New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-01
AFTER ARREST, MURDER
THE BLOODY WORK CONTINUES
Six White and Six COlored Men
Killed in Cold Blood by
the White League.

Our telegraphic dispatches OF yesterday
evening exhibit the carrying out to the
bloody end Of the programme carefully
prepared to murder the Republican office
holders of Coushatta parish. If there can
be one who doubts the existence, strength,
character and murderous purposes OF the
White League in Louisiana, let him con-
template these foul and most helllsh mur-
ders by then, of the innocent men of Cou-
shatta parish.
The dispatches published yesterday morn
ing reported the arrest of F. S. Edgerton,
sheriff; II. T. Twichell, tax collector; Clark
Holland. register; r. A. Dew ees. tax col
lector of De Soto parish; Gilbert Cone.
deputy sheriff; w. F. Howell, ESQ.,, attor-
ney-at-law, and six colored men. The
dispatches state that these men were ring.
leaders. There had been no riots or
instructions. The greater portion of
them were officers of federal and State
government. whose inclination and duty
was to preserve the peace, and no muir
derer's apologist here can name the crimes
for which they were put under guard.
After the arrests we were informed that all
was quiet. 1t was the quiet Of the grave
digger making preparations, or the assassin
creeping upon his victim with stealthy
tread.
On Sunday the prisoners are started from
calculated to be overpOwered, and preceded
by a courier who was to invite the mur-
derers. The dispatches say the overpow er-
ers were probably Texans. Certainly they
were not. Texas is under full control of
Democrats, it harbors louisiana criminals
of all sorts, it has citizens who set no value
upon the life of horse thief, but it is too
great a slander upon that State to say
her volunteers would come 40 far into Lou
isiana for the mere pleasure of doing mur-
der, even if that number of Texans could
be at the point indicated with the invitation
to murder given By the advance agent
The murderers are those who have been in
cited te deeds of blood by the incendiary
teachings of the press of Red river. urged
| on by the insane White League politicians
who have lately made campa ign through
that lawless region, and m ade bold by the
| Endorsement of a conve ntion which has
placed murderers and assassins among eve
the white people Of Louisiana.
! That these murders were premeditateG
is shown by private dispatch received
yesterday, which says fears for the prison
ers' safety were entertained. The messen
ger had gone forward for the assassins
! The way was paved. Those who came ou
to murder met the party twenty miles away
from Shreveport, and did their blood.
work The curtain falls on the first act 0
the White League campaign-the most un
provoked act Of barbarism committed sine
the massacres in this bloody State.
OF the men killed, nothing but good
known or told. All of the white men, wit
the exception of Howell, were Northern
men, ex-soldlers of The federal army, who's
interests were with the State of their adop
ton. They we're property owners and tax
PAYERS, had married in the State, and in al
ways were good citizens.
Mr.. Howell was a popular lawyer, cor
| servative in views, but not enough SD t
satisfy the mob now ruling the Red rive
parishes.
If there is just God and Union arm.
these crimes will be avenged. The punish
ment should rot fall alone upon the poo
dupes hiding under Texas. masks; it shoul'
be felt by those who claim high places il
this State and swaggeringly boa st they vii
| rule or ruin Louisiana.