The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-12-18
sELYE's SWORN STATEMENT q
FACTS.

SWORN STATEMENT OF
FACTS. !
The Vienna Sentinel makes the fol. |
lowing comments on Selye's sworn
statement:
This statement Is web of lies woven
without skill, and the effrontery of the
writer Is only equaied by the weakness
of his production.
tie makes a sweeping and y false
charge against the citizens OF North
Louisiana, but directs his malicious
efforts chiefly agatnst Judge Trimbie,
whose firmness in bringing offenders
to justice has reused tho ire Of this
gallant warrior against women and
defenceless citizens. It Is we'll remem-
bered by Our citizens that while Selye
was in Jail here he spoke we'll of our
people and abused his own party; say
ing that this party had got him to
do their dirty work and when he was
brought into trouble thereby, they
deserted him, and that he had received
no avors, except those extended to him
by the people; but no sooner is Mr..
Selye out of prison than he renews his
attack upon the citizens by the publica-
ton Of faisehoods which prove only the
treachcry and depravity Of the writer.
Mr.. Seiye is certainly model Radical.
The statement to which the Sentinel
refers was read in this community witt,
comical expressions Of contempt. Even
the Intelligencer, although devoting
four columns to the production of the
paper, had not one line to give In the
way Of reference Or approval. It Is
we'll known to every one in Monroe
that the ''mob'' referred to by selye,
and which he doubtless never saw ex-
cept from his place of concealment, was
not mob, but sherif7s posse, regularly
and that it did not number
more than thirty persons at the outside.
The posse rode by the writer, and we
do not believe It numbered even twenty.
Ave horsemen. Yet Selye stcears 1t
was a mob, and numbered 200 men!
In connection with this subject, we
may notice another of intimate relation,
namely: the responsibility for the use
OF soldiers in the recent canvass, for the
arrest of certain citizens and their SUBJ
sequent treatment under arrest. It
seems that the various individuals con-
cerned in this most reprehensible busi-
ness are unwilling-and no wonderful
accept the responsibility for what was
done. First one, and then another,
Republican leader has risen to explain
that he Is az guiltless as any one, and
that the blame rests somewhere else.
Is 1t not rather significant, as to the
guilt Of all these persons, that not one
of them came ont boldly during the
persecution of Scott, sholars and others
and denounced the outrageous violation
of private rights and the high-handed
acts Of seIye and his guard? There
are a number of prominent Republicans
In this town, few of whom, perhaps,
knew In ADVANCE that arrests would be
made, but where are their protests
against the arrests and the villainous
treatment OF the prisoners?
We believe that 1t is susceptible of
proof that the whole affair was we'll
,natured conspiracy. When selye
made his re-appearance in Monroe, we
We're satisfied that he and his pal,
Frank Morey, had dirty work on hand,
and we SO intimated in very broad
terms, as early as July last. 1t was
then impossible to foretelt what was on
foot. But just preceding the election,
a Commissioner, by name Jewett, who
seems to have rowing commission,
was hooted up, aud before him atfida-
Wit after affidavit was made by Dick,
Tom and Harry, and, as Selye has
sworn, hundreds OF white citizens were
ordered under arrest. Now comes the
curious circumstance that only ak of
these alleged offenders were arrested
and brought to trial. Who singled out
these six Offenders, and for what pur-
pose? Selye Is, we are satisfied, an un-
consciable detective, but his interest In
this matter could be- only Indirect. He
was not candidate or even an aspirant
for popular favor. He himself, AS the
Sentinel states, declared that he was
used as q tool to do dirty work. Who