The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-19
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TO-DAY's DISPATCHES.
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA.
The Bloody Work at CoIfax-Forf PHI
low Eclipsed and the MIodOcs OutdOn,
--Cold-biOOded Assassination OF Col
Ored Men After the Surrender-Un
armed Men Shot and Prisoner
| Thrown Into the River. 183
Especial to the State Journal
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The follow.
ing official dispatches were received here
yesterday by the attorney-general:
HORRIBLE DETAILS IN AN OFFICIAL
REPORT.
New ORLEANS, April II, 1873.
TO Hon. G. III. Williams, Attorney Gen
| erdl Z. fa
Deputy Marshal DeKlyne has returned
from Colfax. He arrived there the day
after the massacre. The details are hor.
'rible. The Democrats (white) OF Grant
parish attempted to GUST the incumbent
parish officers by force, and failed, the
sheriff protecting the officers with col
ored posse. Several days afterwards re-
cruits from other parishes, to the number
of three hundred, came to the assistance
of the assaIlants, when they de-
manded the surrender of the
colored people. This was refused, an attack
was made, and the negroes were driven into
the courthouse. The courthouse was then
fired, and the negroes slaughtered as they
left the burning building, after resistance
ceased. Sixty-five negroes, terribly mutt
lated, were found dead near the ruins of the
courthouse. Thirty are known to have
been taken prisoners, and are said to have
been shot after the surrender and thrown
into the river. Two of the assailants were
wounded. The slaughter is greater than in
the riot Of '66 in this city. Will send re-
port by mail. is4l ,75s
j. R. BEcKwITH, U. S. Attorney.
THE CoLoRED MEN BUTCHERED AFTER
-,s.,, SURRENDER. 7ra d
y NEW ORLEANS, April II.
AHorney- General Willians, Washington !.
Mr.. DeKlyne, my chief deputy, left here
last Saturday with several warrants of ar
rest for parties in the parishes Of Grant
Shd Rapides. He arrived at Colfax Tues
day morning following the collision of last
Sunday. He returned to-day. He found
the place almost deserted except by women,
and caused to be buried the remains OF
sixty colored men found on the field.
1t is reported that subsequent 10
the burning of the courthouse thirty-four
colored men previously made prisoners
were taken to the river bank by couples
and there shot and thrown overheard. 1t
is also reported that colored men were shot
in the adjacent woods, where their bodies
are still lying. He found also twelve
wounded, some certainly MORALLY. The
colored men present composing the posse,
under direction of Sheriff Shaw, white,
appointed by Governor Kellogg, had
taken possession of the courthouse,
and were still holding it. Nash
led the whites. From creditable
information there appears to have been no
loss on the part of the colored men until
after their surrender, when they were
butchered without mercy. After the mas
sacre in the courthouse, from which they
were elected by setting fire to the building.
Sheriff Shaw is missing and supposed
killed. My deputy found it impossible to
make arrests without the presence
of United States 2 troops; armed
bodies of whites still securing the country.
The assailants consisted Of organized par
ties from the parishes of Grant, Rap
ides. VIM, Catapaula, Natchitoches
ana uReQ Rlver ana mad IN Cuelr
possession six-pounder cannon,
taken or, as some allege, loaned
from the Red river steamer, John I. Moore.
Fifteen months since troops were required
to execute warrants in this parish when a
prominent white Republican was murder
ed. Nash and others connected with this
butchery were arrested then. No warrants
have yet issued for parties connected with
this last outbreak. When the circumstan-
ces of this massacre are fully known, it
will be found to be only eqaalled by that
of Port Pillow a
s. B. PACKARD. U. S. Marshal.
TROOPS ORDERED TO CoLFAx-EvERY-
THING QUIET.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1s.-United
States troops have been ordered to Colfax.
Grant parish. The latest accounts, report
everything quiet. The laborers have re-
sumed work on the adjacent plantations
and no further trouble is apprehended.
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