New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-13
STATE NEWS.
ST. JAMES.

ST. JAMES.
From the Sentinel, June 10:
A man passed this place on Wednesday
evening in . dugOur, on his way to New Or
leans, having travelled all the way from
Morehouse parish, on Red river, distance
of about 500 miles. His dugout measured
in length about six feet, and was about tif-
teen inches wide.
EAST FELICIANA.
From the St. Francisvllle Ledger, j une 10:
From q citizen of Port Hudson who ar
rived on the spot short time after the
bloody deed, We CLEAN the intelligence that
Ike Cox, notorious, treaoherOus and dan
gerous character, was shot and killed in
that village on Wednesday night, the thir-
ty first ultim0.
The circumstances that led to the COM
mission of this sauguinary deed are sub
stanti lily ss follows:
1t seems that the whole neighborhood of
Port Hudson was in constant dread OF this
man Cox, on account of his having COM
mitted some foul and atrOciOus murders
some time since in that immediate section,
and had, by the leniency Of packed and
bribed juries, evaded the inst penalty OF
the law; that emboldened by his success he
had continued to follow his dark and CEN
surable course, until his name had become
q perfect symbol Of awe and terror to the
citizens of the tanned little settlement. His
daily and nightly work was but one OF
blood and violatiOn of law. He thought it
but his duty to fog, shoot and stab people
wherever he met them; ready at all times
from the slightest cause to whip out re-
volver and fire. BY this means he had
made himself intolerable and unbearable TO
the citizens, 90 that driven to the last ex-
<ho~ tbansolvca aud Il
him from the town.
From that time Up to few days ago, he
has been trudging about from ole parish to
another; still pursuing his evil ways. We
believe that in the parish of st. Mary he at
one time shot and dangerously wounded
constable who was sent to arrest him for
assaulting citizen. He made good his es-
cape from the parish, but returned IN few
months after. thinking. perhaps. that all
thoughts of the past had vanished from the
minds of the people. Not SO, however, as
was afterward proved. No sooner had his
presence in the parish been made known to
the sheriff, than that individual hunted
him up and attempted to arrest him, in
which the unfortunate official lost his life,
"a Cox unhesitatingly drew his pistol and
shot him down, again making his escape.
A short time after he became involved In
difficulty with some Spaniards or Italians in
D0naldeOnvllle, We believe, in which atfray
he shot and seriously wounded two or
three men, and again succeeded IN escaping
and evsding the law.
Immediately after this he took his de-
psrtrre, and all trace was lost OF him until
Q few weeks ago, when he again returned
to the scene of his first tragedies. From
his own lips the information was obtained
that during his long absence he had been
travelling in and about the parish of Cou-
shatta, as the excitement and lawlessness
which at times existed there would afford
him opportunity to indulge in those helnous
crimes tor which his nature had q thirst.
This may account for some OF the bloody
and unfathOmable cri mes that have been
perpetrated in that section.
With the subsiding of the Outrsges IN
that parish, his wanton desire to kill natu-
rally craved for q new field Of action. So,
having nowhere else to 60. he returned to
the '.village on the cliff, where he soon
commenced his old role. He made it his
business to go round and notify number
Of the officers (so our informant says) OF
Baton Rouge, and q few OF East feliciana,
who claimed to be Republicans, that they
He openly boosted of being in the crowd
that made the assault on Lane, in Baton
Rouge, and even went SO far as to say
that he had been in Lanes room that very
night, converting and smoking with him;
that he had been sent as spy upon his
actions, and that he guided the men to
the room in which he slept.
1t Is alleged that on the night that the
inst vengeance of God was meted out to
him, he entered the store OF MIR. Bell
in Port Hudson, demanded whisky and
cigars of him, and on his refusal to comply
with his request. he struck him with club
or slung-shOt, nearly fracturing his skull.
Immediately after this act he stepped across
the street to another store where the parties
willingly granted his demand out OF pure
dread and fear. After receiving them he at
once left the store, and started up the street
whOoping and shouting in hideOus, braga-
docio manner At this moment the OminOus
detonatlons of q dozen shOtguns broke out
upon the evening air, and Cox with death
veil fell to the earth; the parties followed
up their first volley by another, needless OF
his pltious wailing and entreaties to spare
his demon life; they needed him not, but
continued to fire as long q muscle moved.
Thus terminated the lite of poor out
cast, and forsaken wretch, who had held at
defiance the laws of God and man, and who
valued the life of fellOw-creature but
little more than that Of dog.
We have enumerated but q few OF his
many dark, sanguinary and heinous crimes,
and leave the compilation OF full and
complete category to q pen more skilled
Certain it is that he has but met tit and
becoming doom, although the robes Of
Justice may have been trodden upon.