New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-09
4 STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC,
Secretary OF SeasA

Nav;rs fen \ ny duty 90 :ssHe my p:oc:anas.on
offering q :arc. reward Cor she Apprehension ard
conviction of the ,curderels III .ae cUusha::s oue
1agA anc TO the end :ha: :he :sH aSid.n: citizens
o: the State may tally Comrsehen1 shc magnitude
of the crime AOmmMted sard be Induced TO scnoe.
more active assistance to the officers OF she .aw
aeem Il propes to make the ionown. Statements
These facts are gathered from seaaSie 'n'oSnass
zion received at the E.eccGse Department.
On u abou: the swenty.eshtt day Of AreA'.
1874, body 0: persons: Belonging to {. seiIrni:.'
sary organization known as Hle White League. os
louisiana, Assembled - tie town Q: Coasha.ta.
parish Of Red River. :his State. 10: she purpose
Of Aompe9;ng,hy force o: arms. the STATE staeess
Ct Una! parish to resign :heiE pOsi:!orA
These officers were men Of good cha:acfese Ehs&
Of them largely interested " planting az! me:cau'
tile pursuits They led :Le!S POSITIONS W.T.. :he
tAi; consent Of admittedly large majority q the
kg.i sote1s q the Ia:isii. !tis te;n2 . large!
Republican parish, as SiMI:eA Svsa ~ SIG Es&en
returning boards.
Tie only known ohier..cx - .tem vas " ~ Haee
were of Republican principles. Frank 5. S1sertor.
the duly qualified shtsiH ct size parish. u strict
compliance with :he Jaws q tins State. ard Of tie
United States. sun naoned 2esse som:.atus Of eat
zenA white ans Co!ortd. 20 assiss Biz - protect.
ing the PARISH officers IN the exercise g :heir nn'
COIOteu dIu Cut!tb 5ION sAS sEstssteLcG Wv
lawful; violence oi the y bite Leagues E!e posse.
consisting Of s.1ty.hve NEE, was overnowesed by
q superior force assembled from Che edjacent par.
irhes. ana tinaNy. at.es several eooreG and white
nen fsc been Killed surrendered themselves py.s
oners with the e1r.iss gaasartse .hss 'heiT i.ves
would be spared u :hs more DIolRiaer3 RepLb'
lie aEs would agree - have sht pa::sa. and tlcse
HodiuS of; co We did rec; IN :hti POSITIONS
These s:ipula.ions. stoUgh 1Iiaw:sLy N.ae:eI.
were complied with on the par. Of the Republican
officials. VIE WeIe thea 4peeea ~ "a tie H.: T.:
she night.
The following FAMED persons wsss aHs :ssse
70 s,lsrende.ing and cesgI.lS
Homer ;. Tw.tchel !. r.antee ara saf <e.iec.aA Of
Red River. ana deputy United States postmaster
N charge Of the pos.oise as Coasaa:ta~ Rose.. 4.
Devices supervise. .: registration. De Ho.o ish:
Clark Holland. merchant ard supervisor Of regis.
3raton, Red Rive1 pa.;six W. " Howell. PARISH
attorney and United States eUmnniss .OIlty: Frank
=. Edgerton. sheriff Of Red River parisie u. q.
Wits. merchant and justice Of the peace.
day OF August. these persons weIv bound and
conducted by az armed guard 10 the Mcfarland
plantation, just over the parish Zine Ci See Ilve.,
w.thN the boundaries OF Eossicc parish, about
forty miles cas-. Of Che Texas line. There tnev
were set upon and deliberately murdered in cod
blood. Their bodies were buried near where they
fell, withous inquest CT any Formally wAateveh
On the night preceding she surrender BODY OF
forty members 0; che White League OF GaGdO
parish, mounted and armed. ie:: the city OF
of the place where she GurdeP was subsequently,
WILLIAM +. KELLOGG.