The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-01-22


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Np'tis "a the Il =, Circuit limit ii, III,
lntg IN The ease nf the tniivl slnles ia.
itulAshank auti pihefs lii Nov UftrA.s
IA Nairh, lSrl he sail I'm ilr eawe NJ,
trial there nfr manv Iasta moi IN euntfp.
frtsy, ! rarTssh Vi state sonm IN il,r,n
~ 'hr presence uni hearing vi Tie runn.
rl ~ n,sh iira, ANT II ssnie III i con.
fr'leti fact nny matter that Il disputed
they can correct me-" Aflrr stating Tie
origii ~ the difficulty, which artw out
III al attempt III ,lr white persons ia
drive the Parish Judge anl the sheriff
tappaInices II Rtll',tgl ftm uiller, and
Their attempted projection by rnlurc,l
persons, which l,sl IL spme fighting in
which quite numlNr III ncgrMs were
Killed, tho judge status tint thu most ~
tllnsc Ml,o we're Killed we're taken prison.
.rs. Fifteen III sixteen III The blacks
Ind lined The boards anil ,ukcn refuge
under the tlooi ~ tho Court ilonsc: tLcy
were oil captured, Ai.nu, ~ men wrrc
taken prisoncrs-ih Number II no. dc.
tlnitely fixed. They wcte KEEP. under
gtiafd until dark, whom they were icd
out by twos and ihftns and shot. Most
III Ihc. men were shot IL Heath. 4 fcw
Ut them woic Wounded, not MORALLY
and 10y pretending tn hr dca,i were ai.
forwards, during the night able IL make
their escape. Among them wns the
Levi Nelson named lii thu Indictment.
Tie jrrd brlics n tl,r negfnes killed hi
tliis Affair were loft tnl,lnled TIL TucA.
day, April It'll, when they wcfu buried
ny deputy mntalnl anil m officer ~
from Nuw Orleans. Thc.o per.
aons found ntty.nine dead bodies. They
showed pistol slot wounds, tho great
w the heart and most of them
aIre ~ thu lmck NJ the hcn.l. In nddi
tion 10 Tho dead found soIne nI,atrud re-.
mains 81 the lend loaiirs VEN discover
rh near the cnnft l,o,lsc, nn,l six deal
l,odics were found under ii warehouse
W shot ~ The heart hut anr nr iva.
which were shot In fllr breast. The ~
~ men injured lrun il,c beginning III
l'i"*c troubles ~ their eln~r Wpr. Hold
mt and Iinrfi.. "A The lnurt hn,ise, pnd
u contents entirely consumed. There
Y y" evidences thai ANY ale ~ tlm crowd
y whites bore any lawful warrant inr
he arrest ~ any III lie blaeLs nild ,licr,
: M evidence TINT .iiIrf Narii or Oazn
nj. after the affair ever demanded the
'ilisrs ior which they lal sct III claim,
'uf The Register continued io net ~
,afi.h Judge, These are tho facts In
lila case ~ | understand them tn ic
To hold the people Of Louis.
ANA generally responsible ior these NJ. |
roeltics would not BE- Tact. but
| " a lamrnin lie tact thai insu.
,cfablr obstruction WA thrown In the |
WY ~ Furnishing these mnrderers,
nj Tho 40 called Conservative papers ~ |
ho state not only justified tllr massacre
NJ denounced as Federal tyranny |
~. dcspotlsm the attempt II the United /
'iHtcs officers to bring ihem IL jtfsticc. /
fierce dchmheta,ions r,ns iltfon III the
osinsfy about Office holding md cleo
Ion n'attcrs IN Louisiana while every ono |
J the Inliax miscfei.nsa unes llnMhippcd /
! Justice anil M WY ran br tonnd In |
hss h"nsicsl land III civilization and \
christianity ~ PUNISH tie perpetrators ~
- hlsnsly and mntis.fuus eflmr, Not \
niikr ms Wa@ tllr massacre iii August
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aesrral Young men IT capital md On.
'rpfisc hal started tlie little md llDur.
hing town ., Gottsllstta. some III
iem were Republicans and office hold.
r. Under Kellogg Tiny were, there.
,rc. doomed ~ death. SiN II them
ere seized and carried awny from their
omes and murdered In eall blpod. No
nr lins l'ecn punished, anil The Con.
'isalivc press ~ the state denounced
I efforts 10 that end, and boldly justi-
~ .llc crime. AlMny murders ~ Il
W. character have bcrn committed III
'disihmnl eases, which cannot here ~
riailcd: Tor example, +. i. crniFord,
aslKc of the Parish, and the District
itorney of tlin 18th Judicial District of
70 State, while Oh their way 10 court,
rin shot from their l,erncs lay men Ia
nlnsh. on the sih If October, 1873.
NJ the wife VI the former u, commit
|cntion I" tho department Of Justice,
~ piteons tnlr u the perceptions
her huabanI beea,ize he WA Union
AN; md VI efforts made IL seize thn..
W hnd committed Il crime. which, IL
n tic language, Lett two widows anil
nc orphans dcsolAtc. ~ aay TINT tile
Mrtlrt vi n ururn ~ i, white fluntl,u |