, 1866-08-23

The New Orleans Mnssncre-ImporfAn
Statement OF General A. Il. Lcc-tsen-
ernI EtaeffdansA [sarnled 1leApntche1.

rho had just been mustered cut, was stand.
one na.sn sGss 1n s srs b. rs
ts hack and shot him down.. aud TIC otler
10 death. Thero was noble itlnt, who rep.
sseqtsa e % sao rstesl M a.: sentlsa: a ar the ~
einp!ed - etsape. When ai'eat latfa blesk
rom lie Capllot building llp wa4 struck With
s,siyk snd knoeksa dowa. l,olieetnSn ,*yto
laiidltg near, but ltistrn1 Of atfssttag ttlp
!e.autlrr tley, stepped ", 10 Dt. Dvetio mud
Saruitts ,iint,. 4 ei.lEca standing b lrew
.!s twUsd tse,s ILL., ea,iu astl ll.tusI II 1M!v ie
,udy: stili t!le doctor was no., dend, Ainl
WAY drnRgetl ny thu pulit0 si,ruitgl, tiu grUwil
III HI. st ay,sst' s % |s"ns ~ nj t"s ii III. b"ay 1
mud us;a rat tleHr hin iIsnl. The ,.M,or mai.
a!te.Mrtth To fAlae Alk hvat, AHG aAw tho |
policeman rataa Tho roynIrcr mud alrIlta Hin
itlI The tAeu mud it,alli hls uuso ilae, THAI
E'Hhic n.sM @!sa' ,.,.. 49,, ,.,,
lint csawtl Ut fuar auedted pullveaten, r,at.
ilci,ed with lluut mud Trunk with flIry. rs.
slstel hy ate!ueti alla Thugs, as.lftal VI twu
III tLrro bundled cttlsels, iii, ihls ilell:,tay
innh, W!i!, tnhtkss .bnskat ~, hts art,t. ltu |
was tnet by n ktut Of tuilcainull. THct sat.l, |
Yutl ntg .ffun lhu la1l, aru yutf It'd sAll,
No. triey said, Yes yOii Arc.' LIZ started
tn fttll. TWu ildtltetleit ratl aftpt htiit, mud
as tnaty ~ t1nIet bullets Weft sli0t ihlu llls
ts,dt hyh,te 10 fett, a. tllttgh taeh STAMPED
VII l1lB 1leel i}it 1ts laue, atl1 lH WHs buteiI
~ 1eM4h will eaNh4.
"Wlt1ili hVe tillthttt hftef thts eHW D
taIlteetihti htpfnAtli 1,Iaek man, httll pMt.
tfnH y ftttbi y, AtB bask, s'tot,t tttth auNM,
AlMiis VI! minutes ai}ar, = AFee}. uonfta.
dead blhVR rnft'se, NIille lta wa hlakiH1
itn tnftrtY ttfett eHf bRtsetl. y! u WAs \
lHKal $ell0w W!llllali, hlin t'lIt Mlt lief iehtl
=, intlk, Al l!ls fttlla'l Fatsaa As llHlla Aels'
"Ali9.ller eltaptar ~ tne eee9!a, T!iefe
lalA NnW QFlpai'a, ~ ~ illost 0.llaf Mfsa
etl!ta. llhEgAgp aft.l lr,slslag eoRllMMy' {,
telHFhs'l queer hl MAthI'ay WHs ny atApaF ~
al!e hf these enlnIMll|oA, |te LOW Ma' nla
% lisa s sa'o 1, 10 1,I M and ssi Ii itey wl.hs iii hls
lnagEaga wagons 70 hear aWaf Inc aea1.
They sc!zet! them. and ~ sn!! 10 saW tIenl
roncaienay ihsoW sah ann o'sas noa!es, naea .s.
anu wl,l'e, into one wagon, an4 carry tnen'
W.T., ~ 'n a,' nv n " " "S hee,, sce' trasn m intn
wagon. T., Iwo OF tn9 nrst Wno !ia. naa nee,'
thrown IN tblack mem Wrro not quite dead.
and INC sliock revived lhcn; Ii'Gy cnaeav'
ored teebly 10 push rom them thc Tecunl-
s1 9a a,e w,o it tn saw
sion, Cd a-n y9M, wlE ~ you 90 you
VIII bc stu, ana with als revolver very de-
fibcratcly blew out their hrains:
"Anothcr negro Tas saot down On the
ad na ueeH m IT., ior dead Lie laa
liccnan CAME along and noticed Tint the nun
had some litc In hin. Hc saw the policeman,
and the poor, Ignorant. teluded man ruisctt
hIs hea wl rs,ton ~ for aid ~ Instead 40,
sne Is % be lid lad be- ben NJ TO- o. IL ra I
"These @ things % SLOW ~ yon t,s some u' Of the bru.
; tallty Which Prevailed on TINT day. ! re
,naincd Oh, my balcony and Witnessed thcss.
single iuan WIS powerless. At length lcf
, my housc and rode to the llcadquartcts Q
Its Its oiies sarFoandcd 'u By his staa: Dd said i
/ General Baird, can It be possible that yol
arc ienorant Of what is occurring IN th
. riots difficulty In town. | told him I saouls
think there was. said: I como here as q
| ex.oflccr Of the Federal army, as citizen o
Northern State, to protest nsainst the shed
, ding Of so much innoccnt blooa. II Is
| "Hc saia, Why, General, what pastlcula
things have occurred! y I tried to tell him.
, told him so many men had been shot; tia
: Governor Hahn lad been shot that III. Fis
: Ind been arrested TINT Df. postie wu
: killed. lie eaIl, ARE ron sure TINT Is 80
:. get so many conflicting accounts.' tol
him II yas SO, and stated that iii had bee
iu comniund Of the city would have taken
/, lattcry OF: artilicry aid swcpt the sttects o
Q General. If / lad done tl,at i ehou1l hay
2 k;11rti aa ,nnnr nf .vntr 1mrty M thcfr4.1.
= tniif lin ha;1 m nnrix Eni1 Ia II ma
t tHa pcnrocs; aafl tGcnorai 7iairrfl If "
! m mn Stnnal At rret VIM will not scr ,ycr fnI
! iicrroes ar.1 i1Ier Viii he nurs1,ci 1y clttze1
!, ana noice. md fwo at icast viii l,c Killed h
,u,ans '0fS e enm eugast ara aav v ts ia
II nn1 tIis ,1nta~ viii cnst rt,,, .iror,v IT. III
II In ra nniI;, m ,rlor. ,,nyp nri,crri, ~,
l. ti,ere ; an turning Il; soulc OF 1,fs sfnT IN
.s so1nc hurled or,lcfs. " '' - &'''' S'''t' O.
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