The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-08-13
VOL Monroe 0uachta Parish Saturday, August 49, 1870

[From the n. o. Bulle1in
Warmoth Charged with Being in a
Mob to Whip Colored Man.
Below will be found a copy of
an affidavit, made before Justice
Sadler yesterday, by a colored
man named Ernest Gardette. He
is a young man, intelligent, and,
judging from his signature to the
affidavit, has had educational adj
vantages. He is small of stature,
and by no means robust. His
statement to his counsel, Mr..
Bernos, is that at the meeting in
he'Tenth Ward ON Tuesday night
to elect delegates to the State
Radical Nominating Convention,
he took an active part against the
Warmoth faction, and Of course
against the election of Warmoth
to the convention; and, after the
election OfWarmoth was declared,
denounced the frauds by which it
was obtained. For that reason,
and that only, he was attacked by
a mob OF Warmothites, who beat
him severely, and among those
who were conspicuous in the cow
ardly assault upon him were, he
AYERS, Warmoth himself, and the
two other worthless named in the
affidavit:
si III Ses
d. F. Kirby, Customhouse Collectors Office
Personally appeared before me,
Geo. w. Sadler, First Justice of
the Peace, parish Of Orleans, duly
commissioned and sworn as JUS
tice of the Peace, Ernest Gardette,
who being duly sworn doth de-
pose and say, that on the evening
of the I'd of August, 1870, be-
tween 9 and 10 O'Clock, on the
corner of St. Mary and Fulton
streets, in this parish, he was vio-
lently assaulted, beaten and struck
by II. 9. Warmoth, William Ba-
ker and Denis f. Kirby, without
any cause or provocatiOn and
against the peace and dignity of
the State.
Wherefore deponent charges the
accused with assault and battery,
and prays that they be arrested
and dealt with according to law.
ERNEST GARDETTE.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this, the 4th day of August,
1870. GEO. W. SADLER,
First Justice Of the Peace of the
parish Of Orleans.
Warmoth Declares He Cannot and
Will Not Be Arrested.
Gen. d. +. Kirby and Mr.. Will
liam Baker, formerly Street Com
missioner, were arrested yesterday
and gave bonds before Justice
Sadler, to appear when notified
to answer the complaint preferred
against them of beating Ernest
Gardette, a colored man, at the
meeting on Tuesday night, held
in the Tenth Ward, to elect rep
resentatives to the Radical State
Nominating Convention. Govern
Or Warmoth, who is Jointly accus-
ed with them of beating Gardettc,
and who, he informs his counsel,
drew Il sword from cane to as
sault HIM with it, has not yet been
arrested, nor, although officially
apprised Oh Thursday evning that
a warrant had been issued against
him, has he voluntarily surrender
ed himself or had any commlui~
cation whatever with the Justice.
Since the publication Of the
statement in regard to this sub
ject, which appeared in the Bull
letin yesterday, was written we
have obtained some additional
particulars of public interest,
The officers sent for Warnloth
by Justice Sadler were Mcssrs.
Ryan anu Chas. Montaldo, both
Deputy CoHstables Of the court.
and known t. be rcsolute, as well
as discreet, i'll ;he performance OF
t',eir duties. The warrant was
,iTen to them at about q quarter
before 5 on Thursday afternoon
with instructions from the Justice
to request Warmoth to appear be.
fore him and give security, as is
usual in criminal cases, but not tt
use force. At about five these