The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-05-17

street. What's that?" questioned a
hundred trembling voices.
81 wonder whether it's the trOeps
coming up with q cannOn?n nervously
returned an armed hero.
That was enough. In an instant the
cry was taken up
THE TROOPS ARE COMING"
and then ensued such scattering, such
a reckless, ruthless desire to f1y from
the scene as has probably never been
eXcelle9 since the history of the world
was written.
Men and boys rushed helter skelter,
as II the devil were after them; guns,
pistols, and in fact everything that
could impede flight was thrown to the
winds, and where but a moment before
all was eager animation, and an atmos-
phere bristling with guns and brave
warriors, there was but space, occupied
by two mild hammered reporters, and q
street strewn with q prOnhscuOus array
of guns, pistols, hats and caps as would
nave stocked an arsenal and q hat store.
The picture of those
FLYING HEROES
was too intensely ludicrous for descrip-
ton the pen of Dickens or the pencil
VI a. AAOo'AI III, "OuIIt ttlIhG US pO"eIlGSS
to do even partial justic ce to the subject.
all this dire distress and fearful, Won
derful scare? Simply a modest two
mule float, whose rattling wheels,
sounding like the dread voice of the
aNenger, lent wings to the fears of the
valiant army, and as one man they fled
from the wrath to come.
AS may be conceived, this was the
closing scene to q rather eventful day.
True, a few of the terrified ones, upon
learning of the cause of their disc0m-
future, returned, but not to commit fur
ther depredations-rather, they gathered
up the cast away guns, and restored
them whence they had been taken, and
thereafter they dispersed to their homes.
District Attorney John McPheIin, ESQ,
arriving on the ground at this juncture,
engaged some person to guard the
Messrs. FOlsQms' store for the balance
OF the night, and thus "quiet reigns
in Warsaw" once more.
ROBBERT-A MOB BREAKS INTO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CARSON NUDGE.
At about nine o'clock a mob of about
five hundred men reached the store of
Mr.. Carson Nudge, on Magazine street,
near the corner of Magazine and Poy-
! dras streets, and battering in the door,
marched in and took possession. Mr..
Nudge, who resides with his family in
the upper portion Of the building, fear
ing blOOdshed, upon realizing the situa-
ton attempted to remove Mrs. NJ. from
the promises, but that lady becoming
panic stricken, locked himin. In the mean
time, the invaders shivering into atoms
the show cases, proceeded to help them
selves to every article they contained.
The stock embraced double -barreled
guns, rifles, pistols and ammunition of
all kinds. Included in the articles was
q consignment of fine English guns, re-
Gently received by the St. Louis, and
said to be worth one hundred and fifty
dOllare a piece. A number of guns had
been lett for repairs, many Of them
valuable, and so dismantled is the place,
that Mr.. Nudge can not now tell even
the names Of the owners.
One OF our reporters visited the shop
a very few minutes after the mob left,
and found everything in the utmost
confusion. A large pGnnel had been
bro ken out of the door, and two large
plate glass show windows were not only
broken, but completely stripped of Their
carelessly thrown upon the floor,> and a
portion of its contents scattered loosely.
A handsome gun-case was broken III
two, the show cases on both sides of the
shop were filed with fragments of
glass, packages of patent wadding, fish
ing lines, and other sporting nipple
ments were scattered in every direction,
and, in fact the entire place was total
wreck. Of course, the lucklesss pro
priet0r and his family Were not only
greatly distressed, but much excited.
Mr.. NJ. considered that the events of
last evening would result in his total
ruin.