The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-16
The Kidnapping Of Mr.. A. Heymau.

The kidnapping OF Mr.. A. Heymau.
From this gentleman himself We
learn the true history Of his recent
thrilling adventure from the time
when, with the sanction Of the
Usurper, who pretends to be Gov
ernor Of Louisiana, he was brutal
" assaulted by the New York and
New Orleans detectives on the
street; to the time of his safe arriv-
al among his friends.
The story Of his sufferings is one
of such lnhuman brutality, such
tiendish malignity and outrageous
disregard of the dictates Of common
civility, as to seem almost incredi.
bic in this age of boasted civilizaI
ton. That it is possible in this the
broad light Of the nineteenth cen.
tury that citizen Of ofle State, at
the behest of a bl0ated aristocrat Of
another State, upon a trumped up
charge, can be brqtaily beaten with
clubs, hurried into o cab, manacled
and shackled, rushed into car
which by bribery was ready prepar1
ed, refused the right even to send
word to his family or friends, re.
fused even a drink Of scater or water
to wash the blood from off his faco
or clothes, locked up in d separate
car, cutfed, threatened and abused
like q dog and speeded away from
home and friends, seems to be q
story SO monstrous in it's details, 40
to challenge our incredibly. Yet
all these things are solemn facts.
Nor was his troubles over here-re-
fusing to obey the very law to whose
violated sanctity, Mr.. Heyman was
to De offered as bloody sacrifice,
his captors, in the double capacity
of natural brutes and blackguards
and supple tools to crafty the vim
dictive hate Of New York aristO.
Gratis, refused at several stations on
the route to deliver up their priso-
ner in answer to writs Of Aabeas cor.
pus, and it was only after the off,
GERS OF the law had broken into the
car at Holly Springs and taken
him by force that he could get q
hearing at all. He was carried be.
fore the Court and promptly dis.
charged, when he was held and
compelled to answer successfully to
nine different warrants, and only
got away by leaving during the in
terval between the trial Of the ninth
and the preparation of the tenth, he
having been discharged Oh them
ALL
When the liberty OF an Ameri-
can citizen is subjected to such fla
grant violation at the instance Of
some malignant autocrat thousands
OF miles away, it is time for us to
consider well some speedy and vio-
lent remedy for such a condition Of
affairs. 1t was the case of Mr..
Hey,nan yesterday, it may be the
case Of any Of us to morrow. With
Slr. Heyman's business affairs and
financial connection with creditors
in New York or elsewhere, we have
J nothing to do. Be they as they may,
good, bad Or Indifferent, for thea
the Caucasian has no concern. We
are not speaking of him as a mer
chante but as citizen Of Rapides
who has been most foully dealt with.
Admit the right to kidnap and bru-
ts,lIy treat him, and there is no tel
ling when an extension of the
principle may end. We would soon
DO back to the time when the tink-
ling Of Stewards "little belp could
send any man in the North to a
dungeon; when popular prejudice
could Danish such a patriot as Val
landingham. lilo is now safe as we
have seen the publication Of an Or
der from Kellogg, the Usurper, pro-
hibiting the issuance OF any moro
such warrants upon acquisitions
of Governors Of other States.
Mcssrs. Claflin & Co., will make a
better name for themselves by COL
Letting their debts via ordinari0-
than by tesorting to such extra
ordinary meaus of showing their
malignlty, and tho Governor of
New York will doubtless find him
self sufficiently well employed it he
will attend to the numerous crimi-
uals at home, and not lend himself
to the assistance of tho petty hate
Of such men as Llaflln Il Co., for
whom Jour best wishes are that they
may meet such financial disaster as
will leave them beggars upon that
charley aboet which they seem to
know so little, and dependent upon
that generosity Of which they are
so utterly ignorant.
J. Il. BEEDA.-This gentleman,
with his bride, is here attending as