The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-08-04
THE SRELBY-PHILLIPS AFFAIR.

These two Radical worthless, indict
ed at the last term Of the District
Court, in Grant Parish, for Murder
and several other lesser crimes, and
who escaped through the connivance
and aid of Judge Osborn and the then
Sheriff, J. d. Mccoy, have landed
safely in New Orleans and found ref
uge with Kellogg and the Attorney
General, Field. We are thus explic-
it in following up these Radical chiefs
in their misdemeanor tracks, because
we do not wish the public to lose
sight of them for one moment, in or
der to prove that we have been cor
rect in all our preachings about these
fellows. We want the colored pao-
pie of our Parish who were the dupes
from the start here of Phillips, and
his co-criminals, to know that we
were correct in our estimate of the
then situation and that now they are
piling testimony every day in our ia
vor, and we must follow the case
closely and to its final deaoaement.
AS we have stated Phillips and
Shelby went to New Orleans and con
amore fell into the eongenial embra-
ces of the Attorney General and Mr..
Kellogg, our usurping Governor,
whitewashed by Adjustment, and to
them opened their bosoms, gangrened
with crimes and widowed BY crimi
nal indictments, and in them found
frinds, sympathizers and advisers
People here may think it the duty
of the highest legal officer of the
State to cause the arrest of fugitive
criminals and prosecute them, within
the pale of the law and their sworn
and salaried duties, but in this in
stance they are mistaken and find the
exactly opposite course pursued by
our Radical rulers. With the Gov
ernor so-called and the Attorney Gen
eral they found all the protection they
desired or wanted and as yet are
happy.
AT last accounts Shelby had been
arrested by the Sheriff of Grant, and
lodged in the Parish Prison in New
Orleans. j. E. Wallace, a shystel
well known here, acting for Shelby
sued out a writ of habeas corpus in
Judge AbelPs Court for Shelby, but
could not get that Judge to see as he
saw the case or go behind the Grant
indictment, and hence remanded him
back to Jail or in the custody of the
Grant Sheriff. But our Wallace has
not tired at this, but has obtained
another habeas corpus writ before ths
pompous and dignified Braughn, the
result of which has not at this wri
ting reached us. Another little side
show, the old game one, has beer
called into reQuisition in help Of these
criminals; Shannon or some other u
S. Commissioner has placed a writ
in the U. S. Mashal's hands against
the Sheriff of Grant for some falsely
trumped up charge, and at last &C
counts Boss Packard's peelers were
on the hunt of the Sheriff, now per
secuted because in the faithful dis
charge of his duties. AS usual BIr
Kellogg won't allow the enforcement
of the law against his chums, but
were it a Democrat he would have is
sued his Proclamation, with a $500
reward for the apprehension of the
fugitive. But as Phillips and Shelby
are brothers and friends and of the
same ring, he must throw the shield
of his protection around their Radi
cal-anointed carcasses, and tramplt
down law and order, and faunt def
ance in the face of all the decent PEG
pie of Grant, thus tampering to thu
same old passion with which he ant
his party have accused us.
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-THF horse thief, under the as
sumed name of Mouton, who wa
tried here at the Spring Term of tn,
District Court, and by sthe law AM
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