Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-07
LOUISIANA.
Judge TrimbIe Continues his IrOn-Rod
zuis la Lincoln PaTish-NeW
Warrants Issued.

MONROE, La, November 6.-The dep
uty-sherif of Lincoln parish came IN this ar
ternoon with warrants from Judge Trimble,
district Judge, for he arrest Of Marshal Selye
and Lieutenant Hodgson for contempt o.
court IN refusing 10 obey a writ OF h0beus cor
plts issued 5y Judge Trimbie in the case Of the
prisoners rom Claiborne perish last week.
Lieutenant HOdgsOn was arrested a. the
Duachita house. Marshal Selye. who was in
the hotel, made his escape. The sherlh's 20 Sc
DIVIDED and went IN d1nerent directions, one
squad gong to the house of j. l. Ludehng,
chief justice OF the supreme court OF
the State. one OF the p0sSe states that
Chief-J ustice LudeliBg met the posse
on The piazza. He said Selye was not IL the
house, he mad been there half an hour before
but had gone OF, ne did not know where.
Judge Ludehng aid -elye came 10 ask for
legal advice, and be advised him 70 surrender
and that owing % his position in the st te he
did not want anything 70 DO with IL. The
posse insisted on searching the house. judy
Ludeling showed them around down stairs
The door leading up stairs was fOuuu locked.
considerable delay Mrs. Ludeitng produced
The key. The posse searched up stairs Out
found nothing They obtained candle, and
N the garnet IS dark as midnight
they found Selye, his clothes being badly
sOiled with plaster. Selye surrendered and
was disarmed and marched down stairs.
almost fainting, where Judge Ludeling re-
freshed him with glass OF brandy. Sslye
begged fOr protection, ana when told by
young ShalaIs, the son Of old DR.. 5halars who
was arrested by Selve last week, "YOu treated
my old father ike a q g SIR Selye said: at
was not me. il was Lieutenant HOdgSOn."
The posse assured seiye that nos Q hair OF his
mead Should be hurt. Marsha Selye ard
Lieutenant HOdgSOn are el route 20 Vienna to
answer before Judge Irimble. II is
quite probable the indictments will be
found against both for cutting the telegraph
wires. Concerning the arrest Of citizens IN
Lincoln parish before the election and cut
ting Of the telegraph wires at the same time,
the following aridavtt was made: ''State Of
Louisiana, parish of LincOln-BefOre the IN
dersigned legal authority appeared james
M'Nulty, a private soldier in company b,
third United states infantry, who alter being
by me sworn, declared upon oath that on
unday, the tWeDty-tlfth Of October, at about
three o'clock in the afternoon, he was on
sentry, guarding SIX prisoners for Lieutenant
parish and state aforesaid. When Lieutenant
HOdgsOu and Mr.. SeIye came up stairs, the
lieutenant said TO Nj. Selye, Let US handcus:
this man referring to one OF the prtsonersl
Immediately; We have other business to do,
which you have ordered me to do
HOdgsOu then addressed q corporal, saying
corporal, get two Of your men and report TO
me Immediately. Mr. Selye and viii move
those troops OF Infantry, and put them down
at the jail, and from there We VIII go down 70
the creek and do what is necessary In
about half an hour after this conversation,
the lieutenant, Nj. Edgar Selye, corporal
and two privates went out in the direction Of
the place where the telegraph wires
were cut, and in about half an
hour I saw them coming back from
that direction. When Lieutenant HOdgsOn
gave him instructions ia regard to guarding
the prisoners. He told him II any Of the prls-
oners offered him money to get away 70 take
the money and knock him down. HOdgsOn
told MIN 10 take all he could get, and he
JANIS M'NULTY.
Sworn aud subsCri bed before me on this, the
twenty seventh day OF october, AID. 1874.
L. NJ. Cab AGAIN, J. =.