Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-14
RACES o a Narrative of the New
Orleans Massacre.

lhrom the N. .. Tribune.
"" Sunday eUening the police receired
MetT 7 eUoLUers. They were, it is said, nel0
P'StHls, in perfect order A part of the
&c, and perhaps all, received two revolt
vers each, for when they came charging
along Baronne street they had reyolvers
in both hands.
Orders were given TO the night watch
men to go TO rest on Sunday IL o'clock,
and be on hand on Monday at G o'clock a..
m They were to form small squads and
remain IN readiness at distant parts of the
city.
AT noon, the various bells of the city
struck Il stroke, which was a %preeoncert-
ed signal to mass and to attack, A part
at least of this plan is made to appear
very clearly by the following extract from
the French part of The Bee of August
lst: Gail the squads had been posted in
the vicinity of the objective point, where
they marched on as fast as needed" The
term objective point" is pretty clear, 1t
refers to an offensive action.
An appeal was also made by the May
or, through a public proclamation to the
citizens, for what was called special con-
stables" Several hundred C~onfederates
responded to that call, and were only dis
baded in the evening when General Kautz
had taken charge of the government Of
the city. Most of these men joined in
in the fray, They were as determined Il
set of Rebels as ever met together in New
Orleans.
The preparations of the Mayor were
completed by ordering the day watchmen
to keep in readiness, not at their repect-
| i've stations, but at the First and Second
Stations only. The noon be | was the sig
nal for the night watchmen to concentrate.
Thetwelve bells that they were to strike
at any time during the day was the signal
for the charge Of the reserve police. This
charge was desperate and tremendous.
They knocked down or shot or their way
| all they met on the street. We will, anotb-
er time, give a few sketches Of the horrid
scenes pGrpetrated on Dryades, Common
and Baronnestreets.
Mr.. Dostie was shot first in the hall.
He fell. Another gentleman came up
and shot at him four or FIVE times after he
was down. He was then dragged alter
nately by the hair and feet, and thrown
on 3 pile of dead bodies. His body, in
appearance ~lifeless, was afterwards car
ried to the police station-house, and
thrown away as a corpse. Some ladies
who came there to bring assistance to the
sufferers found, however, that he was still
alive. They had him removed from
among the dead and cared for. He is to-
day in the "Hotel pieu," with full intel
lectual powers, but in very critical con-
dition.
On Baronne street, a number of hOrri-
bic murders were committed. Several
black men we're shot when taken into Gus
tody by the police officers. A black man
who ran through the street was killed by
a bullet from behind and so were a num-
Der of others. A cOlored man who escap-
ed through a window, was riddled with
bullets, and then horribly beaten. One
who had taken refuge under a pile OF
lumber was shot ut through the boards
till he was killed. A black man, who
had probably escaped from the main
building through the adjoining yards, wa:
shot dead by a policeman; after awhile &
white woman came and threw a stone on
the head of the dead man.
All this time the white boys wore shout
ing and crying "Hurrah y Boys, how
ever. were also murdered in cold blood
But they were black boys. Two of then
were dragged out of a street car by two
police officers and shot. Two coloret
men, who were in the same car, were also
murdered By these policemen. Eye-wit,
nesses to these facts viii present them
selves before the Commission of lnvesti
CATION, if not murdered before.
We have still numerous facts to re
count. The particulars will be made pub
lie in time. The atrocities committed or
that occasion will never be known in flil
but we hope that the Military Commits.
sion will be able to unvail a part at Least
of the Confederate horrors. Humanity
must be vindicated, or this community
will only be a community Of barbarians