The Van Buren press., 1873-11-25
THE GRANT PARISH VANDETTA.
Terrible RetributIon for the Late Out
rage Bloody Work in Colfax.
Special to the New orIesp. Times.

Especial to the New orIc.p. Times.l
BAYOU SARA, Nov l3.
On board the steamer Ozark, Missis-
sippi river.
On Sunday, Hampton Henderson and
two other negroes were brought into
! Coifax by colorcd men, who were threat
ened with death If they harbored the per
petrators Of the Grant parish outrage.
They were turned over to Afford Shell
| by, deputy sheriff, but the citizens took
charge Of them, conveying them in the
the direction Of c. G. Nashs residence.
They were shot after confcssing that nine
others were concerned in the attack on
Madame Lacour's residence.
Mumford Wells shot two more the day
following, Rsar Mr. Loushard's house,
with double Darrelled shot guns, having
been discovered and tracked that point.
On Tuesday fifteen citizens from Alex
andria surprised three more hiding from
arrest. Another was hung in RaPdes
parish the same day Onc of them was
tracked as far as the toll gate, three miles
from Alexandria. The other two are
known to be yet in Grant parish, aad
when caught, they will undoubtedly share
the same fate as the others. Information
received on board the Oza\ on Tuesday
afternoon from two Of the escaped ne
groes Fl ON Grant parish, much alarmed,
represents that they assisted in bringing
in the first three to ColfaX, an, that the
negroes are rapidly leaving, as lIender
SON and others have implicated nearly all
the negroes in the parish.
A negro naped Wade was killed on
Thursday at Colfax by Shacklefcrd, clerk
to W Wels, for calling him q " s. Of a
b" Two nights previous eight or
ten negroes, armed and mounted, sur
rounded the residence Of DR.. Joyce at
Colfax, firing muskets, shouting and yell
ing. Robert Hunter, lawyer, Of Alexan-
drla 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. n fist was thrust
through the window IS Hunter locked
and barricaded the front door.
There were four attacks made in five
hours Between the first two attacks
Hunter went to Peter Bolands 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 commend,
Right and left wheel, charge" was
given. Hunter was attending court in
Collax His character is of the highest.
| In relation to warrants and arrests OF
citlzeNs by order of the United States cir
cult court ho claims that the accused are
entitled to be tried before the district
court Of Grant, Rapidos or Nachi,oches
parishes, as the ease may be, and by q
jury from the vicinage. He says that
every man will surrender when they are
satisfied that fair trial by jury, com.
posed CT men who understand the circum.
stances, regardless Of calcr, can be oh
tanned.
A cavalry force, undSr tie orders o.
Col Deklihe left Harrisonburg overland
fer Alexandria, on Sunday, at 3 A. NJ,
sixty miles distant At O'Clock Tues
day morning they entered the town o
Alexandria and picketcd the place. A
. o. clock the same afternoon the Ozarl
arrived No additional arrest, were
made. On Tuesday night the alarm bel
was rung in Alexandria from Z to
O'Clock, Onc hundred and fifty armeC
men assembled As late rs 6 o'clock OF
Wednesday morning armed squads o
mounted men could be seen moving
about, armed with Spencer carbines
The Ozark lay on the opposite shore
with no steam up, making preparation
to return 10 New Orleans, Col, DcKlyn
having become convinced that it was use
les. to make any further attempts at thi
time to arrest the parties against whom
lie hell warrants.
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