The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-09-12
The Black Swan OH the Wing
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ed from a deputy sheriff sometime ago
was discovered one night this week y
ing asleep on a sigarl1ouse boiler, nea
Washington, and brutality shot. he new
or awoke. The wretches WHO commit
ted this cowardly eact deserve to b.
lynched, but we presume they will g
scot. free in=model St.I1andry.
The above paragraph, which appear
ed in the first number Of the new issu'
of the St. Landry Progress. on the ST.
inst.,is a. lie throuhgout,~with the ex
ception of the fact that the negro wa
killed, and the author of it is a Lar,
scoundrel, a villain, aud a cowardl,
puppy. ..J:.S. HAWKINS, /
Deny. Sheriff. Ex-LientL 1861 Rcgt
Illinois Vol. Infantry.
The name Ct the freedlnaa who's,
death lis announced above, is Jlsi;
.Bowles. We have inquired into his his
tory during freedom, and find it as fol
lows: He was arrested in 1867, b,
Depy. Sheriff Mayo, for burglary, to
gether with another negro who was at
forwards convicted ana sent to the pcni
Tertiary. and while in Washington iai
made his escape. He was afterward
re-arrested by AR. A Prescott and de
llyered to Justice Deems, whom ht
knocked down, and again escaped. liz
was a third time arrested in the Parish
Of Lafayette and lodged in Jail there,
but knocked down the jailor and escap,
ed, stole a horse from a negro and return
ed to this parish, where lie was arrested
for the fourth time, by Constable Pitre,
from whom be. escaped while on theIroad
to Opeiousas-being shot at but missed.
A'warrant was issued for his arrest, on
the'3lst Of August last, by Justice Bail
lilo of Washington, on the affidavit If
Charity jackson, freedwoanan, for break
ing into Der house. and committing an
assault upon her with intent to kill. In
compliance with this warrant Deputy
Sheriff j. S. Hawkins, with a posse COM
posed Of Id. Prescott, Henry Las
trapes and James Hicks, who are nun.
bered among the most respectable citi-
zens, of this parish, proceeded, on the
night Of the 3lst ult., to the Prescott
plantation, where they learned he was
harbered, and found him lying asleep on
a boiler under a shed attached to the
sugar house. The posse were posted
so=a as to prevent his escape, and the
Sheriff jumped upon tile boiler, when
Bowles demanded who was that. He
was ordered to halt, but sprung upon
the Sheriff instantly and struck him.
In the struggle he was shot-after being
he again struck the: Sheriff and
knocked him off the boiler. A physi-
clan was SEM for, and his wounds dress
He did not die till 7 o'clock. next
morning
An inquest was held over the body
by a jury composed in part of two Rad
Icat negroes, and the verdict rendered
was, that he came to his death by resist
ing an officer of the law. The two ne
5roes were the first to speak in giving
this verdict. Las A>ss
It will be observed that the SLAYER of
was an officer in the discharge of
MS duty, that he is notsa rebel but a.
Union man, and was an officer in the U.
Army during the war.
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WHITE MEN ofast.. Landry, see that
7our shot guns, rifles and six shooters
re in good condition. The negroes,
on by the carpet baggers and
callaWags amongst us, are continually
about their guns; and the val
ant Sam johnson says what they lack
n guns they will make up in Matches
hey are cheap, S cents a box. Those
can't shoot can burn.
Then beware, white men. An ounce
t prevention is better han a pound of
lre. SO We say again. keep your guns
J order. Keep plenty ofBurksbot and
Fder on band. Act on the defensive.
if forced to move, move like a vh;rl-
and sweep everything before you.
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iUDsPETH: though a Democrat,
Progress, met with a storm of
ST. La21g because he denounc-
gfoche murderers Not
I6u please, Mr.. Progress. |
Eth We denounced because. /;
; br WarmotL's letter
the President nhad
ner. Governer I