl were going to carry the election
any way il they "had to XIII tue last damned
Niger in the county,"
Walter Gay, o mulatto, testified he believed
that out for the riot the Readjusters would
have Car. led the town. The colored people
were Knitted In the Readjuster cause. They
Pa / W forf ham
to unite against the party which denied them
their p)litioai rights. He knew of no secret
organization among TIE colored people. Wit
ness was educated AZ the Richmond Institute
Daniel Driggep, white, described the riot
He saw Hatcher fire the first shot and believed
but for that shot no negroes would have been
killed that day. He knew Hatcher had de-
MED having been armed. Witness knew as
well as he knew that he lied; that Hstcher
had pistol and fired ii. itness voted the
straight Democratic ticket He saw nothing
on the day OF tae riot to Indicate that the
whites were in danger and nothing which he
saw Justified the statement that the whites
iY'd IN self defence.
j. II. johnson, white, mayor of Danviile
testified that he investigated the airs of the
preceding ADMINISTRATION finding that several
of the police officers were defaulters and one
OF the mags rates named Hatcher was also in
volved In Irregularities. Witness described
meeting Hatcher who had drawn knife Sept
1st. Hatcher demanded an apology from the
mayor for bis finding which was refused, and
Hatcher thereupon attacked witness with q
knife, but the witDess having the longest arms
was able to defend imself. Finally seeing
that he could do DO iujury with the knife
Hatcher put his hand in bis pocket to draw a
pistol whereupon witness got the drop on
him" and shot him dead. Witness was twice
tried for the killing aud both times acquitted
Witness testified that q message was sent him
by Democratic friend that there was going
to be tronele. Witness did not Call out the
colored company after the riot because he
knew that the whites would kill them. II a
negro had shown himself on the street there
would have been million holes In him as
whites mad told him that they would shoot
them.
Adioarned