The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-01
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
Pinfhback Man, Joseph scott, shot
Twice and NOrtaIIy wounded.

At half-past eleven o'clock last night.
in front Of Packard's headaaarters. on
Dryades street, Joseph Scott, delegate
from the First Ward to the Republican
convention, and staunch Pinchback
man, was shot twice in the back, Just to
The right OF the spinal column. Scott
was Immediately conveyed TO the Char
| ity Hospital, whore he was visited by u
DEMOCRAT reporter, who obtained from
MIN his statement. The conversation
was frequently interrupted by violent
hemorrhage, which Is forerunner OF
death.
SCOTS STATEMENT.
] came up Dryades street and stopped
IN front OF Packard's headquarters, and
while there started 10 discuss the DO
lltical situation with Danl Young and
Henry Delnas. During the conVersa-
tion Bob West, Il ward hummer and one
OF Packard's satellites, approached and
called me treacherotls s-n Of q b-h.
simultaneously striking me over the
head with loaded cane j denied the
accusations and, not wishing TO bring
on a collision, ] walked to Com
mon street, and after the lapse
OF few moments / returned
and found West standing in front Of
Court Officer II. G. Stone. As soon as
he saw me, he calculated. You here
again! = and repeated his attack by
striking me twice with his loaded cane.
| could stand It no longer, and drawing
seem to intimidate him, and shot at
him a second time. Both shots
failed to reach the intended mark.
Fearing that the crowd would do me
some bodily harm, ] dropped my pistol
and ran. AS did so, three shots were
fired at me, two of which tooo effect in |
my back.
The attending physician refuses to
give an opinion as to SCOTS condition. /
Itwas noticeable fact yesterday that, /
whilst our shipping and our military
organizations We'd with each other to
pay due honors to the departed captain,
Chas A. Babcock, u s. NJ, late com
manding officer OF the Canonicus, there |
was not flag at half-mast over any OF |
the Government offices in this city. 1t
is not proposed to say that the civil |
officers OF the Federal Government
are bound by any law to pay their
respects to departed officers of the
navy, but there is moral duty, para
mount to all rules or laws, and courte-
GUS precedent withal, to neglect OBJ
serving which Is equivalent to an act Of |
Had the event been the
demise of some unworthy political pecu-
lator, OF the Radical caste, it is certain
that not only all the flags of the Gov
ernment offices would have been at
half mast but every court presided over
by a Radical magistrate would have been
closed, regardless of the public inter
ests, and for the purpose alone Of max
ing political capital for the party. But
the Radical convention is In daily ses-
SION, its scandalous proceedings being
the theme OF conversation wherever
heard therefore, the party leaders,
which include the government officials,
who are too busy fiercely fighting for
the spoils of office, are proportionately d
towards the dead whose /,
moral influence they have so often
called to their assistance, and to whom
they owe their political existence.
1t was reserved for the Washington
Artillery and the Continental Guards to
walk hand in hand with the Federal
soldiers and the sailors OF the navy, in
paying the last tributes to the gallant
of the Canonicus. This sad
duty was participated iIlby the ex-Con-
federate soldiers because Capt. Bah
cock was an honest man and gentle
nan. Was it because he was not a
and a thief that the Radical
Hfficiais ignored his decease?
. &1D
Schuyler Colfax indorses the Hayes
Il Wheeler ticket, exclairns the Joasr-
OF course he does. SO do Belknap Il
- Babcock. Who supposed they would +
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