Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-18
TWO HUNDRED NEGROES BURNED
To DEATH.
GREAT EXCITEMENT N NEW
ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, April I5.-The steamboat
Southwestern, which arrived thisafternoon.
brings stirring and important news from
Grant Parish The whites have retaken
/ Coliax, and there is not negro TO be found
I for miles around. From passengers We
CLEAN the following The negroes had
strongly entrenched themselves in the court
house and built breastworks three or four
feet high. There were, it Is said, about
100 men armed and equipped thoroughly
On Sunday at about z O'Clock. about 80
men who had gathered from the surround
ing parishes, made an attack on the breast
works. and brisk fight was kept OPP ill
some where near 3 O'Clock. The breast
work. were then stormed and captured, the
negroes taking refuge in the eourt-hou-c.
the doors Of which were barricaded
After some further fighting the ueeroe-
threw out a flag Of truce. and several de-
tachmcnt- of men advanced on it. when
they were fired on by the be-iesel party,
wouuding several. one Of which was Captain
Hadwot. who was shot in the bowels and IL
is feared fatally wounded. They retreatei
outside tie barracks, and As the only means
of li~Iodging the negroes the courthouse
wa- set ON fire, and they were shot as they
came from the burning building. Its re-
ported that between eighty and one ham
dreI negroes were killed. and that there
were none afterwards to be found for miles
around.
The Captain of the Southwestern uai.
the following statement
Weauived at CoIfax Sunday evening. at
about O'Clock, and the white people bad
cap -urel the town. after having had @ cone
tict with the negroes II was reported @.
me that about one hundred negroes bad
been killed and many wounded. We saw
from our boat about fifteen 0r twenty living
around tie banks. dead. One white man
was reported killed. whose name did ua-
learn. and two very seriously wounded
lladW0t and Harris Mr. Hadw0r was shot
through the bowels, and is supposed O. De
MORALLY wounded. Three W t1lr other
white men were slightly wounded. About
100 negroes escaped, but il was reported
that the whites were still pursuing them.
All the leaders Of the rot escaped. The
negroes amhu-cadei themselves iu she Court
House The whites finding there was uI
other mode of attack. set fire to the build
Inn. The whites numbered IN the neigh
lorhooi Of $50. The fight lasted from D.
b clock until nearly . ,. IN. The whites
are now In possession Of C0liax. and when
left late last Sunday night. everything
vas very quite
FURTHER PARTICULARS
NV YoEs, April IG.-The Times has the
blowing special from New ORLEANS. dated
he 18th The riot. Sunday, in Grant
Parish. grew out Of the increasing anim0,i-
y which existed between the negroes Of
iranr Parish and the whites Of Rapids Par
81, each color pre1ominatinr in their re-
'ectiye localities All day sunday the two
actions quarrellei at the courthouse. in
own of C0liaz, and the riot eliminated ID
he courthouse being set on fire by the
whites and burned TO the gv0lnd. together
nth from POO TO 500 negroes. who were
nable to escape from the burning build
lg. The unfortunate c0lorei men were
teraly roasted alive in sight Of their enc
lies. Only twenty-five OF three whites
ere killed or wounded, owing the fact that
Fry few negroes were IN possession Of arms.
The details Of this ~anguinary riot are
lite shocking. and the news has created
.tenSe excitement throughout the city Dc
scarcely credible bat the news is unfar-
nate.y too true for the reputation Of our
'ople. The war between races S., COM
Hr-
IS seldom presented such horrifyins in
ince.
W AsHNcTov, D. c.. April I6.-Nl off,
d Dispatches concerning the trluI.e~It
'iiax, La. have been received here. but
e affair Is regarded as q Ku-Klux outrage.
tten mp by the NcEncry faction and S,
sorted a. 10 reflect upon the supporters
the Kellogg state government.