People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-27
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Of them vote? 4, | wss at least
fifty feet from the window. looking
through between the window and
the voting stand, in line with the
END Of the house in winch the win.
dow was situated. saw the COM
pany s .op IN front Of the window and
.he ballots passed IN. I could not
say that every man in the company
passed in a ballot.
C. From seeing tho number Of
men thst was in tha crowd, and the
nuuber OF the bsllots passed in,
what would you say was YOUR opin-
ion as to whatber or not The crowd
voted? A. think most # them
voted.
Q. Dt$tse white ra0 eccomnanv
them 90 he enelosa IRE? A Yes sir
Q Did the same white man ao.
company them every tins, or differ
emf ones? A NJ best impression
vas tnae the sane white man accom-
panied them sad hsa chsrcs Of them
81 The time that | was there
Q. W4en they went back INTO this
enclosure, would THIS white mau ac-
company them into the enclosure, or
stay outside? A. l could not say
whether he went in every time or
whether he sometimes LETT them al
the gate.
q Was the gate opened or closed?
A. Open, when thew went in, and
closed after them, and kept cozed,
except when passing in or ont
Q Do you know whether anyone
had charge o. this gate? a. ID
not, my attention was occupied with
the voters.
@ Do YOU know what that en-.
closure was2 A / 90 uos.
Q, What became Of that SQUAD
the last you saw them? A. Thew
mad passed into the gate when | went
home.
Q. DID Mr. Dunbar 20 away with
you? A. | hink I laft Rev. VIM.
Dunbar there when l went nome.
Q, Did you notes any bsdge or
other evidence a. to what party this
white man YOU sneak Of belonged
to? A. | saw ribbons pinned on
mems coats. think thew were
white ribbons, but I could rot say
positively as to the color, ! did not
read on8 OF them.
1t IVES the only tine TINT dav that
I was standing at the pol is with Rag
W,a, Db-841 ~
O. Nov, Daasor, Toa said that
later in the dav vou came 90 tho
court house precinct. At what tune
was this ? A. It was half past three
| or four o'clock IN the afternoon.
Q What did you geo here, Doctor?
A. [ saw money pass twenty four
times from the hands Of young VII
liam D'An4igna3. as I wac told. /
don't know the gentleman personally.
The money passed To the hands Of
negro men list as they were voting.
@. want to ak ron how the
voters were standing, where and how
Mr.. D'Antignac was standing, and
how the money was passed. Al
stood on the cement curbing, ten
feet from the oo!ored window that
the col0red people voteI at. Mr.,
D'Antignac, with slim in his left
hand would bring up a company Of
from three to six colored men ap-
proximatelv; may have been more
than six at a time. DON'T think less
than three at anv time. lie would
call off name, the men would hand
in ticket and Mr.. D'Antionac
with his right hand would drop
lin in the left hand Of the negro
and he would 90 away. | Frequently
saw the coin as it passed from one
hand to the other. | do not know
the size of the coin. 1t vas silver.
MY impression was that 1t was ten
cents.
Q, Was that in the view of tho
manager who had charge OF the win
dow? A. [ could not saw that he
saw it. ! could see the maraoer on
the.other side of the voter | think