New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-01
STATE NEWS.
BATON ROUGE.
Cithe Advocate, May 90:

Fjthe Adu0cate, May ~:
Sty between the hours OF ] and =
A b stranger called 1T the Harvey
Hoend after seeing Mr.. Henry GeeeI,
1ola that he wanted him to show him
then No. II, occupied by William q
Land taking his arm urged him mp to
+hr of said room; arriving there the
20 to open the door that he wanted to
ses on business. To this Lane answered
iii would not, when shortly after Lane
on fire first through the door, then
TIL the door half opened, when Mr..
az head was grszed by bullet fred
hte; 1t this juncture five other parties
Gap, when after some four or five shots
thrty withdrew. Mr.. Gesell and some
o1boarders and one or two parties in
tSrroom below all agree in the state
nthat the persons who engaged in the
M were strangers and completely ur-
In to them. Lane went down to the
eeest. rday morning on the Katie.
- cADDO.
bm the Shreveport Telegram May q:
iere occurred q bloody tragedy last
oing ON the opposite side Of the river,
at i've miles below here, On the Sewell
ne, now known as the FOeter place; in
ph man by the name Of William Hen
n was killed, being shot through the
In by Ed. Hathaway. We have endesv-
ID to get all the particulars in regard to
remarkable affair, and will lay them be-
f. our readers The two men, Ed. Harha,
" and William Henriee, Came to this sec
IL together as friends and comrades,
sOut two or three months since They
vre both from the same town in the State
oOhiO. 1t is believed they were brothers
hov ucrSo "a
o Hathaway, who was left behind in Ohio.
Ere they engaged to work for worthy
trmer in Booster and both, unf0rtub ately,
vere struck by one of the arrows Of CUPID
fOm the bright eyes of sweet country
lssie. The idea Of bis brOther.ln-law,
yhOse wife wac still living, rivaling him in
he love of the fair girl reused the slumbsr
Dg and fearful demon of vengeance in
breast, and he proceeded, &C
Ording to all the circumstances, as sue
inctly narrated to Us, to lay his plans to
ccompllsh his destruction. Aiming Lim-
elf with pistol and shotgun, he
anne to Shreveport where he bought a
artridge belt, filed it with cartridges and
made himself conspicuous from bis bristling
nd warlike appearance. He was noticed
y several gentlemen, and as he was parad
ng around in the full Danoply of war, he
7as not advised in modern slang to pull
own his vest, but to take the caps off the
ubes of his destructive weapons. He was
miable at the time, removed the percus-
ions, took several drinks, went and had q
ictura taken, insisting upon destroy log the
ega ives or extra copies, but from his pecu-
ar appearance and general air Of reckless
ess and abandon caused considerable COM
lent. Late in the evening land we have
0 desire to do injustice to any one, and are
king the facts as reported to ne as the
Rsis of our remerks), he crossed the river
nd arrived at the Sewell or Foster place,
under the supervision OF Mr.. An.
ers. Reaching the boundary of the In
osure he found q messenger and dis
stched Q note to his former friend and
'mrade, which reads as follows, the words
which We copied from the original note,
ritten on brown paper:
"WnL-Please come up here to the bars
want to see you and have long talk with
~. don't want to come up to Anders'.
am going to leave. Ed"
"Will," or Mr.. Henries, came to the bars,
Id there met a bloody death from the con-
nts Of the shotgun, his brains being liter
ly blown out. A friend states to US in |
riting that q Mr.. Langford was present |
hen the note was delivered to Henries,
ounted his horse, passed Hathaway at the |
re, Henries following him on foot, and |
fore going half mile beyond the bars,
ard the report Of the guns discharge, re- |
rned and found, in his own language,
dehries with bis brains shot out" He |
rther says: "a few minutes after the re- |
'rt of the gun, Hathaway appeared at the |
'0r OF Mrs. Anders, and gave her letter |
I'd said, this will show you why l have |
me- The letter purports to be from Gal |
county, Ohio, and from Mrs. A. Henries, |
lie OF deceased. At the inquest the de- |
ased was found with his hand in bis
'cket gripped on cooked pistol. War
nts have been issued, and Sheriff B. j. |
Nell, with posse, is in pursuit"
NATcHITocHEs.
special in same paper:
About eleven o'clock last Tuesday night
putty sheriff T. j. Boult and depntv
srk John A. Barlow were captured near
9 courthouse by large body of armed |
d disguised men, who, with cooked pis- |
ls, demanded the Jail keys. and forced /
{. Barlow to 20 to the sheriff's house and |
for them, with . pistol at his head. |
70 keys we're delivered by the sheriff@s |
re, sheriff V. A. Barron being absent, |
'uit and Barlow were kept under close |
apo, and number of disguised men en-
req the jail and shot Anderson Douglass
,iored) through the head while in his |
II. No one else in the Jail was molested. |
even prisoners were in the Jail. three
ntenced for murder. The isiI was
On locked and the keys given to deputy |
erin Boult. Not one of the party was
cognized by either Boult or Barlow. No
!nt was allowed. Nothing political in |
liet. Ao' ""u ali
av s, sons Of Erin. shoveling sand on q hot