New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-11

House, and picked up such information az
to entirely destroy the most "plsasing Tea
ture" of the editors congratulations. de
had seen Bean, or might have seen him
and dozen witnesses ready to testify that
he was in town when the assassination took
place. So the following dubious paragraph
was admitted. because, perhaps, there was
no way to avoid publishing some sort Of an
explanation of the blunder of the morning:
1t is claimed ut the office of the Governor
that q communication was this morning
received from Twitchell denying that Su
pervisor Bean did the shooting, or that he
has any knowledge whatever OF the person
vino did it,
The communication is eaid to contain
other thrilling pieces of information, among
which that he (Twitchell) fears his physi'
clan will be murdered for attending him.
Phsw!
The Bulletin rings Glow bells in this
style:
The statement published in the morning
papers that Senator Twitchell had said that
Bean, the supervisor of registration OF the
the shooting created considerable excite
meut at the State House on Wednesday
morning.
The Republican. officials asserted that
Bean had been in this city for the last
three montbs, and that he had called on
Lieutenant Governor Antoine and said ne
didn't do it.
Lieutenant Governor Antoine said he
called, and H. Conquest Clarke. Esq, cor
rooorated the statement OF the Lieutenant
Governor.
Mr.. Clarke also stated that he had re-
ceived q letter from TwItchell, in which 1t
was eaid that the assassin was unknown.
and that the life of tho attending surgeon
had been threatened.
Some people think that Bean, if he had
desired to kill Twitchell, he could have fol
lowed him up to COushatta, and easily have
accomplished any design he had upon the
life of either Twitchell or King, without
his absence having occasicned any notice.
There was really no very great exotic
ment except such as would naturally arise
seeing a statement in print, which every
body knew could not be true. As the people
at the State House are used to this sort OF
journalism, they took this latest instance ol
enterprise with composure. The ''same
people" referred to in the last paragraph
we take it to be q green reporter who il
ignorant of grammar as he is of the acts he
attempts to describe.
The Times, finding itself cold, promptly
turns upon its informant, taken 80 lovely to
its confidence in the morning, and intro
duces the denial under the airy heading:
"a GAUzY STORY ABOUT BEAN"
Governor Antoine says that letters were
received at the State House Wednesday
morning. denying the statements published
in the Wednesday morning papers thai
Twitchell had been shot by Bean, and tina,
the cause of the difficulty was that Twirchel
had refused to pay Bean q certain amount
of money which he had promised him fol
making away with various election returns
If Governor Antoine had received such
letters they were, of course. based on rumort
| which prevailed IN the parish of Coushatta
and which it was expected would reach
ard be published in this city.
Secretary Clarke says that Bean has not
been out of the city for Fix months, and
that he has not enough money to take hin
as far as Kennerville. He says further that
Bean was ut the State House this morning
highly indignant at the published statemen,
that he was the assassin of Twitchell.
The reporters did not see anything o.
Bean about the State House, and he must
have left early.
Mr.. Clark says that the clerk, WHO va;
reported to have come down on the Durtet
with communications for the State House
officials, has not been seen about the State
House, which fact seems little curious
also.
We learn that CAPTAIN Bean intends te
bring suits for damages against all those
papers who have published him as muir
derer in such positive and confident man
ner. But pecuniary damages, however
heavy they may be, are nothing to the loss
of character for accuracy and fairness
which these journals will sustain by giving
currency to the groundless story and sur
misses of the steam bOauman.