New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-10
FROM GRANT PARISH.
A Reply to Jules Lamcraux', Letter.
EuIInG kLrI-HI AN.

A Reply to Jules lamcraux', Letter.
Editor REPUBLICAN,:
In communication to the REPUBL!CAS OF
the fifteenth. over the signature of Jules
Lameraux. Grant parish surveyor, there APP
pears such a mass of ingenious falaces and
gross Recommendations. that | feel it due
| to this people that proper exposition of
this man and his probable plans be made 70
the public.
To take up that pernicious article and ex-
| pose il properly i'll detail. would require
more space than l could consistently ask in
| your columns. l shall therefore only ask
your permission to allude briefly to some
assertions made by A.nl. which. to my per
| sonal knowledge. are false. and tend to re-
fleet discredit npon people who never did
him harm. but who have sustained him in
his adversely and shown him more special
collrtesies than he could reasonably claim.
| Mr. LamerauX for as such shall call him
| at present. like myself, is Northern man
He came to this village about two and
! halt years ago. The object of his coming
| to this place. like that of his pre- vous
history. Is not easily understood as he
evidently possessed unusual business quail
! tlcatlons. especially as a penman and &C
countant While Mont somery as place
of business. offered but poor Inducements in
way OF remuneration for such qualifications
nevertheless he anchored" here. and very
lcduiiS SOt as 4 DOCK
keeper IN the house Of Messrs. Dunn &
Mccain. which position he held about eight
months; next. he got similar situation in
the house of Watson Il Craig, which he
held until last spring, at which time he left
here, went TO Red River parish. but finding
no employment there suitable to his genius,
he soon returned to this place. where he re-
manned in idleness up to the time OF his
mysterious departure, about the eighth OF
the present month.
Mr.. LalnerauX. during the time he re
manned here. conducted himself in gene
raj way III manner that seemed to meet
the approval Of the citizens and do not
think he had an enemy or at least. l am
certain never heard any one express any
thing but friendship toward him. But after
his return from Red River parish he seemed
to hold himself aloof-appeared to desire no
business, and. consequently, as before re-
marked. remained in idleness On the
morning OF the twenty fourth of October he
walked into town and exhibited to few OF
his friends the letter which he alludes to as
purportins to be from the Grant parish
safety committee ordering him to leave the
parish. Those to whom he showed this note
advised him to pay but little attention to it.
as there was certainly no danger. in the per-
son that wrote 1t. and as to its coming from
a parish safety committee. there was not
such an organization in existence.
l beile\e he said but little at that time OF
the letter himself. Yet it soon became
pretty generally known that he had shown
such document, notwithstanding but few
had seen it. On the morning of the second
OF November, Mr.. LamerauX reported IN
town that at about two o'clock that morn
ing he saw i'll front of Mrs. Rogers resi-
dence, where he was staying. two men. one
OF whom snapped gun at him.
l will here state that every one who had |
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to be his own handwriting, although he had
endeayOred to disguise it: but the parties
to whom he showed the note We're too well
acquainted with both his composition and
handwriting to be deceived, as they We're
the gentlemen with whom he had formerly
done business. and when he made his report
of having been assaulted at night, his
fraudulent scheme became evident to ALL
and the citizens then saw the trick too
plainly. His description of the circum
stance connected with his attempted muir
der was so inconsistent that no one even
those who knew nothing of the decc ption
he had practiced with the letter. could have
believed hun.
The citizens. after hearing his statement
in the morning, now being confident that he
intended practicins "a political fraud upon
them consulted together. and decided to
hold IA mass meeting, hearing the state
ments of Mr.. LamerauN i'll the council. and
take some measure, if possible, to induce
Mr.. LamerauX to abandon his scheme.
a meeting was therefore held that evening
at the Masonic Hall, at which l believe
every adult male citizen was represented:
and after hearing Mr.. Lameraux's statement,
adopted resolutions disappearing the exer-
Use of any unlawful proceeding against
any citizen, pledging their efforts in bring
ng to justice any person found participating
n any such unlawful actions and pledging
their united efforts in protecting Mr.
Lameraux against violence from any un-
awful source.
Notwithstanding there was not a person
present that believed Mr.. Lameraux to be