The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-14


groes were killed, the Judge states thai
the most Of those who we're killed were
taken prisoners, Fifteen or sixteen OF the
blacks had lifted the boards and taken
refuge under the fiOor OF the court house
They were all captured. About thirty,
seven men were taken prisoners; the num-
Der Is not definitely stated. They were
kept under guard until dark, when they
were led out two by two and shot, Most
Of the men were Shot 10 death; Q few were
not MORALLY wounded, and By pretending
TO be dead were afterwards during the
night able to make their escape. Among
them was the Levi Nelson named in the
Indictment. The dead bodies OF the
negroes killed in this affair were left
unburied till Tuesday, April 18th,
when they were buried by Deputy
Marshal and an officer Of the mflitia
from New Orleans, These persons found
ftty.nine dead bodies, They showed
pistol shot wounds, the great majority in
the heart, and most Of the time In the
back Of the heart, In addition to the
dead bodies found, some charred remains
of dead bodies were discovered near the
court house and six dead bodies found
under q warehouse oil shot in the heart
but one or two which were shot In the
breast. The only white men injured from
the beginning Of these troubles 10 their
close were HadnOt and Harris, The court
house and its contents were entirely con.
sumed, There Is no evidence that any
one In the crowd Of whites had any law
iul warrant for the arrest Of any OF the
blacks. There Is no evidence that either
Nash or Caseabat, after the affair, ever
demanded ap Office which they Ind set up
to claim, but the Registrar continued to act
as parish Judge, These are facts in this
case, as understand then TO be admitted;
to hold the people OF Louisiana gener-
ally responsible for these atrocities, would
not be a fact but II Is lamentable fact
that insuperable obstacles were thrown
in the way Of Furnishing these
murderers, and the sO-called Conservative
papers Of the State not only justified the
massacre, but denounced as Federal
tyranny and despotism the attempt Of the
United States officers to bring them 70 JUS
tiGe, Fierce delunclations ring through
the country about office holding and cleo,
ton matters In Louisiana, while every
one Of the ColiGx miscreRnts goes un-
whipped Of Justice, and no way can be
found In this boosted land Of civilization
and christianity to punish the perpetra-
tors Of this bloody and monstrOus crime.
Not unlike this was tho massacre In
August last. Several Northern young
men OF capital aud enterprise had started
the aouriShlng town Of COnshatta, Some
Of them were Republicans and Office.
holders under Kellogg. They 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 ConseFya.
tive press Of the State denounced all
efforts to that end, and boldly justified the
crime. Many murders Of a like charac.
ter have been committed In individual
cases which cannot here 10 detailed, For
example, T. $. Crawford, Judge Of the
Parish, and the District Attorney Of
the Twelfth Judicial District
Of the State. on their way 10 court were
shot from their ihOrses by MEN In
ambush ON the 9Th Of October, 1873, and
the wife Of the former In q communica.
ton to the department Of Justice, tells q
piteous tale Of the prosecutions Of her hlls.
band because he was a Union man, and Of
the efforts made TO Seize those who had
committed o crime, which to Use her
Language, left two widows and nine or.
phans desolate To say that the murder
Of negro or white Republican, i not
considered a crime In Louisiana, would
probably be unjust 10 a great portion Of
the people, but It's true that great
number OF such murders have been com.
mitted and no one has been punished
therefor and manifest " has added to them.
The spirit OF hatred and violence Is
stronger than the law. Representation
waama,le 10 me that the preseneeof troops
In Louhiana'was unnecessary, and ] re-
lied on the people that there was
no danger Of public disturbance II they
were taken away. Consequently early
IN last summer the troops were With
drawn from that State, with the excep.
ton Of small garrison al the New Or
leans Barracks. 1t was stated that a
comparative state Of quiet had super
yened. The political excitement as TO
Louisian Affairs seemed to he dying out,
but the November election was APP
preaching, and II was necessary for
party purposes that the flame should be
relighted. Accordingly on tho l4tll Of
September, A. Penn, claiming that he
was elected Lieutenant Governor In 1872,
issued an inaapthnatory proclamation
calling upon The military Of the State to
arm, assemble, and to drive out the usur-
pers a. he designated the officers Of the
State. The white leagues, armed and
ready for. the conflict, promptly
responded. On the same day
In response 10 the Governors
reuuisition, Ia, pursuance 0f the act
Of i7O5 and section 4 Of Article 4 Of the
Constitution, to aid in suppreSslng
domestic violence, ! issued my procla-
nation commanding the insurgents To
dtsperse within FIVE days from the date
thereof, but before the proclamation was
published In New Orleans, the organized
and armed forces, recognizing usutp'
ing government, had taken forcible pos
session Of tho State House and tempora'
rily subverted the government. Twenty
or more people were killed, including q
number Of The police Of tho city. The
streets Of the citywere stained with blood
land nlfthat waSdeSifed Ii the way Of ex.
J citehiAht'h had been Ac6omp lishOd,i !
The following are specimens Of tht
r,nanu uuad In The 1Ath of Ociobei