New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-12
/ STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
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Secretary Of etAeA

Having A!t n my Ar:y 70 ;ssue ny PROCLAMATION
Offering large reward Cor che apprehension and
conviction Of the nNderers in the CoSshatt t. ont
rage and TO the end thas the law abiding citizens
Of the State may fully comprehend che magnitude
Of the crime committed. ard 10 induced to sender
mors active assisJanoo 10 Tho officers Of tie law,
deem it propes - make che soliowine statement
These facSs are gathered iron seliable inf2n0
ton Dcsved at the Executive Departments
On o. abous tias svsentyNshth day q Angust
1874. body q persona. seiongMg 20 semirsl
tary organization Knows az the White league q
bouisana, assembled in Die town OF Coushatta
parish q Red River. 10 This State. for tle purpose
Of compelling by sbrce OF armA the Ststs efaoege
u that parish to sssiga their Dositona
These omcers ven men Of good character, ansss
Of them largely interested IN planting and mercan.
tile pursuits They oeld shev positions with tlD
full consent Of admittedly large majority Of she
legal soters q Che parish. this SeinR . largely
Republican parish - allmitted even ~ sl,O TAsioo
returning boardss
The only known dhjGttn 10 eheD ~as Chat Shsy
were q Republican principles. Frank S. EdgertOn,
the duly 4ualiseA sheyia Of ne parish, n strict
compliance with the laws q Shis yta - and q the
Unitee States, summoned posse comfatus Of cit
liens. Whit ano coiGed, 10 assist Am n protect.
ing the Darish officers in Pie exercise d mex un-
doubted rights and duties from she shreatened IN.
lawful Violence of the White Leagues. HIS posse.
consisting o! sixtTf~e men. was evenowered by
a superior force assembled fronA the adjacent par.
ishes, and finally, afte9 several GOlOred and white
men Aslbeen blllea, surrendered themselves pris-
onsrs with the s1plicN guarantee that their lives
wsule be spared if the moro prominent Ropub
lcans would agr0 to leave ths parish, and those
holding office would resign their Hositons
these stipulatioDs, though unlawfuly 0xsctsd.
we've complied with On Che pa1e Of the Republican
officials, whs we're thsA iscke4 u2 IN the jail for
the night
The following named persons were oDns those
SO surresderng and resigninp
Homer J. Twitchsl, planter and tax collector of
Red River and deputy United States postmaster
in charge of the postofce at Coushatta; Robert A.
Devices, supervisor Sfregistration De Soto parish;
Clark Hollaod, merchant and supervisor of regis
tration, Red River parish; We J. Howell, parish
attorney and United States commissioner; Frank
s. Edgerton, sheriff of Red River parish; NJ. c.
Willis, merchant and justice of the peace.
O. the following morning, Sunday. the thirtieth
day of August, these persons were bound and
conducted by an armed guard to the Mcfarland
plantation, just over the parish line of Red River,
within the boundaries of Bossier parish, about
forty miles east OF the Texas line. There they
wefe set upon and deliberately murdered in cold
blood Their bodies were buried near where they
fell, without inouestDr any formality whatever.
On the pigAs preceding thesurreAder body Of
forty members OF the White League of Caddo
parish, mounted and armS& left the city of
Shreveport and were seen riding in the direction
of the place where the murder was subsequently
committed.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
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