The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-15
ON ELECTION DAY.

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ID cuRRiE REPLIES 70 4 RED SHIRT |
EOiT0A.
Some u the Detsgs Of the Red shirt Gang
On Eisctsoa Day In Kssssos Cosasy,
EDITOR CAucAsIAs,-Dear SIR
Please allow me space in your paper
to state some Of the happenings and
incidents Of the November election
Of 1898. In my testimony In the
Dockery-Bellamy contest case be-
fore notaries. lowers and Skipper.
among the many questions asked me
were the following:
ibid You see any disorder on the
streets OF Maxton during the day of
said election. and if so state the M
ture of itf'
Ans.-I did, there was q great deal
of disorder from twelve O'Clock on
through the balance of the day.
There were men and boys stationed
at the street crossings who had on
red shirts whose business seemed to
be to turn back or run of every COL
ored man that would be coming to
town, using on them clubs, brickbat Is
and shooting at them.
One or two did not run, but the
red shirts made them all 20 back.
They were colored men whom they
ran.
Q. Did you see any of the squads
of men and boys you have before re-
ferred to, turn back, attempt to turn
back or assault, or attempt to as
sault any colored man on the day of
election, held on the 9Th day of No
vember. 1881
A. Yes.
Q. If you can give the names OF
the colored men referred to in your
last answer and of the parties who
composed the squads who turned
them backi
A. There were several | did not
know, but saw Jim Campbell, Hen.
~ McPha,l, Sandy Mckay, Jordan
McNair and others, whose names
don't just now recollect. I don't re-
member how many were in the squad
but saw Henry Smith, Leak Smith
w. q. Bishop. Charles Ivey, M. g
Mckenzie, J. P. Wiggings and sew
eral I don't just now recall.
i Q. What were the squads of me1
doing to the colored men you hav,
referred to when you saw themi
A. Some IF them were Just run
nlng along after them with shor
sticks in their hands, some wer,
throwing brick-bats, some were stri
king them with boards and som,
were shooting.
Now on this, NJ. G.. Mckenzie, ed
itor of the Scottish Chief in his mex
issue jumps on me with both feet an,
does me up in the following style
, thusly:
1T seems from the evidence of W
j. Currie, one of the witnesses TO
the contestant, that they reserve
the most slanderous ard untruthfu
8 evidence until the last minute, 8
3 that the contestee could not offer tn
truthful rebuttal testimony"
s Then after long tarade of abus
t he Cthe said Mckinney proceeds t
f deliver himself thusly:
J. II hereby denounce the whole o,
8 idence of W. j. Currie as to me ma
J. iiciously false
n Now, as to my having slandere
# the good people of Maxton. 1 a.
=, willing to leave the whole case wit
10 them, for none knows better tina
they of the doings of that memoir
b bio day, election day..
t, lhave heard many of them sa
d (and good Democrats at that, tn
K, they hoped that they would new
s. see such another day in our town.
ir Now as to my evidence as regar
IL, Mckenzie. l herewith submit swo
IN statements of some of the part
n, thus maltreated, which speak
r. themselves.
Robson county, N. c., MAXI
'ir township.-Personally appeared |
q fore the undersigned, Jordan d.
A Nair, who being duly sworn depo.
in and says that on the day of the ell,
e. ton held in November 1898, at viii
tn said election he was qualified v
'se or in Maxton precinct, No l, he ca
y, to Maxton for the purpose of voti
on and that he was met before he s
'es to the polling place by a crowd
'se Red Shirts, led by NJ. G.. McKen
he and ordered to leave town. That
of demonstrated, telling them that
to was not doing any ono any har
am when said M. G.. Mckenzie told b
n to leave and that id quick, a
that then they jerked him off of
tie cotton platform on which he v
! is sitting and assaulted and ran b
ity and shot after him twice. l also s
rst the same crowd assault and ran !
DIV father, Jordan McNair.
p JORDAN H. MCNAIR, j
,ts Sworn to and subscribed before
ed this 18th day of May 1899.
JOHN D. LOWERS.
a Notary Public
Ids
tn Robson county, N. C.,-Persc
H. ally came befove me the underslgr
70 Notary Public in and for the abe
mt named county and State, A. L.
.re Lean who being by me duly swo
cd deposes and says as follows, '
That he is resident and qualif
th. voter of Maxton precinct, No. l, a
ve was 50 at the election held in N
ma 1898. That on the day of the 81
IN election while sitting on the colt
he platform in the town of Maxton,
ar the county and State aforesaid
lat company with Jordan b. McNs
ha Jr., Jim Davis and N. A. Main
Of they were approached by N. q. 4