The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-09-29


,,o;r numbers increasing. Squadswere pass M
~, OH the evening to overtake Thomas who 7,
rad preceded them. ~
Beiow Phillipss the first crowd WIS iAo' :,
by s. W. Rhodes, with some ID men. Aneee
negroes we're halted and asked where they tt
we're going with their guns, ana 'ney SUI a
thew we're going to Monroe; that llalnle'' :,
"the high Sheriff." had son. ~. .I ,,o
Thew were asked who told them 70 CO. u
They said Jim Thomas and Spencer ""' r
so,sl,ad ordered them to go. a
some minutes later Mr.. Rhodes het INC
crowd of some 100 above Capt Philhpss
house. He went up and tried 10 Pe'S"""
them to go home and have peace. ne "She
them what was the matter aIldle thSy maze
about tho same reply as the hrst crows
,hot thew were sent for by Hamlet, that
Dink.raye was killed, and lie expected ne
x,ould be- To Rhodes's repeated req"es.s
to 10 home, some replied, pe
,,,a don't 20 to Monroe" Rhodes then al
| dressed himself to Jim Thomas, >. .,Mino
told him, .'Mr. Rhodes, you know cur
| leader was killed, you would ayenEe Nis
| s..,,,, rhornas was thea informed that
! he couid not 90 to Monroe with those arm
| cd neproes. Mr. Rhodes's wife being quite
| .;clx and having to pass through the cro"o
| to get home, he again appealed 10 .no
crowd "For Gods sake to go BACK, thae ms
| wife was sick and he must go home' as sne
would DO frightened" In answer to TINS
Thomas turned to the crowd and salo,
.Men. didn't 1 tell you before we started
) ,h.t M women or children should be hurt?'
After considerable parley Mr.. X. finally
rot them 10 consent to go home, as II was
about night, and return in the morning
and settle it. To this they agreed.
lin, Thomas rode off with Rhodes ana
promised he would do all he could 10 stop
the rioting. Rhodes states the nesroes
:, werc worry boisterous, cursing the o-o
Democrats, firing OIL their guns All" s''ns
through mimic battles.
,,hEles rot home, sent for II physician
l. and started back to Phillipss TO give
'" notice that tho crowd had falieh "''c'
10 above his place. As lie was returning Nv
o. was halted by some fifteen negroes WIZ
cooked their guns upon him. W men mo!
~ discovered it was Rhodes, they let hin
10 pass, exclaiming; 1--WE will meet 20" o'
Lhe morrow, Cd d-n you.'
Il The sequel Of this affair Is known. NeA
,,ornnp the whites wero too we'll prepare
,, aud the march to Monroe was checked
~. it's infancy.
ut lin Thomas says this whole trouble we
jill started by Giles Rogers and WIN. frat
'as and they ought to be hung fort ana tn'
-. ..the negroes, to clear. their sklr's' -! n'
la' thrown the whole blanlo on him.. IN
III he to Mr. Bumpurs on Saturday 9th oel
CO. M.nv negroes, who took part III III
oe; affair. and who desired, when informed
Was The true condition OF AFFAIRS, 10 'e'u
orc home, informed MIR. W. w. G"thrle, VI
they had to fight their way back. MAJ
ne laid in the woods for fear OF being shot
tho, ,n. more radical. Judge Scarborou
Us could not persuade his hanos INV"
ned fields until two days after the 3lst -Augn
ugh ,,,,..,so thew feared the bullet of the neg
ne radical as a puni.hment for their not ODE
ing orders.
'sed have thus condensed and given you
200 short a sketch of the ''late nnpleasan'h
3Oth ;h,. Notninr is ..stretched,'' 4
y he 49,, r &C., dawn ought in malice."', y
My n ,,.;,'o.sss from whom the above iac&
od's aar;v,d. are many of them our best city
anu A pernsal ofthis forces upon tho hiEn
nsS of the two following theories in reSar.
l. on ,ho origin of this affair: either HamletaSt
bro az, it.. or somebody did it in his name. <
ips's ~. evident from what l could gail
II TO that he assassination OF DinkgraVe CAV
OF "1 prenoturity to these troubles before \
hiFoo we're fulfil edged and ripe.
Rog a. l.. SI.ACl
va, Here we have a continuous success
j, the of facts and circumstances goln:
citing, show the existence Of some secret
'tions sign and understanding to preclpi
ct his and # will
ortsto 'i"'''e' ''A ''.S
veneer seen that the Del11OcEalS oAoAhS l'A>''
ed u most appalling conflict. 1t
Rog- most fortunate thing for both WI
{ t,'a and blacks, Radicals and Democ
,7,ree that there existed, and had for
e,r prs, time existed, well-organized cor
.ryy a MES of white men in this parish
ais ne, were organized, armed and discipI
til conl to allay and prevent, at any cost,
II. mast flicts between the people; becans
donbtlcsr these organizations and the 9
no unavoint discipline under which they
= compcllecnes and outrages too horrible &c
,inations iplate would have resulted 1roi
j, know, ,heslish Vaccinations OF bad
were not o, ,e purposes are too plainly s
,,;,t made to to admit of denial. We 81
1.-THE Fusion yidences OF a deliberate pu
Aerest of the teerate the whites and to
10 Doubt in ,hite men and women,