New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN,, SUNDAY. AUGUST % 1878
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| Murder W. Osf.
The ki,lino of Sopire ,Headrick, in The
l lower portion of De Soto p. 7sh, ON August
tS, 1874. by . party of un1ae> 'w9 men: hat
not passed out of the memory ~. 'n9 roau
4 ers Of the Southscesscs7s- 1eAevu>!.' IL was
one of the many dark and danNin deeds
| that grew cut OF the fearfulsta Of aemoF-
alization and crime that chaxsste1izeG the
political campaign of that year, the record
| of which, written in blood as it wef6, can
not be easily effaced. Squire 'Headrick Was
an incffensive and kind hearted old NAV,
and why he was so brataliy murdered, or
| who we're the guilty perpetrators Of the
/ crime, has never yet transpired. The MUIR
derers have gone Scot free, NO arrests ever
having been made or the matter looked into
/ by the officers of the law. True il is. how
| ever, that murder will Out" and 1t iB never
| too late to bring offenders to the bar of
justice ~ sxpiate their crimes. Attention
has recently been called to this foul ease of
murder, yet unavenged By law, by the fol-
Watehman Of August Is:
TO Whom It May Concern:
/ Eaitor WatcAmam-1 desife 70 state pub.
licly, through your columns, in response to
threats mace by John B. Sinclair and some
of his friends, chat they will take the lives
Of Major James r. Arnold and Captain A.
w Holmes. of Shreveport, in case they
tArnold and Holmes) continue TO prosecute
the Indictment TOR perjury against John B.
Sinclair in the district court of Pamela |
county, chat Holmes aud Arnold are not
afraid of j. B. Sinclair and his clan, ard are
determined to prosecute him to the end of
the law; and should either Of them be in.
jured pers onally. by Sinclair and his dis. |
ciples, they and their friends will avenge 10 |
by pursuing chat clan until not one of them |
remains- and their motto will be- 'Eetribu. |
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SHREVEPORT. I
august IA. 1875. 4
From this it would appear that there are
parties who know who SNnire Headnck's
mvrderePs are, and if this Is the case Justice
demands that they should be pointed out
and punished to the full extent Of the law.
The duty NOT only devolves upon the sworn
officers Of the law, but upon every citizen
whOis opposed t. the commission of crime. 1
and wants to see che life a nd property of the
bnmblest individual protected, to serret out
this Observation-Disclosures South sestsSn gss-
r~s,s
4.awles.ness in IBERIA.
4ristids BONN and Baptiste Rachaux,
committee of Isle Piquants were /
last week charged before Justice Myles with
having entered in the night time the dwell.
iD9 house Of .oSe JosephJ oe, a colored man,
armed with pistols with intent to kill said
atiant.
The charge preferred against Joe by this
army corps was, that he was harboring
certain party of which they were in search,
in order to apply the rules and regulations
Of the vigilance committee.
A warrant was placed in. the hands of
Constable Lyles, for the arrest of BONN and
Rachaux. The constable, went twice in |
search Of the offenders, but IN vain. They
could not be found, as there was no infor- l.,
nation to be given IN that part of the parish
Of their whereabouts, Much to the surprise
Of every one, on the twenty.thlrd instant |
Messra. BONN and RachAux came into town |
and placed themselves in the hands Of the
officer. They were committed to the dis
trict court for final trial.
On the twenty first instant Clesmee Dugas
and Dec0mine Dautrieve appeared before
Judge Fontelieu on preliminary examina-
lion, charged with having murdered one
Joe Ledeu. The parish Judge, AFTER thor
Dugh examination Of the case, admitted the
to bail, and they were committed
70 the district court, and bond fixed at
$4,000 each for their appearance before said
,Ourt.
The testimony Of the coroner in addition ,
10 the evidence of different physicians who
leld the post norton examination. went to
how that the wound inflicted by the party ,
charged with the crime was not necessarily |
atal. Consequently the case was baiiAbles
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