Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-24
A NIGHT OF HORROR.
The Troubles In 50. Bernard Parish
Ea--MurdeF OF Pablo FfEfteu.

me Troubles In %. bernard Parish
Ea--MurdeF OF Pablo FfEfiea.
Madame Pablo Filiieu, a few days
ago, made the following statement
of the circumstances of the murder
OF her husband, which occurred DIR
ing the recent troubles in the parish
OF st. Bernard, Louisiana
" The last time | saw nv husband
alive was on the 25th of October.
He was then at our house in the
parish of st. Bernard. On that
nights crowd of some four hundred
| negroes had come up the road. They
had approached very slowly, and
finally stopped in front Of eur resi-.
denee. One of them cried halt
and they all halted.
"They were armed with all kinds
OF knives, pitchforks, hoes. bav-
onets, etc. Having halted, foHr OF
them made crest noise by knock
ing violently at the door. There
being no answer, those that knocked
returned again to the road. NV
husband was at the time in the rear
OF the house, and upon entreaties
being used, said he would do nothing (
If they did not trouble him.
After the four men had with
drawn to the road, a volleY Of at
least four hundred shots were fred
at the house; whereupon my hus-
band ran to the balcony and fred at
the crowd; be returned to reload
his gun; while he was reloading, the
negroes again fired; my husband,
the second time, fired upon them
This interchange Of volleys was FIVE
times repeated At the end of that
time, l ran to the window to see if
they were going away. / then dis
covered that they had possession of
load of hay saw them come in
front of the steps of the house, pile
up the hay and set Ere to il; / went
to my husband and told him fhey
had set fire to our house; he there
upon went round and fired another
musket shot; after this, he returned
and ordered me to go away and save
the children, who were six in num-
Der; there were present also my sis
ter, white boy and a eelOred girl;
each grown one of our party took
a child and went towards the woods
by the back way; that was the last
time l saw my husband; the negro;
Brown, now in court, halted me in
going out of the gate toward the
field. He was then COUGHING by the
fence; when 1 refused to halt, he
shot at me. begged his pardon
when he Intercepted me, and L
asked him TO save my life and that
of my poor children. He cursed
me, and said d-n you, 1 have pity
on the baby in your arms, but none
on you. Continuing to beg for mer-
ey, he finally told me to go. After 1
had started to run, he commenced
calling to the crowd in the road He
now cursed me again, and four of
the men shot at me. / continued
to run until they overlook me. j
then called my sister to come back,
and that We would die together i
went on my knees, with my children
around me, as my sister came up.
One of the men dealt her a blow
upon the head She fell down. and
PhilOgene Augustine ran to her and
put his hand in her pockets. She
now sat up and begged them not to
fire again at her Five shots were
thereupon fired PhilOgene and
Brown now demanded to know
where my husbands money was
They made me cross over the worst
roads they could find, over and
over. | finally begged them TO kill
me there. They said they were not
ready to kill me yet. In crossing 4
picket fence, Philogenc jumped over
to where | was, and cursed me until
l again fell upon my knees. / was
unable to move through excess Of
terror. He ordered me to hasten
to the house, where the money was
because the flames were
fast gaining ground. He hurried
me on, the negro girl who was with
me cIinging to my dress. Subse-
quently, as / stated the girl knew
where the money was, they dragged
her off by the arms and released me
My sister vas then sitting alongside
of the road bleeding from her wound,
and under charge of the negro guard.
l finally persuaded her to attempt to
make her escape with me, and this
we did, although the negro fired his
gun at us"
Witness, after some other adven-
lures, met with four white men and
was taken to Mr.. Arlaba' S residence.
The witness identified all of the
negro men, who have been sent for
trial before the Criminal Court.
These latter were brought to the
city On Tuesday, and incarcersted
in the parish prison. Their trial
will take place about the first OF
January. = Nesg Orleans Times,
Dec. II.