The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-01
INTENSE INDIGNATION
OVER MAHONE'S INFAMOUS At
TEMPT AT INTIMIDATION.
More Judges of Election Arrested r"r
Alleged Onenses Committed 4 \ ear Ago
-fIimsy Efforts of the United states
Marshal. - brighten County Democrats.

'"h"f- 'p fiSuttu tOunty DenOcrat-.
DNNNuLLE, Va, October a. Special. r.
HE white people Of this city and section
were never more thoroughly indignant than
now not even In the dark days q 1883
lc..,crday J. W. Mills, deputy United
states marshal. armed with warrants is
sacd 10y ". u, Tir-lcv, ~ Lynchbgrg 4
United states Commissioner. Wen N Pev
t1nsburg. in this county, and n,1rs',,. }. T.
Henry, {. W. lienr, and Geo. &c W. Thomp-
~Jn. three rcSpcctai''" citizens. and brought
them 10 this "i't 10 appear before Commits
~'onc 'mslcy, who came from Iynchburg
q, The morning train to try the cases.
These men are charged with intIMida'ns
voters ai the Congressional election in No
,embcr last. and the warrants are iss'N'r.
on the official hut very PARTISAN Abatement
Of W. T.. Barn sdsic. who Nes nj that time
United states supervisor. was an applicant
for y United staies consulship. aud now
holds the i'rsiiion Of messenger in the rcye-
nuc Office here at salary of thirty dollars
irr month. II is enough 10 show The ahi-
mostly Of Barksdalc's statement 10 quote
his closing line, where he says!
'.ihis precinct gave twelve RcrGbiican
majority. whereas hui Coz 90" intimidation
nracticcd by the iIcnryS and Thompson we
would have carried it by lifty."
oN hTION To THE PRISONERS"
This report was made to Commissioner
and chief supervisor InslcN IN NONcmbe'
last. but IinslcN's warrant Tor the arrest oi
the men was not issued until October 2lst.
This morning ~ soon "a il vas known that
the prisoners" worr here hundreds Of citi-
lcn~ called nn them and gave them an ova-
iior. aud an the lawyers rendered them their
services free of charge.
MILLION DOLLARS SECURITY OFFERED.
At II O'Clock they appeared before the
COMMISSIONER and demanded trial. bui the
commissioner sci 3 O'rlock~as the hour NJ
that hour the custcnishDusc was well filled
with citizens, iinslcy said his Witnesses
were no' present. and he would havC 10 post
pore the cases until November 10Th, and
hNed each man'- bond AT $500. \ hundred
or more OF nanNille's best citizens proilcred
fh.ir names. but the commissioner. after he
tId taken nine names representing over a
million dollars in wealth, cried hold
enough"
". l.. Bark-dalc. upon whose partisan
statement ihe warrants were issued, was
asked to-day if hc knew Of intimidation at
rcyton.burg. and he said he did not Of his
own knowledge that his statement was
nude upon what he heard others say.
INTENSE ENCIrNIENT.
Danyille white men surrounded the prls-
Oncr~ and showed them every attention. and
told them that 800 l.Oncycd men of this city
stood ready 10 20 on the bond of every man
whoi- arrested hy these deputy marshals.
There has been much excitement all day,and
fhc undercurrcni Of Indignation is intense:
but no demonstration has been made, for
every body knows these arrests are nothing.
and are made only for effect on the eve of
election. and with view Of intimidating
country people. who fear United states
warrant a. they do viper.
ONE HUNDRED WARRANTS.
n is alleged that over a hundred war
r,ut- have been issued for Democratic cleo
ti0n udgcs in this section, charging them
with intimidation last fall, but they are
very particular that none of them are
AGAINST town or city judges, who are up to
snuf.
ANOTHER ACcOJ NJ OF THE OUIRAGES.
DANNfIIE. Va. October 81 special.
Three citizens of pittslyyania were brought
before nitcd STATES COMMISSIONS. Iinsley
here to-day to answer the charge Of in
timidating voters at Peytonsburg last fall.
The warrant of arrest purpOrts 10 have
been ISSUED upon .'The oath i'm writing" of
the United states supervisor at PcytOns-
burg. W. l.. Barksdale. Counsel for the ac-
cu-cd demanded the warrant, which was Is
sued October 2l, lSs'l.
They then demanded the "oath in wr-
ting." and finsley said he issued the war
rant upon the supervisors report made on
November l3 lSNS. This was a statement
not under oath. supervisor Barksdale was
seen. and stated ne knew of no intimidation
at Peyt0nsbure last fall. and that the judges
conducted the election fairly.
The case was called at 10 \. VI. and post
poned for Witnesses 10 > l.. VI. At J i. VI.
The commissioner again postponed the
hearing 10 November 10Th. for want Of Wit
nes~cs for the prosecution, and required
bond with security of the defendants, VINO
were ready for trial. Bond was given. and
tho bondsmcn were worth a million of dol
lars. \ greater outrage was never perpc-
ti1tcd.
Az ILLEGAL WARRANT
The warrant of arrest was issued without
the required oath nearly twelve months
after the alleged ofense. There can be
found mo- one 90 testify against these men
thus dragged before a Federal Court and
held under arrest on a trumpcd up charge,
solely for intimidation.