New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-30
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 1873.

TO lay over until the next day. While wait
ing at the depot, lady called upon him
and informed him that young girl had
been found with evident marks upon her of
che most outrageous violence. 4 rope or
something else had been pu. around
her neck. and she had evidently been
eh'hed TO death, as her tongue protruded
some distance out Of her mouth. The lady
who called on Mr. Cue did so for the pur-
pose OF acquiring his assistance IN discover
ing the villains. In company with four
others he went in search OF them, and for
tunately they succeed that very night in
hrdlng two negroes. who, when captured,
confessed the crime, and by daylight they
We're hung on the branch of tree. 1t was
not long before Mr.. Cue and three others
| wece in the clutches of the United States
officers. and although he offered any bond
they required he was laughed at, sent to
Columbia and tried before jury composed
OF Six negroes and six carpet-baggers
He was found guilty, aud sentenced to
fourteen years imprisonment and TO pay
a fine Of $3.50. Soon after this he was
sent to the penitentiary in Albany. His
wife, in New Orleans, sold all Of his prop
efty tor the purpose OF raising the money
20 pay his fine, which was done some thir-
teen months ago. and then moved with
what little remained with her six children
to Baltimore, where she has ever since
been engaged in teaching music, French.
and drawing Through the influence of
friends, chief among whom was General
Harry L. Hays, he received his pardon on
or about the twenty-seventh of July last
Since then he has been in Memphis nursing
the sick. He has letters in his possession
from prominent persons in Memphis, and
also one from DR.. Se,nmes, of this city. Mr..
Cue had several friends and acquaintances
in this city, who exerted themselves in his
behalf, and he was thereby enabled to
leave on the Charleston train, ON his way
to his family in Baltimore.
The Pcayune supposes "Richard Cue" to
have been prominent sculptor of this city.
1t would have been great deal better if
the Picayu,ae had been posted on prominent
sculptOrs or other citizens of New Orleans
General Hays says he never got pardon
for such man, and never heard of him.
No such scheme was ever started. No such
contract was ever awarded. No one in this
city ever heard of the man-except the
Ptcaynne. And that paper would have
avoided the mistake if Its anxiety to make
point on 'ku-klux" had not prevented it
noticing that the story has travelled consid-
SAuoiS SAhoo eAO pHpCA puuliSHcu It,
1t is an excellent practice to go to original
sources for information, but care should be
taken that the fountain is pure. This dead
beat Cue seems to have manufactured his
story out of whole cloth. How many in
the East he swindled does not appear. but
he made the Picaytne his victim without
an effort. The following from the Baltimore
-4mertcGn e1tectually disposes of him. How
the Ptcay'tsae will get rid of it's ignorance
on New Orleans affairs is another question:
No man by the name of Richard Cue
was ever tried at Columbia for violation OF
the enforcement act. No such incident as
that related above occurred at Summerv;lle
in 1870, or since. No Ku-klux arrests were
made in South Carolina in 1870. There
were no trials at Columbia till November,
1871. No ku-klux ever paid fine OF
s250o: neither did the wife oT anv Ku Klrx
ever Pay that sum for her husband. No
ku klux was ever sentenced 70 fourteen
years. imprisonment. The highes. penalty
prescribed by the act OF Congress is impris
onlnent for ten years; the seyerest penalty
ever imposed was p term OF eigh. years
upon man notoriously guilty o, brutal
murder. Mr.. Cue has probably arrived in
Baltimore by this time, and is yelating the
above story to such credulous people as
choose to listen. We give him the benefit
of the above facts to the end tina. he NAV
SO aHlend his tale of woe as to prevent i.
from bearing its contradiction upon its face.