New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-08
KU.KLUX OUTLAWS.

judge of Grant parish, whose house was
burned over his head few nights since,
when the parish recorder, Mr.. D. W. White
was killed and his body consumed in the
flames, and who himself (Mr. Phillps) only
saved his own life by falling when he was
shot at, that there is supposed to be a body
of men banded together. about three hun.
dred strong, in Grant, Rapides and Natchi
toches parishes who commit outrages on
! peaceable citizens, but have sufficient infiu.
| ence to avoid conviction in the civil courts
when tried for their oHenses.
About the first of September the residence
on Spring Lake plantation. one mile above
that Of Judge Phillips, occupied by Mr..
Norbert Lemoine IA Democrat) and his
family, was burned by some Of these mis-
creants. Mr.. Lemoine and his family escaped
with nothing but their night clothes. Every
thing else was consumed. Horse tracks
and other indications afforded conclusive
proof of the dastardly work of incendiaries.
There was no fire about the house to render
an accidental burning possible.
A week previous to that time house near
Frazer's Mills in Grant parish, was attacked
in the ight time, and about twenty shots
fired into it. Fortunately no damage was
done.
We have already stated that the mur-
derers and incendiaries who fred Mr. Phil
lips house LETT pole about twelve feet long
in the yard, with lighted torch on the end
it. Some two or three feet from the up
per end a printed speech was tied around
the pole, delivered by Mr.. Phillips in
Rapides parish in June. 1867. The speech
was moderate and conservative in tone,
and NO sentiments were in it calculated to
excite indignation. This speech will be
published in full in the Louisianian this
morning. The torch is filed in court
The night of the attack on Mr.. Phillips
house, the murderous party made inquiry
as to the residences Of Captain Hawthorne
and Mr.. Harvey, formerly of the federal
army. When told that they resided in Col
fax, the remark was made in response:
They are too near the courthouse A
colored man whom they seized so that he
might not give information of their move.
ments, says that before they reached Mr..
Phillips house the party was divided. sta
tioning twelve men on each side Of the
house, and four men at each end, before
they applied the torch, with instructions to
shoot the inmates as they came out.
When the party was leaving they called
out to know where that ''nigger" was. re-
ferring to colOred man who slept on the
premises, and said: Lets FIX him out now
The colored nan had, however, previously
Judge Phillips lost everything but his
night shirt. His crops of corn and cotton
will be sacrificed, since it is unsafe for him
to return there at present. Judge Phillips
Is native of Alabama.
Mr.. White, the parish recorder, who was
killed, received two or three charges, al
most literally blowing off the whole top of
his head. He did not come out here in the
Eighteenth New York Cavalry, but in the
Sever tn New York Veteran Cavalry, and
was adjutant Of that regiment, which was
consolidated with Colonel |
Chryssler's Second New York Veteran Cav
airy. Mr.. White was member Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, member Of
Union League, and member of the Knights
If Pythias. He was the only son Of his
mother, who resides at Flushing, New York,
md had been anxiously expecting his re-
urn to her home
We do not undertake to state at the pres
mt time the degree of responsibility at
ached to the Rapides Gazette and Red
tiver Ners, pretended Republican papers,
whose aim appears to be to bring the State
government into disgrace and disrepute,
nd virtually invite bad men to defy its
'ower and authority