New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-29

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said ~ Is coward 70 apologize ior an IN
suit n1ver ave. tOld them that that
letter must have been swritten by some OF
my cowSrdly enemies; that l had been m
formed by letter ON several occasions re
garding : foul conspiracy t0 involve me u
trouble with certain families OF the city;
that persons had been writing to mo %
patients 60 a. to get at my manner OF writ.
ing. and use my name and address 90 ~ to
accomplish their villainous purposes; that
l had been cautioned against strange Wis
itors. who were waiting to attack me; that
NV life and honor were in jeopardy, and to
be prepared for any hostile emergency.
This is the only letter had reference to.
One ct once said, s"Where are those let:
burnt them up few days ago." One said,
s'Well, let US go and see." l told them to
come tomorrow, was too unwell to return
right away and have to repeat my journey.
One said that is all an excuse and
lie. You are to give MS most humble apOl.
ogy or we will c0whide you right away and
forever disgrace you; I told you before. l
replied, that was no such coward as to
apologize for q wrong that never commit
UCU. OuC, CStlU " Ou0 VI Aucl1, Wuht OOcS
the insult consist off One OF them said in
writing such an insulting letter; they did
not even tell me whether it was directed to
man or q woman. replied l have never
insulted any one in my life unless was first
imposed upon and assaulted. About this
time we had arrived at Vietor's, when said
as l walked from between them / hope you
will excuse me tonight, for / am very un-
well.
~ They held me close prisoner between
them from O'Neil's store to VictOr's, about
one square between the two points, and SC
soon as took refuge in VictOr's doorway
they stepped toward mo and said: awe
will settle this now" They gave me nc
time to consider the awful position they had
placed me in. At this moment there was
some dispute o. to which of the two should
cowhide me, when one of them said in q
husky, low voice: "Now, you cowhide, and
Instantly one took off his hat and
stealthily drew what seemed to me long
thin cowhide, and placed it behind the
breast of his coat. The other threw back
his coat and drew pistol ike deringer
and held it close to his breast and fronting
me. As they saw me about to draw q
weapon, said in the same husky voice: 1--WE
don't care d-n for your pistol; we car
shoot as good as you" Under the excite
ment and terror of that moment, in quickly
drawing and cooking my pistol, it went of
prematurely. did not notice nor
even know the effect of the shot
for my immediate attention was
drawn to the other man, who
hid himself on nay left, behind the
corner of Victor's house, and who was lay
ing in wait to shoot me- In an instant he
sprang from his retreat and ran off the ban
quette into the middle of the street, Op
posite Anderson's Laguerreotype gallery
and advanced Obliquely toward Burgundy
street, to get opposite, when stood before
Victer's. Perceiving him advancing on mt
exclaimed, +" Is that you?" and as he ad
vanced fired over his head 40 as to frighter
him away. He stood still, when, expecting
shot every moment from his pistol, tret
second time in the air. He then ran Out
Of sight. L. H. EVERITT.