Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-28
The Louisiana Troub,es.
THE KILLING OF BYBRLY BY Rx-GOyR

THE KILLING OF BYBRLY BY RX-GOyR NOR
wARMoTB, ETC.
The perpetual political excitement in New
orleans has been warmed up TO a little hish ar
than its ordinary temperature by the report of
the returning board, who, nearly two months
after the election, have at last figured up the
vote OF the state. The indications are that the
Tepubncsns will have majority of two in the
house OF Representatives, although the conser.
vat1yes profess hat ii was secured by fraud
ulent returns. Dubuclet, republican candidate
for state treasurer, is elected by 95s majority
and all the amendments to the state constit1-
ton are adopted. The board threw ont the
votes of Grant and Bienville pari hes the for
mer giving small republican al the latter a
heavy democratic majority. Why this was done
Is stated in an address from the board In which
are also embodied some exposures of the loose
manner In which the election was conducted
and the difficulty experienced by the bosT,i in
Its work. Three republican aud three demO-
cratic congressman are said to be elected An
CRY feeling ran high in New Orleans on Satur-
day, the worst display of it being street afTray
between eX-Gov. Warmoth and Dan. G. Byer!y
manager of the New Orleans Bulletin, in which
the latter was killed. Besides this deed of blaot
there occurred in the city within tweatv-!our
hours, other atfrays, in which two negroes were
killed, and two soldiers wounded.
TEE DIFFICULTY RKTwgsN BYRRLY AND WAR
MOTH
grew out of controversy between Warmth
and the Bulletin, which led TO the publication
en- Friday by Warmoth of card addressed to
the manager of the Bulletin, rejecting upon
that paper and Mr.. Jewell, one OF its editors.
WarmOth has made the following statement
ABOUT the Olmcuity:
"On Saturday, after my card appeared in the
flcayune, was called upon by friend of jew
ell, who demanded of me an AFFECT apology for
the card, which | declined to make, Whereupon
he asked me If / would accept a challenge to
hght duel, remarking at the same time that
lt was generally understood that would not
hght. replied tn at would not d ght If could
as well avoid it; that was no tighter, and that
there would be time enough to answer the
question about dueling when was ha.lsnysd.
Late in the day the affair was condded to our
respective friends. They met at o'clock in
the evening, and agreed that Jewell and my
self should fight in Alabama on Monday morn
ing, the weapons to bs dueliDg pistols, and
the distance ten PAGES. These terms having
been accepted, did not of course
apprehend an attack, especially not from
My understanding of such matters is that antag
onists, pending meeting, should be corteOas,
and was just on the eve of tipping my hat to
Mr. Byerly, in front of whom two ladies were
walking, the street being crowded, wlen he
struck me with heavy stick on the head. He
struck me three times with the stick, when
clinched with him, in the meantime taking q
knife out OF my pocket, with my arm around his
shoulders, got my hands together and opened
Soon after We fell policeman took the knife
ont of my hands, and some of the crowd pulled
Byerly off, L understand Byerly has been cat
and am accused of doing the cutting" War
moth was arrested Immediately after the fight
and conveyed TO the Sd precinct station.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Bulletin to-day will publish a state ement
of an eye witness of the Byerly- WsrmOth affair
The statement differs somewhat from that OF
Warmoth as to the cutting This witness states
that the knife was open when drawn, and that
TWO or three stabs were made before they fell.