Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15

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the Parish Judge and Sheriff, appoint
ees of Kellogg from Office, ana their
attempted pl election by colored per-
sons, which led to some fighting in
which quite number of negroes were
killed, the Judge states, ''most of
those who were not killed were taken |
prisoners. Fifteen or sixteen OF the
blacks had lifted the boards aud taken |
House They were ali captured !; |
about 81 men were taken prisoners. |
The number is not definitely fixed !; |
they were kept under guard until dark;
they were led out two by two and shot. |
Most of the men were shot to death.
A few were wounded, OF mortaliy, and
by pretending to be dead were after
wards during the night able to make
their escape-among them was the
Levi Nelson named in the indictments.
The dead bodies of the negroes killed
in this affair were left unburied until
Tuesday, April 18th, when they were
buried by Deputy Marshal and an
officer of the militia from New Or
leans. These persons found fifty-nine
dead bodies They showed pistol shot
wounds, the great majority in the
head and most of them In the back OF
the head. In addition to the fifty
Ii ne dead bodies found, some charred
remains Of dead bodies were dis
covered near the Court House; six dead
bodies were found under a warehouse,
all shot in the head, but ssone or two
which were shot in the heart. The
only white men injured from the be
ginning of these hostilities to their
close were Hadnot and Harris. The
Court House and it's contents were
entirely consumed. There is no evi-
dence that any one in the crowd of
whites bore any lawful warrant for the
arrest of any of the blacks. There is
no evidence that either Nash or GAIA
bat, after the affair was over demand
ed their offices to which they had set
up claim, but Register continued to
act as parish Judge and Shaw as
Sheriff. These are fant> III this case, as
[ understand It he m tosbe admitted. To
no d the people of Louisiana generally
responsible for these atrocities, would
not be just. but it Is laudable fact
that obstructiOns were thrown in the
way OF publishing these murders, ana
the social, Conservative pap-r~ ST
the State lot only Justified The ul.ssa-
Gre, but deuotuted AS Fedora ts-
rapUy aud despotjsn, tie urts uIpt
Of the U. 5. offlcera to bil2g thein to
Justice. Fierce dtHuDciatloa ra1g
through the couutry abou: oiiiue
holding and election matti'Is, III Louis
lana, while every oHe OF the Cnifax
| miecrrants goes Ut G"hspps "t justice
| AID 10 Way can lie found III this
buasted land OF civilization and christ
| ianity 70 Euu:sh the rerr retratOrs Of
| this bloody aud monstruu5 crime
| = It unlike tb!s vas the Ilassacle IL
| August last, when several y0uug men
| OF capital aud enterprise Lad started
| the lutte aud huusishlng town ot C0uS-
hatta. Some Cf them were Rel ubl.-
| cans and otfice holders under Kellogg
and they were therefore doomed 10 death
| and six cf them were seized, carried
| away from +heir homes and murdered
| III cold b.. J No ole las been pTu-
| ished, ard tile Conservative press of
| the Stat denounced all tfurts to that
eud. AID body justified the crime.
! Many murders cf ii like character
! hnve been committed IN individ aal
| cases which Canuot here bo detailed.
| For example, L 5. Crawford. Judge,
| and I. Ii. Harris, District Attorney Of
! the 12th judicial Di> tt &C. oi tine Stat,
| on their why 10 Court were shot from
| their horses t.y nseu ii ambush GA the
| Srh o. October, 1913, an'i the widow
| of the former, IN con- munlcat'on &c
the department OF justice, te'l~ a PIT
| aus tai" If the Prosecutions OF htr
| h;le band, because be was q Union man,
| and OF tie efforts naa,.' to screen those
| mo bav committed a crime, which, to
| use ltr own language, LETT TWO vi
| dows aud nIne orphans deaoiate. -
| To say that the mucder OF ii negro OF
a white Republican is not considered
| crime III louisiana, would probably
| be unjust to great part Of the people.
! but it 5 true that great nnmber ui
| such murders have been cUn Eitted
| aud no one has been punished there
| for, ana manlfestly as to them tht
| spirit of hatred and violence is strong
| u .nan law.
| Representations We're made to me
| that the presence of troops III Louis
| lana was unnecessary aud irritating to
| the people, and that there was no
danger OF public disturbance if they
| were taken away. Consequently, early
in last Summer the troops were ali
| Withdrawn from the State, with the
| New Orleans barracks. 1t was claim
| ed that comparative state of quiet
| had supervened the political excite
| ment, and as to the Louisiana affair. it
| seemed 70 be dying out; but the No
vember elections were spprC aching
| and it was necessary, for party pur-
poses, that the fame should be re-
kindled. Accordingly, on the 14th OF
| Sept mber, D. p. Penn, claiming that
he was elected Lieutenant Governor in
| 1872, issued an infammatory procla-
nation, calling upon the militia of the
State to arm, assemble and drive from
power the usurpers, as he designated
the officers of the State The White
Leaguers. armed and ready for the
conflict, promptly responded. On the
sane day the Governor made formal
| requisifirn upon me, pursuant to the
act of 79J and section 4, article 4, of
the Constitution, to aid in suppressing
domestic violence. On the next day |
issued my proclamation commanding
the insurgents to disperse within fire
days from the date thereof; but before
the proclamation was published ID
New Orleans the organized and armed
force, recognizing the usurping Gov
error. had taken forcible possession Of
the State House and temporarily SUBJ
verted the government. Twenty or
more people we're killed, including Il
number of the police of the city, and the
streets of the city we're strewed with
blood. All that was desired in the
way Of excitement had been accom-
piished, and in view of the steps taken
to repress it the revolution was appa-
rently though it is believed not really,
abandoned, and the Cry of Federal
usurpation and tyranny in Louisiana
was renewed with redoubEed energy
Troops had been sentt the State under
this requisition of the Governor, and
rs other disturbances seemed imminent,
they Were allowed to remain there to
render the Executive such aid as might
beco ne necessary to enforce the laws
OF the State and repress the continued
violence that seemed inevitable the
moment Federal support should be
withdrawn. Prior 10 and with view
o the late. election in Louisiana, white