St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-13
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOME.
Here Is a Subject for Bill Chambers
Investigating Committee.
JoRDAN's GHOST STORY.
He Says He and His Family We're Sum-
lnarily Hustled From the
South.

Special to the Globe.
Boston, Nov. 12.-Eldridge j. Jordan,
his wife and eight children arrived here
yesterday by the steamer d. H. Miller
from Norfolk, Va, and state that they
were driven from their home in Dur
ham, N. c.. last Thursday, with threats
of death, on account of Mr.. Jordan's
having advocated contest of the Tues
day election. at which he was the de-
feated Republican candidate for con-
stable, his claim being that negroes
were prevented from voting. Jordan's
story is as follows: He is fOrty-Seven
years old. native of. Freeport, Me-,
and was soldier in the First Maine
heavy artillery from 1862 to 1854, when
he was discharged to enter the navy.
where he served until hOnorably dis
charged in 1865. After the war he went
to Wisconsin and lived their until four
years ago, when he removed to North
Carolina. Two years ago he went to
Durham, N. c., where he has since kept
a small store for the sale of fruit, etc.
He WAS Republican
CANDIDATE FOR CONSTABLE
at last Tuesdays election. The men in
charge of the polls challenged more
than two hundred voters, some of whom
had been known as voters for the last
two years, and on account of this delay.
there were about one hundred cOl0red
voters with Republican ballots in their
hands left standing in line when the
polls closed, the whites and blacks
depositing their ballots in separate
boxes. The votes were not counted
until the next forenoon, when it was
announced that the Democratic eandi-
date was elected by fifty-twO votes.
the election, and Wednesday at mid
night, Mr.. Jordan was awakened and
called to his door. Here he found
seven or eight men with handkerchiefs
covering their faces, who or
dered him not to go from his
house before o'clock in the
morning. but to leave the town on
the 8 O'Clock train. He declared that
he had done nothing wrong, but he was
ordered to leave town or he would be
killed. He said he had no money to
pay for travelling. The visitors said
they would provide the money. An
hour later they returned and said they
would give him no money, but would
provide for his family. AT daylight
Mr.. Jordan went to the house of a
friend and tried to borrow some cash.
His friend said he could not get any
until the bank opened, at O'Clock.
Mr.. Jordan did not succeed in obtaining
money before the o'clock train started,
and an hour later, while he was in
store. three men entered the place, bur
ried him into carriage, and drove Oft
with the avowed
INTENTION OF KILLING HIM.
This Of xinlnnnA and
some of the leading business men of
the town, although Democrats, fearing
that political murder would reflect Sc
verely upon the town, took horses and
rode after the party, Overtaking 1t
mile and half from town. By their
influence the WOuld-be-murdererS were
persuaded to take Mr.. Jordan back to
his home, but they told him they could
not control the worst clements among
the Democracy sufficiently to protect
him if he remained; and. taking almost
nothing with them except the clothing
they wore, the family left the town at
noon, the men who rescued Mr.. Jordan
providing money to pay travelling ex-
penses to Boston. They left Norfolk
Friday afternoon on the steamer ID. II.
Miller and arrived in Boston Sunday
afternoon. Tonight they 90 by boat to
Portland and from there to Freeport,
money for this purpose having been
given by Boston man, to whom they
applied for aid. The family consists of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan and eight children.
four boys and four girls, ranging i'll age
from five wears to nineteen.