Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-22

the material allegations of the memorial,
showing wherein the people of Washing
ton county are inculpated by the aver
ments of the memoriaiists that it is false,
showing that the people of Washington
county bore the lnflictIons which these
memorialists placed upon them for a
long time and most patiently until relief
came to them through the medium of the
ballot.
This counter memorial presents full,
thorough and complete answer to every
material allegation of the memorial pre-
! sented here, and the only question is as
to which is true, the memorial signed by
Scnutze, Hackworth and Moore, or the
counter memorial signed and the truth of
1t vouched for by about two hundred of
the best citizens of Washington county
! irrespective of party.
7 Now propose to submit to the senate
and to the country the testimony in sup
port of This counter memorial. That in
support of the original memorial has al
ready been submitted by the committee
on privileges and elections. That COM
mittee failed absolutely to place before
the senate and the country in their report
the exculpatOry testimony upon which
these good citizens of Washington county
rely for the vindlcation of the good name
OF the county.
EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONY.
desire, before going on to this testi-
mony, to call the attention of the senate
to the testimony at the coroner S inquest,
and to ask the senate to bear IN mind
that the charge made in the report of the
committee is that the three negroes who
were hung at Brennan were hung in or
der to get rid of their testimony against
persons who violated the election laws at
| this Flewellen box. That is the charge
made in the report of the committee, that
| the negroes were hung not in consequence
of the excitement resulting from the
killing of young Bolton, but because it
was necessary to hang them in order to
get rid of their testimony, to prevent it
from being brought out against parties
who were violating the law at the FleWel-
len box
call attention to the fact that one Of
the negroes who testified, and the only
one who testified before the coroner that
Bolton was masked and that he had arms
in his hand when he went to FleWellen
that night, was one Of the negroes in the
jail at BRENNAN and that he was not one
of the three who were taken out and
hanged. In other words, this only wit
ness who testified before the coroner that
Bolton was masked and armed was among
the eight negroes in jail at BRENNAN
when three of the eight were taken by
the mob and hanged and he was not one
of them This l take to be conclusive
refutation of the theory of this report
that these negroes were hanged, not in
consequence OF the excitement occasiened
by the killing of Bolton, but in order to
get rid of their testimony against the
men who destroyed the ballot box at
Flewellen
l wish the senate TO remember these
things; to remember the statement of
Governor ireland in connection with the
memorial of Hackworth and Schutze and
Moore, that they could not get justice in
Washington county and that justice was
not administered in Washington county
to Republicans 1t is Republican
county, giving from 600 to 500 majority
for the Republican ticket for president
and for the Republican ticket for gov
ernor. 1t has a Republican district
judge, who appoints the jury commission
ers, who in turn select the jurors.
1t has Republican county attorney
Republican district attorney. And yet
these three memOrialiStS come here and
say it is Impossible for a Republican to
get justice in Washington county, and
that they had to fee from Washington
county because they were Republicans,
and the report Of the honorable commit
tee on privileges and elections presented
to the senate and with their imprimatur
sent out to the country indOrses this
statement Of Hackworth and SchItZe
and Moore i'll the face of the law and the
facts as | have stated them.