New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-06
4 STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

Having !er !: my duty 10 lssue :ny proclamation
Offering !. !ars. reward for ;he apprehension and
Gosy;ctiOis OF the n,lrderers III the COisfatfa out.
gage. ana to the end that the law abiding citizens
o. the State may fully comprehend this magnitude
o: the crime committed. and be induced to sender
more active assistance to the officers Of the law
deem j. propeH to make the following statement.
S:ese facts are gathered from reliable !ntoymas
Zion receive! at ihe Execut:ye Department:
On OF about :he twentv-e,shth day Of Augusts
VIZ bod: OF PERSONS belonging to y sem:.rn!.
'ary organization known rs the White League Of
Louisiana. assembled In TIE town Of Coushatta.
parish Of Red River. in this State for the purpose
Of compelling. by force Of arms. tn. State officers
OF thai parish to sesign their positions
shese officers were men of good character suoss
OF them largely interested planting and mercan.
Sale pursuits They :eid their positions with tho
ssH1onsent OF az admittedly large majority Of the
s-.as soiers o: the parish. this being largely
ke2nh'cas parish. as adm..ted even By the Fusion
Sesusn.n: boards.
S';le only KNOWN objection 20 :se,n was That fhev
we're of Republican principles. Frank s. Edper,on.
She duly qualified sheriff of the parish. I'm strict
compliance with the laws Of :siis State and OF the
Onises States, summoned posse comi:atus of sit.
SENS white and so!ored to assist rim in protect.
u she PARISH officers In the eserctse OF :heir ME
doubted rights and duties from the threatened rf,o
'1'tu' Violence of she W iite Leagues HIS rosse.,
CONSISTING os sixty-ive neDo was overpowered by
superior 1o!ce assembled from the ad iacent pare
'sheso anu hnallyo aftey seseraS eOored and white
mef' had been killed. surrendered themselves pris
"neGs with the explicit guarantee that their lives
w"'.ia be spared is the more prominent Repub
.l:ahs would agree 20 seave the 2arshe and those
AoldinS office would resign their POSITIONS
saese s1!pulatlonso though anlawfullt exacpe9
were complied with on the part of the Renub,;can
o1clals. who wege SbeS sockeJ BIZ in the TAIL for
tIe night. '~e '''
9Ae following named PERSONS were anone ,bos.
So sulsenierins and resignnga '-'''
Hohes .. 1wltcheEo planter and tag co91eceop OF
hed RIVER. and deputy United States y,ostmaster
)" eharss OF Che postofice at Coushatta: Robert
'e"ess' supervisor of registration De Soto nar;sbo
'aiA hoiiands merchant and supervisor of regis.
''"''oie hea River parishs We j. Howell, parish
Hllo'neE and United States commissioners Frank
q. nuset1oao sheriff of Red River parishs H. C.,
"''i's merchant and justice of the peace.
AUG iolio"ing morning. Sunday. the thirtieth
u@y U. august, these persons were bound and
conducted BY an armed guard to the Mcfarland
Piantatlon.Jus over the parish fine of Red River
wanna the boundaries of Bossier parish, about
'oily miles east OF the Texas line. There they
we've set upon and deliberately murdered in cold
blood. Their bodies were buried near where thew
te.l without inquest or any formality whatever.
On the night preceding the surrender BODY of
forty members OF the White League of Caddo
pa:.si:. mounted and armed, left the citv of
Shreveport and were seen riding In the direction
Of the place where she musdes was subseouentlr
committed
WILLIAM r. KELLOGG.
ss''~ Goyerpose