New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-08
A Fugitive i'm Duplicatc-Talt Floyd in Ar.
rest in Two Parishes.

| The reward of $500 offered by Governor
| Kellogg, for the arrest of the murderers OF
Thomas Archibald, is inducing many 10
! keep their eyes open for the man Talt
Floyd, who has been identified as one of
the murdereIs, and whose description mas
! been generally published. A party cup
posed to be Floyd is now lying ir the Don.
jacksonville Jail, while Opelousas claims the
honor OF having the culprit in arrest The
Donaldsonvile Chief of the fourth instant
says:
Last Saturday evening two meanly
dressed white men, one of whom wore no
shoes, passed the residence OF Mr. Alexan-
der S. Landry on the left bank of the river,
some five miles above Donaldsonvile and
their appearance attracted Mr.. Landry's at
tentiOn, and caused him to think they much
resembled the description given in the
newspapers of Talt Floyd and Lewis Rob
inson, the murderers of Thomas Archibald,
ESQ, of Richland parish. The wandering
outcasts stopped at Mr.. BENJAMIN Aliens
store, and requested lodgings for the night,
near the store. Before retiring they bar
gained with Mr.. Allen TO 60 to work on his
place next day.
Mr.. Landry visited the store that evening
to procure copy of the Leader containing
the description of Floyd and Robinson, but
the paper could not be found, and he went
home again without intimaring the object
for which he desired the journal. Return
ing in the morning he discovered the desired
number of the Leader, and a second perusal
Of the description of the murderers con-
WINGED him that they were the very men
who passed his house the evening before.
he learned with surprise that the tramps
had slept in an adjoining out house, but had
Iisen at early dawn and hled away.
Acquainting Sheriff Hill of his supposed
discovery, the two set out on horseb back in
pursuit OF the suspicious characters, whom
they overlook at the store of Mr. T. G..
Hills, on the old Waterloo plantation, and
captured without resistance being offered.
The prisoners were brought to Donaldson
vile ard lodged in the parish Jail, where
they now lie awaiting an answer from
letter written by Mr.. Landry to the sheriff
of Richland parish.
Mr.. Landry informs us that the men did
not give straightforward account of them
selves in response to his inquiries, but in
several instances made contradictory state
ments, which indicates that they have been
gnilty CT some rascality or other whether
they are the parties their captur suppOses
or not. While we admit the possibility of
one of them being Talt Floyd, we are rather
skeptical as regards the other, for as Lewis |
Robinson is under arrest and lodged in Jail
in Rich and parish. we can not conceiv We the |
p rs ioili of his pre- sence in Ascension.
1t is certainly q remarkable coincidence |
that two men should be found together who |
answer SO perfectly the description of the |
Richland murderers. for all who have seen |
the prisoners agree as to the resemblance. |
The one who is thought to be Talt Floyd is
about twenty five years of age, weighs 100 |
pounds, is about five feet nine inches high, |
dark hair, slightly stoop-shouldered, thin
breast, swarthy complexion, a visage that
from the effects of whisky drinking, and
Mr.. Landry informs us that he has fine
voice and the spasmodic motion OF the head
n talking that is given as one of the pecu-
iarities Of Talt Floyd. He gives his name
% Jack Mason. |
Tho other prisoner is apparently about ]