Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-27
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TERRIBLE RETR.llBUTION,ll, &
:" The Mills OF. the GodsIgrlnd Slowly
but surely.' i.'
Some time since a horrible outrage was
committed By Kellogg's negro Police near
colfax, Grant. parish La which for cold:
blooded atrocityi and sdemo opiaeal deyilish-
ness has never 5been surpassed. These
brutes surrounded the honsesof one Mrs.
Lacour at night and fred volley of
musketry thereon withoutpotice.' In the
house was Mrs. Lacour, her daughter, "a
beautiful young lady Of seventeen two
sons, and child thirteen manths old,
daughter Of Mumford 7. Wells. Mn, j.,
Miss L. carrying the baby and the two
sons, effected their escape msthe house,
took refuge in a negro suse near by,
were driven from thence2b by the rufians,
and the beautiful daughter horribly out
ragged in the presence Of Ha mother The.
ladies, after the rufians left them in the
woods, wandered aroundsal night, and
were found by MI. Wells thene1t evening,
hid in bayou near a friends house, they
being afraid to venture forth in the day
time. Miss Lacour has since died from
injuries received from the rufians, and
exposure she was subjectA to.
The news Of the outrage spread like
wild fire, and the parish spf the Rapides
was soon in arms, with q determination to
avenge the horrible crimss ~
And thank God retribution has al
ready overtaken some of tile guilty wretch
es, as will appear by the following dis
patch ~ =: ~.
Especial to the New orleans Times:
BAYOU SARA NosemBer l3.-On board
the steamer Ozark; Mississippi river "a
On Sunday, Hampton Henderson and
two other negroes were brought into Col
fax by colored men, who we're threatened
with death if they harbopsd the perpetra-
tors of the Grant.parish ottrsse. si1 4
!. They were turned oEerto Afford Shell
by, Deputy Sheriff, but the citizens took \
charge Of them, conveying them il, the I
direction Of c. C. Nash'sissidence. They
were shot after confessing that nine others
were concernedin the attack lon! Madame
Lacour's residence
Mumford Wells shot two more The day
following, near Mr.. Lonsha rs house, with
double-barrelled shot guns, having been
discovered and tracked 10 that ipoinE, On
Tuesday fifteen citizens hpm Alexandra
surprised three more hiding from arrest.
Another one was hung 81 Rapides parish
the same day. One of them was tracked
as far as the toll gate,sstArge miles from
Alexandria. The other Eswo are, known
to be yet IN Grant parish And when caught
they will undoubtedly Share the same fate
us the Others. Information received on
board the Ozark, o.. 1fsday afternoon
from two Of the escaped aesroesfrom Grant
parish, much alarmed r,pesents that thev
assistcdfin bringing in1le first three to
ColfaS, and that the nlgbss are rapidly
leaving, az Henderson, aid Others have
implicated nearly all TIC negroes in the
parish. asi ai4:'l
o-nanea 5F ade illed. .alp.l
Thursday at Colfax by Shackleford, clerk
TO Wells, for calling him a Sofa b."
Two nights previous eight orjtennt grues,
armed and mounted, surrounded the resi-
dence Of DR.. Joyce at Collax. firing mus
kcts, shouting and yelling. Robert Hun
ter, lawyer. OF Alexandra, and Dr.. Joyce,
both old men, and one woman and FIVE
small children, were in The house. They
had no weapons A bugle or horn was
used, and cavalry commands given. A
fist was thrust through the window IS
Hunter locked aud barricaded the front
door. There We're fourattacks, made in
five hours. Between the first two attacks
Hunter went TO Peter Boland's house for
assistance. They were all from home
Every moment it was expected that all in |
the house would be killed. The third !
time they appeared they formed in front |
of the house, the cavalry command,
Right and left wheel, charge r was given. |
Hunter was attending Court in Colfax.
His character is of the highest. In rela-
tion to warrants and arrests OF citizens by |
order of the United States Circuit Court, |
he claims that the accused are entitled to
be tried before the District Court of Grant,
'Rapides or Nachitoches parishes, as the
case may bc, and by jury from the vi
cinage. He says that every man will sur
render when they are satisfied that fair
trial by jury, composed OF men who un-
derstand the circumstances, regardless OF
color, can be obtained. 'S - : 20
A cavalry force, under the orders of COL
DeKline, left Harrisonburg overland for
Alexandria on Sunday. at 3, M, sixty
miles distant. At o'clock Tuesday morn
ing they entered the town Of Alexandria
and picketed the place At 2 oclek the
same afternoon the Ozark arrived No
additional arrests were made. On Tues
day night the alarm bell was.rung in Al
exaldria from Z TO O'Clock One hun
dred and fifty armed men assembled. As
late as 6 o'clock on Wednesday; morning
armed quads Of mounted men could be
seen. moving about armed with Spencer
carbines. The Ozark lay on the opposite
shore, with no steam up, making prepara-
tions to return TO New Orleans, Col. De-
Klyne having become convinced that it
was useless to make any further attempts
at this time to arrest the parties against
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