The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-31
TERRORISM.
The Federal BlOOdhOundS in the
Country.
Savage and Awful Threats of Murder.
Prisoners Brains to be Blown Out if One
Parish Official is Injured.

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Parish Official is Injured.
The following special dispatch would be toe
drea lful for belief were it not for the names
of the well-known and highly respected gen.
tlemen appended thereto:
| 1t is time for the people Of all sections OF
the country to ask themselves where all this
will inevitably lead, and it is time for Gen.
Emory not only to disavow the violent and
outrageous actions of his subordinates, but to
see that they ale quickly and severely pun
ished for presuming to SO insult and dishonor
the Government they serve as to indulge in
threats of butcheries and slaughter, the very
idea Of which wo lid shock savage.
| For the honor OF the service and for the
sake of justice, these clustering and insolent
underlings must be arraigned and taught they
live in America and not among the savage
tribes of Africa
| If any OF their horrid threats should be ex-
ecuted, Mr.. Delahoussaye and the cavalry lieu
tenant and Deputy Marshal Steel would not be
long in learning the difficult art of dancing on
nothing.
Especial to the Bulletin.j
New IBERIA, La, Oct. 3O.-Messrs. Placide
V. Huval and Chas. Hebert, both prisoners
under guard of the U. S. troops, having re-
ported that the cavalry lieutenant now doing
duty in St. Martin, and Ernest Delahoussaye,
Deputy q. S. Marshal had threatened them
at the time of their arrest that if any attempt
was made by any party to rescue them they
would cause the prisoners brains to be blown
out, z. T. Fournet, one of the prisoners, yester-
day had a conversation with Steele, the u S.
Deputy Marshal, concerning the threats made
by the cavalry lieutenant and E. Delatous-
save. The Marshal told him that, as far as
that was concerned, he did not know whether
Ernest Delahoussaye had said anything Of the
that if anyone attempted to deliver them,
most positive orders had been given to the
soldiers to kill every one of the prisoners.
Mr.. Fournet replied that he thought that he,
Fournet and others, being held by the Marshal
and the troops, under an order of court, he was
under the safeguard and protection of the
Marshal and the troops, and it was their duty
not only to protect them from any violence or
insult from the scalswags but from any one.
The Marshal said that he was mistaken as to
that, and that he knew!what he was about, and
if he had given such orders, it was sign that
he had authority so to do.
This morning E. Delahoussaye, Deputy
Marshall, told Darcourt Dugas, who was ar
rested yesterday, that if any one of the parish
officials was hurt in any way by the White
League or any other party, it would result in
terrible consequences to the whole parish, and
that not one Of the prisoners would live a
minute afterward. This is outrageous and
ought Immediately be made known to higher
authorities. These prisoners have been ar
rested on trumped up charges for imaginary
crimes.
The people of st. Martin and of the country
ought to be informed whether the Marshals
can give such ORDERS and whether the lives
Of the citizens Of this parish are at his mercy
#, at the discretion of the officers Of the law
and that of Radical underlings, the United
States soldiers and the scalawags are to be let
loose upon defenseless prisoners.
This matter is quite serious and ought to be |
thoroughly investigated. The cause of hui
manity is at stake. GABRIEL L. FoURNET,
z. T. FoURNET,
PLAC1DE HUvAL,
EUGENE DURIo,
BEN BERTRAND,
D. DUGAs, and others.