Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-10
LOT WEIGHTS DEPUTIE
Alderman Duffy Creates a Ripple by
Description of TIE Scene in
the Eighth Ward.
The OolOred Deputies Engineered BY
the Supervisor Of Blections--Re
psaters from Kentucky.

CtNc1NNAri, ONO, Jan. 8 The
springer investigating committee had
ex.sherln H.wkius as The first Wit
ness to- lay. but as he had not procured
liet Of his deputy aherifls at the cleo
ton be was excused till tomorrow.
sR. Price, a contractor tes flied that
one uf his men refused 20 20 tovOte be-
cause he had he. I'd that there WAS
trouble at thu pods On ctos--eXami
nation he said that the voting place
was at Avondale, a mile away from
wheie his men W. re at work. ALI
went except this one.
Aiderman Dudy of the Eighth
ward gave a gtaphic description If
the aceues az one az the precincts "
that ward He aid that the trouble
bean az o o'clock, when a colurtd
vOter was challenged aud the JUICE
proposed that he be taken to the place
claimed az bis residence. The cOlored
, deputy marshal- Jumped from the
curb to the street, formed IN line,
pulled their Tevolvers, hut did not
shoot. Then the boys of the
ward got dray pins and other
clubs and ali went 10 ohng,
throwing heir clubs up, etc. Finally
the negrurs opened fro on them. The
shots sOunded like "A bunch OF shoot
ing crackers. several men were
wounded ana the negroes were run of
Early ia the morning the negrots had
pOssessiOu Of the polls and voted ~
they pleased. he saw good deal Of
whispering Gulng on between Mr..
Botts, the supervisor OF the election,
and the "coOa,' Just before the firing
began The wi ners created merti.
n4ent by de.cihing how the
supervisDr who was In the house
VII sppred to tu- C,ous on the sidewalk.
he said: "B ut. ju4t leaned OUT the
window ami pulled one " the coOn's
ears up To hin.'
Later ne saw a colored man walk po-
iitely toward crowd at the polls and
: when fifty feet away pulled his pistol
b, and let her go, when the boys took
\ after the negro and as he supposed,
''put head on him"
q Chairman Springer raped In vain
for order ~ tbs Re cital
Barney WiCher, resident of Cow
ington, also described the same scenes.
y He Bald he did tot vote for fear Of
e trouble. He Explained that though
4 be had lived il, Kentucky eight years,
! he bad Away waited here ~ the place
whore his prupery and business were,
y and be went 10 Il utucky on account
n of his wifr's health.
ID On cuss.t Examination he said that
lu he stay at The polls all day and did
not vote FIR fear being challenged
} and thus cause trouble.
~ Polk Punch, tie city marshal OF
Mount St-IlluE, Ky, testified that he
eaw two men from Mount Sterling here
Oh on election day actu - deputy mar
N shale. He Was here himself To look for
negroes from Kentucky who might
XII cflsr to vote. He found nor @ such
b JAS Men sugh uf Paris KY, testi'
~ fed that be SAW a iumhfr OF govern
!. ment tmployes Of Paris, Ky here OF
y election dag He saw the culoreC
Z deputy msrshals escue prisoner
4 from The tUlice.
n "A. @, Mulligan deputy marshal
test fed that he and others receiv' d
y revolvers and q at they were loaued
n. ES sheriff Hawkins reapteared aud
Z PRODUCE tine lit If hi- deputies as ap
proved b, he Judge OF The court.
"A o Rober son, editor Of the Fal
mouth XIV, Democrat, testified thst
he organ 2ed force of sixty wo uleI
4 in eight couuli,s ia Kentucky at TIT
instance OF tie Democratic Commute,
81 TO ccme To Gin nuatl and waich FOL
e colored Kenluckiaus who might come
= 10 vote His men rep rte mat th.S
had kpoUttd twenty -seveu Kentucky
y negroes aud prevented them f,Om vot
Ing Only one mad actually auempl
NJ ed TO vote and he was not prosecuted
IN On REORGANIZATION the wine, $,
N said that for a week or more before ht
" election it was u uo'Oii u fact tina
II many negroes Were guiI & 10 Ciucin
lei natl. TIE trains y, re- III well flied
3 Hence tie Democrats goi k,nluckiAni
5. iikelytO know them Do come aud Ure
: vent them from voting He could no
name one negro that came 10 Ciuciu
{ natl. He was not very popular anlUul
. the negroes aud knew the names O
u very few He did not think thar tn
~ negro should vote IN his present condl
~ ton, and never would ask the vote 0
.,s one FOR himself or friends,
adjourned