, 1874-09-02
SOUTHERN MODS.
Particulars Of tho Recent Mas
sacre at Coushatta, La.
The Murdered Men Were; Of
Northern Birth, and
Union Officers.
They Held Offices IN the Red River
Parish.
Being Asked to Resign by q Mob,
They Refused.
While Being Escorted to a Place Of
Safety, They Are Killed.
Tho Alurtlercrs Sntl to Be Texan
1suf1lnns. j:
They Held Offices IN the Red River
Parish,
Being Asked to Resign by q Mob,
They Refused.
While Being Escorted to Place Of
Safety, They Are Killed.
Tho N1urtlerers Sntl to Iso Texan
1eufEnng, !.
The Girard County {Ky.) Riot.

Tho Red River, La., Murders.
Spe:iat Dispatch to The CAfcaao Tribune
NEW ORLEANB, Sept. 1.-Latest advlcea from
Shreveport confirm tho report OF tho murder
Of the twelve political prisoners taken from Cou-
ehatta, whilo on their why to tho forrnor pfaco.
Ooushatta iB tho countyHeat Of Rod River Parish,
and tho mon killed vero .. 8. Edgarton, Sho1iff;
II. 4. Twitcholl, Tax-Collector; CLARK Haland,
Register; Gilbert Cone, Deputy~Shorin !; ". r.
Howell, attornoy-at-1aw; md Il. L. Devices,
Collector, Of Dosota Parish, all wlite.. and
Hix oolorod man whose namos aro not known.
Tho whita men <s.~
wEnE All NORTHERN alEN,
and formerly Union soldiers, and all we're Re-
publicaus and holding office under Kellogg, OK
ocpt Howell. 4 demand had heon mado upon
them somo timo ainco to resign their of1lces.
which they zofusel to do aud they were assured
that they would again be waited upon by 4
sufficient force to compel an acquiesoonco.
sAcrifr Edgartou Ind called together posao ot
hundred or 80, mosI1y cofored mon, but tho
foeca brought to baar upon him was 40 great
TINT ho probably thought 1t uaeless to make
h Yhsy "o5o int ;s oeA9a %aa, Up IN ooada tho a
to send them to Shreveport at their
own request, 1t is stated, and o guard OF their
own choice giyon them. This statement is not
creditou by hepub!1cahs nore, aoWoVer Who
publican, they would not be likoly to wish to run
tho risk OF changing about Ii tho unsettled con-
dttton Of the country there. It Is also alleged
that it they did 20 request they wore
TREATED WITH DAD PATTI
in being takeu out Of the usual course
Of trnso! to Shreveport. boing taken by
an out-of.the-way route through Bos-
sier Parish: As aoon as thoy entered
this parish, tho prisoners woro takon out Of tho
10 a1t1ra nnAf
who called themselves Toxans, and killed. Tho
decd is very generally regretted haro by oil with
whom have oonvoraed Tho evening papers,
howovor. mako no editorial roforonco to 1t, OK
ccpt tho Times, which donouncea 1t in unmea8-
ured terala as White Loague orimo-
ito the Assoctdfed Press}
6nnEvEponr, Sept. 1.-h1at. L. F. Stephenson.
Of Desoto Parish. who arrived aore to-day, inr-
nshoa tho following account of tho CouHhntta
troubles which Ia no doubt substantially correct.
It hpoms that In Red River Parish, whore tho
negroes arc largely in excess of the mhites much
apprehension and alarm has beon felt by tho
tho negroes, inat'gnsod aH was generally belieyed,
By Edgarton, Devices, Twitcholl, Howell, Willis,
Holland, and others. The lives Of several To-
spootablo white citizena Of tie parish had boon
Williams, respectable oltlzen Of the Third
Ward OF Red hivor Parlah, was assaulted by two
| notorious and desperate negroes noar Browns
yillo In the lower edge Of the parish, hc having
hoen
rinEn At DY THEM WITH Doup1E-DAanRLED
BuoT-auEs.
| Last Thursday night, . small party Of white men
went 70 tho cabins 0f these negroes with the yiow
Of arresting and lodging them iu jail, when they
party rr IL iustantiy killed.. Tie neerooa thon It.
| tamptod to run to tho woods, whom they wore
both shot and killed BY tho party attempting tue
| arrest,
On tho next day, Friday, d large body Of nc,
groes botwoen 500 and 400 III humber, assomblcd
| near DrownByille, swearing
| VENGEANCE AGAINST THE WHOLE WHITE RACE,
and declaring thoy would not leave white man,
| woman. or child alive in the parish. This cre-
shatta aud throughout the surrounding country,
and on Friday night tho roads loading into town
wero pickoted: Two young mon, Mr. Joe piok-
| sou and Mr. pick3ns, who wore on one Of tho
posts halted negro who waa coming into town
with q suck OF buckshot. Ho paid no attention
| to the summons to halt, aud ran OF into tho
darkness, boing fred On BY one Of tho parties
without effoct. However, they Immediately
! went into the town to report That Lad oo-
curred and wero returning to their post. when
they woro accosted in tho atroeta Of Coushatta
by Homer Twitcholl and two notorious negro
| doBperadoeg Andxow BaBley aud Dob Smith, all
OF whom wore armed They had few moments'
conversation will thom. not Of violent nature,
and had turned round to proceed to their post.
wlon they we're
FIRED UPON TWICE
| by this armed party from tho rear md without
| warning. Dickson was dangerously il not NOR
very critical condition. Mr. Plckons easapod
unllslrt, Tho firing party thon ran on, Baslcy
and Smith escaping altogether, and T"itchoil
for tho tmo being. That night and tho noxt
il. A. Doves, ". +. Howell, Q. Holland, and N,
q. Willis, all whites, besides numbor Of negroes.
wore arrested and placed under guard: AL Of
tho party who held Office thsn voluntarily
and thoy with the others voluntarily proposoo. II
guard WAS furnished them to Shreveport 81 Mtioy
would leave tho State to return no moro. Ihis
maa at once assonted to. and tho prisoners re-
queBted Dir. Johu Carr, rolablo and Trustworthy
c!tizon preaont, to take charge Of tue guard fo1
their protection. On Sunday morning at 10
o'clock, Alr. OArr, with guard Of about Bixteon
n'en, started with tho above namod prisoners,
oscopt tho nogroos: Attorward party o. o.
lotwoon forty and fifty mon, supposed to bo
all Texans. who had come Into Coushat!a,
started in pursuit, with tho avowod purpose OF
/ LYNu1lNo THE pnrsoNEHs.
Later In tho day, Mr. Carr WAS apprlzed OF this
fact, and put his horBos and thoao of the prison
crs to tho top OF tlor speed to avoid being goTer'
tuken. While ncnrlng tho Hutchinson piAnsa
tiou, OH lsod River, .aome 80 fmiles bolo"
Shreveport, with Wow OF crossing tnoro. aae
destroying tho ilat~hont to prevent further Pnr'
hla guards oyerpoworet, and the prisoners takot
away from him, mud throe Of tlenl-Edgarton
Twitohell, aud Dowooa-
| suoT ON THE SPOT.
Tho other three, Howell. Holland, aud Willls e
wele carried baos q short distance 10 poar war;
storo anil there shot. The ctizonb Ill tho neigh
horhoou assembled yesterday morning an'
buried tho rarties who bud boon killed.; w
ltrst: three III tho graveyard noar llusclllnBonl
plantation, aud the lust threo OH tho spot wAef
lucy led heon killed. uoar Wurl'u stors'
- MILITIA CALLED OUT.
/ NEw QnLEAIs. La., Sept: 1.-The uoyetno
tMEcalle3l out an extra regiment Of tl1o stat' g.
! militia. b be composed OF Picked white men. ~
.oGdsgs woro issued somo days ago in Ylo" q ap