New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-02
Assassination in BOssier Parish.

We copy the following from the Bossiel
Banner:
Again has it become our duty to publish
the particulars of another brutal assassina.
! ton. just at sunset on the twenty-third
| instant, in the bbOrhood of Fillmore in
this parish, James McClanahan and James
| WoOley were hOeing cotton on Met lanahan's
| premises. When they approached within
| thirty steps of the fence of the field, they
were fired upon by some one concealed by
| the fence and fhicket. Both were shot
Immediately arose, was shot down a second
time. arose again and was shot down the
| third time A freedman working with them
was then shot at and missed. After a few
minutes McClanahan and Wooley arose and
went to the house where the latter imme-
diately expired. McClanahan took down
his gun and went out of the house, but i'm
meGiately fell from exhaustion. Wooley
was killed by some fifteen buck shot in the
breast McClanahan has one wound pene-
trating the hollow of the body near the
lungs, one in the arm and two in the legs,
and one in the hip. Three small shot also
took effect in the back.
An inquest was held on the twenty
fourth instant, and evidence of so strong
a character, though circumstantial, was ad-
duced that the jury were fully warranted
in finding the verdict that they did, which
was that D. Charles Minis was the muir
derer The wives of Minis and McClana-
han are sisters. Minis had removed from
this parish to Rush county, Texas, some
year ago From some cause, few months
ago, he brought his wife to her sisters
here. In short time after this he re-
turned for her with wagon, but she re-
fused to go with him because of the uni
form bad treatment that he had subjected
her to. He loaded the wagon, however,
with his wife's movables, and, when ready
to go, he seized her by force and put her
in the wagon, and took his seat upon her
head. Her sister ran out and seized hold of
the horses brides, and the cries of the two
women soon brought McClanahan and
Wooley to the rescue. They forced Minis
to release his wife--not by any rough treat
ment, however. Minis then drove off VOW
ing death against his wife, McClanahan
and Wooley. On the morning of the day
of the murder he was at Frank fuckers. a
freedman residing within a mile of Nc
ClaEahan's. He was armed with a double
barrel gun and two revOlvers, and left, say
ing that before he left the settlement he
would give his wife, McClanahan and
Wooley piece of his mind.
The bad treatment that Minis was used to
give his wife was notorious in the settle
ment and no one has ever attached any
blame to McClanahan or WOoley in the af
fair. McClanahan was raised in this par
ish. where his father yet resides, and we
have no young man of fairer reputation
among U.S. W0oley was poor young man,
who had Just arrived in the parish at the
beginning of the planting season and hired
himself to McClanahan as laborer. No
had traits had been discovered in him.
McCIanahan's father has offered re-
ward of one thousand dollars for the arrest
of Minis. The Governor will doubtless also
offer a large reward.
Could Minis be brought to trial just now
in Bosser parish he would most certainty
receive exemplary justice,
Although SO badly wounded, yet MCLEAN
ahan is doing quite well and is expected to
recover.
Since writing the above we learn that
Minis was accompanied by two men VINO
camped out with him. These, as he IN
formed Frank Tucker, were laborers gong
to work for him in Texas; but it is clear
that they were accomplices OF MINIS IN tne
murder
About daylight on the morning Of the ne d lay
after the shooting, Minis appeared at tne
house of a citizen near Bellevue, and was
admitted. He was armed with a double