Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-01-21

the origin the diMculty which grew
!, | out Of an attempt by white per
sons, to drive, the Parish Judg,
and Sheriff, atpointees of kellogg
| from Office, and their attempted pro
| tee ton by c0lored persons and which
led 10 some fighting, in which quito .
number Of negroes were killed, The
Judge states that "most Of those who
were killed, wefc first taken prisoners
| Fifteen to sixte6n Of the blacks had
taken refuge under the floor Of the
| Court House they were all captured,
About thirty-sevcn more we're taken
1 prisoners number is not definitely
flxed. Tkey were kept under guard
until dark and they were then led ont
two or three at time and shot.
Most Of the men were shot TO death
10 few were Wounded, not NOR.
tally, and by pretending to be
dead, were Afterwards during the
night ablo to make their escape.
Among those W6s Levi Nelson, named
In the Indictment. The dead bodies
OF the negroes Killed in this affair were
unburied until Thnrsdsy, April 18th,
when they were buried by a Deputy
Marshal and ths military froLa New
1 Orleans. There persons found fifty.
nine dead soldiers. They showed pis-
tol.shot wounds = great majority Of
them shot 10 the back Of the head.
In addition "a. the dead found, some
charred remA1ut of dead bodies were
discovered neas the Court House.
Six dead bodies were found under
. room Of the Court House oil shot
10 the heart boil one or two which
wero shot II the head. The
only white meA Injured from the be-
| ginning Of theak, troubles to the end
were Hodnet snd Harris. The Court
House and all ija contents were en-
tirely consumed. There is no evil
dcnce that any one in the crowd OF
whites bore any lawful warrants, for
the arrest of a1yo the blacks, there is
no evidence thl1 either Nash or Casa-
bot, after the a0Air, ever denied il,
which they now pet up claim to. but
Register conclhded to act as Parish
Judge. These arc the facts
in this case as I'M
derstand them TO DO admitted" !"
To hold the people Of Louisiana gen.
woria nj \. t.se hnt 1, - a i.nont.'
h,s ~ esc. an Az. ,-.,.rsh,a 49,, nhs.rno.;n..
wo-o ~ S thsn@, - !. ~ nav ~ % nnn;ahinc
tha.e r,.,:Ja.... .ra ~ n.,,aI annss.,
vative papers Of the State not only
justified the massacre, but denounced
- federal trickery and despotism, any
attempt Of tho United State officers to
bring them to justice. Fierce demon
strations rang through the country
about Office -hcldfnv and election mat.
| ters In Louisiana. while every
one of' tha Colfer m;screants oocs
unvhinned Al instice. and NO
wav can hc fnnnd In this boastcd land
az f-civitIzet;on enn chr;etisnitv to
nnnieh The nsrrat retors NJ th;e hiooiv
and monatrnns crime Not nr,;ke this
was the massacre In Auonst last Sew.
eral Northern yonnr men Of canital
and enternrise had started the little
antl fiourishinv town Of Conshatta--
aoo,e of them warc Renuhl;cans and
once holders nnder KELLOGG. thew
were therefore doomed 10 death. Six
OF them were seized and carried away
from their homes and murdered in
cold blood. No one has been punished, ,
| and the Conservative Press of the
State denounced ali efforts 10 that end,
and boldly justified the crime.
~. Nanx. rurders Of like chsraccr have been
-. - ~ 5s..;,ss;s ;ssssss.-casss~uAiGh cam
Tossaoa s o 70 .uS" uesao ioi eaantn.; nj.
ouose - 'no aI.sa Ia.aa a,iu 'ne ,; Dis-
...s. s'o' .So. :. .au ..'a uu'o" u'ssllos.
% sho, r.on, @ ,ha;. \" . hnr.. way uou's :; ' sas Wei
-, ~ a.h nsno.o,,.. ,a;. "a -. m.;e. >.
ths S~rrna. ~ - onnrn..,;n. @ a ' :" ~ Wne ~ -
nsr,rnan. Of ;n.t;cs .a,i. n;too. ..I ..Ia a -
rersacns;ous of ber hrsh.na haca,ss ha :, ~ -
Tn;on man " and u Of .na affarts , ,,a,,s % 10 -
ss;ye % .hoaa 1 anu h.a I % ~. ue ns;ss 70
| which to use her own lansnage s.,eft two
widows and nine orphans destitute
To say that the mnrder Of a negro or
| 4 white Rennblican Il not cons;dered
I crime in fonis,sna won,d nrohs hiv
be nniust 10 The oreater mart of ths
peoplc hnt II is ,rne thai = great nnm.
ber Of snch mnrders have heen com.
r,;t.oa 81 80 -. 49,. .-;sL5
Therefore manifestiv the snirit of
| hetro6 .ra v;oJ.t;nn ;s ..,o,nn, A. -
usueu euu vIoiasi0n ~ strohseF tuan
ma th.t tho nroaonca ~ tronrs ~
80 Pasoo ~ ovps "
LOUISIANA was unnecessary tnat tnere
WAs NO danger Of nnblic diafnrhancp
sc.I N.s C. Oen.e
!. = .nsy w;re ;ssen ,aAs sway. ConseauenI.
ssr.y y;,haa - las. summsa n ,h 'He u .IoGRs oops
Msfe wi.naIawn rom Ine Statc WIN
we e1cep,lon - sMaI garrison
NV Olleans o.r.acks. - was s!a.
tel tna. : compslnave s,.!e oi qalet
nv supgFceueu Ans ou.icA sAcite'
.GuI - l41ulslaua sLsaEs geeneo 20 %
uyans ou.' ~. Wy NVssmoer elecIlons
49, spp.oscn'nS suu - Wa nocessary
~ Hsty puMrp.sss M ,na' .ne nsine
HoIlu .h In.h % 70 rsMgnssh neSosa,ng,y & p on
sne ta.n y. ssp.e.aIe. - Lem, cialm-
1o8n ~ Mas e.oe'Su cusuovernoE ~
.o.I, a.suIu al snnsussoly III proofs.
a'svn ~ S.a. oaa'ns upIu .uv in.s oI
s VIC G.s'c ~ " a.m sueMsesves snu urive
yus .h eM. s,e usurPA,o .na s4s ~ NO r uesignateo
suo oMcets VI .no C'a.c AHe n..e
nIossusss' aF'ns0 sna reaoy ios
.I ssS ~ ~ ooae. s.n,s A.. papsy pa aesP0nussea
upon nj me, e. in % parsaiuce Of the Act Of i4ss, and
Section Article = Of Constitution. to aid in sup
On lie aIt next day ,i0 issued INV proclamation
commanding the insulgents e dispsrse within nve
s New
and armed forces, recoEnizIng the usurping gov
nous. sss tsn Ssee bs q e