The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-12


TO the following article which appeared
in the New Orleans Republican this
morning, under the sensational heading
7" A Life for y Blow:''
The Colfax gAvontels, Of the astb ult.. says, &.
s,s Ssrnsa o e s ts , s,ss Tass yTs'Hiasy r Hssy
mn II Sr s1s Bos.s stors s1 sa ss XIII
9s vas ss.t s Sse sa sr ,srefs Try s. Hs :s
s bsr and Halter walked up 10" 10 + him and ssEei
% nh" struck S and q WAS s name Hs
Johnson JOhnsgn prsvarioatsd. and on bis
questioning him the fourth time. he shot him.
Killing him instantly 1t was johnson. how
The foregoing statement Is nearly c9nplete as
u stands 1t tells Of tho killing of colored mao
bsrroom. "a .y and perhaps be offended Tie col6asi
by not asking hiin 70 take drink. MI. Hatter's .
s sssSs ssa GTsxsFF rsF tax sa % wss CO., Il % ws 81
act Of the impulse OF the moment. ~ II we're,
done three years after The indignity was offered.
MIN e. Ia How was aaeg
| know that tha coIored man would not have killed
him thrse .sn And tbs 9ay gs e s, md
shows that II made no sort of dii!srence wbsthsr
the man 70 be Killed was named !ghnson| oT ,, n?t
| name WAS Johnson Some rash men w0uld have
sSS s% .p. ss hs kss s nsa s1 Ass.
victim had been Jones instead of johnson |!
would hays eeen nscessary y ny 99!d ScsSnss, ,.s
be In no way blamed for his ungodly act, con
mitted when his temper was 'up, and snartine
under . blow three years OLD %. qgo.,es hgo.aa
however" That settles IT, Halter shot man
and bis name was johnson. Without intendint
slsnaer this y 1s t9 take a s s'ag ssi'
that human lilo In held too cheaply In Lou
isiana.'
Fortunately we happen to be In pos
session Of all the facts In this lamefita
bic affair which the Republican ha
entirely misrepresented for the purpos'
OF creating a little miserable politica
capital. About two years ago AleI
johnson. the negro who was Killed, will
! little or no provocation, fell upoI
Halter and brutally beat him. The lat
ter, for some time, was actually ~
norant Of who the negro was VIII
had attacked and maltreated him
Since that time Alex. johnson, who Is
, large, athletic, brutal and vicious negro
has several times declared his parpos
OF killing Halter on sight. Only ley
days previous to the meeting In MI
Boissat:'s store, at Cotile, johnson wa
/ met on the road with double-tarrele
) shot gun. and on being asked what h
+, was carrying the gun FOR, answered, re
!, ferring to Halter, "fof the purpose {
: killing that Cd id white scoundrel.
a Hearing these repeated threats {
! reckless and vicious negro, the whit
y man naturally became apprehensiv
! that be would be murdered, and b
= armed himself. The morning OF tn
!, killing, johnson heard that Halter wa
u at the store. and started to go there
!. y his friends insisted that he should nj
!, go; he persisted. saying that he wante
drink; his friends. knowing his d.
termined purpose to kill HATTIE
offered to 90 and bring hil
Ir all the whisky he wanted, but
,: insisted on going himself. wit
10 what purpose. In view OF the facts v
- have given, it is easy to divine-h
RS evident purpose was to seek difficult
,,r with the white man, whose life he bs
r. dozen times threatened to take. III
20 20 result WAS that Johnson was kille
r' The man who killed him was arrest'
III and taken before Judge Osborne. VIII
80 80 after thorough preliminary examin
nee tion, discharged the accused, sayii
er e.r that he had discharged other men wi
less defense than this one had.
1t happens, too, that Judge Osbor
Is q Radical Judge; regular neg
n lover. He was defeated for Judge OF t
to to District, in 1872, by Judge w. A. Sea
hgy but was counted in by the Keturni
lis Board and Federal bayonets with X
ae ae logg and the balance, and he has be
~ acting as Judge OF the District Q,