The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-30
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Alright Of Horror-The St. Bernard
Troub1S6-NUrder Of Pablo Flllou.

MadsEnS Fable Filieu, few days
ago, made the following statement of
the circumstances OF the murder Of
her husband. which occurred during
the recent troubles In the pariHh OF
st. Bernard, Louisiana:
1.-THE last time I saw my husband
alive was on the 18th Of October. He
Of st. Bernard. On that night q
crowd Of some four hundred negroes
had come up the road They had ap-.
preached very slowly, and finally
stopped In front OF our residence. One
OF them cried shalt" and they All
halted.
s''They were armed with ali kinds
OF knives, pitchfOrks, hoes, bayonets,
&c. Having halted, four Of them
made q great noise by knocking Vio-
lently At the door. There being no
answer, those that knocked retuHn0d
again to the road. My husband was
at the time in the rear of the house,
and upon enireaties being used, said
he would do nothing il they did not
trouble him.
ssAfter the four men had Withdrawn
to the road, a volley Of at least four
YhereuPon my husband ran to the
balcony and fred nt the crowd; he
returned TO reload his gun while he
was reloadiDg the negroes again ared;
my husband the second, time fired
upon them.s This interchange Of vol
leys was i've times repeated At the
end Of thst tim6 ran TO the window
20 see II they were going away. I
then discovered that they had posses
sion Of = load OF hay; i saw them
come in front'of the sIeps of the house,
pile up the hay and set fire to II
went.to my husband and told him
they had set fire TO, eur house.; he
thereupon wensround and flred an
other muslet shot amer this he re-
turned. and ordered me to 20 away
and save the children. who Wera q I
In number there was present AlSp
my sister, = white boy and . colored
| girl each grown. one. OF our party
took q child and went toward The
! woods by the back way; that was the
last time saw my husband; the ne
gro Brown, now In court, halted me
| in'gOing out Of the gate toward the
| field. He was then crouchinR by thS
fence; when refused to halt he snoi
at me. l then stopped, and cominS
mp the man threw himself upon me
1 begged his pardon when he interro
gated me, and / asked him to save
my life and that of my poor children
| He cursed me, and said d-n you,
have pity on the baby In your arm
but none on you. Continuing to beS
for mercy, he finally told me TO 20
After had started to run, he com
menced calling to the crowd in th,
road he now eursed me again, and
four Of the men shot at me- Icon
tinued to run until they overlook me
thea called my sister to come back
and thataWe would die togeter.
went on my knees, with my childrel
around me- as my sister came up. On
of the men dealt her blow upon tn
head. She fell down. and Phii0geni
Augustine ran to her and put hI
hand in her pockets. She now sat VI
and begged them not to fire again &
her. Five shots were thereupOn fired
PhilogGne and Brown now dem lde
, TO know where my husbands none
was. They made me Cross over th
worst roads they could ind, over an
over. finally begged them to ki
, me there. The said they were nC
ready to kill me yet. In crossing
: picket fence. Phifogene jumped owe
20 where / was, and cursed me until
again fell upon my knees. ] was VI
} able to move through excess Of teErol
2 He ordered me to hasten 70 the hous'
D where the money was concealed, b,
, cause the flames were fast gAinin
!. ground. He hurried me on, the N
! gro girl who was with me ciinRing
j my dress. Subsequently, as I state
= that the girl knew where the none
was, they dragged her on by the arm
and released me. Ny sister was the
sitting alongside OF the road bleSdiu
from her wound, and under Il
| charge Of the negro guard. I final
= persuaded her 20 attempt 70 make hI
! escape with me, and this We did, q
D though the negro fired his gun at Us.
D Witness after some other adVel
q tures, met with four white men an
was taken to- Mr.. Arlaba,sa reSidenc
: The witness Identified allof the neg
b men, who have been sent for trial b
e fore the Criminal Court These latt,
were brought to the city on TueSdA,
. and, incarcerated In the parish prisOl
!, Their trial VIII take plaee. about Il
= hrat OF January. c ela 81