The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-25

notice Is. that. nearly II not all the par.
ties 70 tho bloody ARRAY were members
Of the police conservators Of the peace.
The second fact Ia. that under the In
iuuitous rule Of tho Radical party the
Metropolitan Police is entirely In the
hands OF tho State Government, that
it, chiefs and members are appointed
by the State Government. and that the
lives and property Of the people Of New
Orleans are in the hands and at tho
mercy OF lawless body Of men. ap-
pointed and organized by n government
composed Of the most infamous and
corrupt men In the South.
Under cover and protection Of this In
famous police. and working through II.
W. ind not only the bunko thieves and
other characters Of that class. but the
State and Federal officials working out
their schemes Of plumber. black mail.
forgery and murder.
The fearful tragedy of yesterday d'd
not spring from a petty quarrel between
Matt Hogan. n notorious and disreput-
able character Of this city. and the man
i,arrett. Sueh quarrel may have been
made the pretext for tho attempt to
murder. but the cause or the difficulty
lies deeper than that. and springs ot't of
achcmes or villany which certain men
In this community have been pursuing
for years to tho ruin Of this people.
There can be no doubt that the afiray
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Hogan and Ho,ilihan, the latter n police
man and tho former supposed 10 be In
the employ of the police department. to
murder Barrett. and tho effort Of LhreH-
che, policeman also. 10 protect Barrett.
Barrett. we freely conoodc, Is u man
of unsavory character he is n man
without honor or integrity. but by
reason OF these pcculiarities of his char
acter he became the friend mud intimate
Of many Of the bad men who have Hour
ished in Louisiana for number Of years
past. Differences some time since. how
ever, occurred between himself md his
former pals. tsuch fortunately has been
the case among tho public thieves IN
and other localities OF
Into, 4 and he has tirne and again
them with the evidences
he possesses of their guilt. Fearing his
EXPOSURES, these men. Norton. the
famous Assignee In Bankruptcy. among
them. have lately pursued him like
sle,ith hounds. they have prosecuted
him. threatening him with personal vio-
lcncc. and even with assassination. Bar
Ictt II man Of so infamous and con
character that II Is impossi
bic that lie could become tho object of
such vindictivc and pertinacious per
secution. unless there wns a
necessity on tho part Of his
to got rid of him. No one
doubts that Barrett can tell the whole
story Of crooked sugar. and crooked cot
ton, and many other crooked things. If
he chooses to do 80. and that his expo
srres would be likely to bring to Justice
forgers. swindlcrs. robbers and mur-
ierers. With the testimony Of such
'acts In his possession the most coward
ly. mean and miserable wretch becomes
! man OF fearful importance to tho
guilty. aud they even pursue him to
he death because their own fortunes
md lives depend upon his destruction.
What Is there about this miserable.
Infamous. half-crazy wrctch,t hat Mr..
.. n. Norton. tho rich and powerful
Assignee In Bankruptcy, should pursue
,im with remorseless fury2 What Ia
here OF danger about this creeping,
'ownfdly creature, who starts ut his
,wn shadow and tremblcs at a frown.
hat he should be grabbed by, police
nen aud prosecuted for carrying con-
ealed weapons, when nine out of
very ten men carry concealed
weapons 70 protect themselves? What
s thcrc in this pitiful, unfortunate
reature that he should be arrested
nd prosecuted for attempting to bribe
no Lieutenant Governor In great
tate matter. when nearly every official
( the State government Is almost daily |
ribed by one ring or another? The
My answer to these questions is. that.
his poor, miserable, cowardly, crawl
ng creature has tho evidence of the
illany or his prosecutors in his pos
ession. and may use It..
All day yesterday Hogan and Houli-
an. without doubt the tools of greater
len behind the scenes, were Mt the
eels of Barrett. attempting to involve
he man In difficulty; Laresche, what
yer his faults, evidently u brave and
encrous man, took tho poor wretch
nder protection. Houlihan, Hogan
nd other men, followed Barrett and
,aresche from place to place, and final
Y Hogan opened the attack upon
he intended victim on Bourbon street.
etween Canal and Customhouse streets
'arrett, of course, fed, but in attempt
,g to defend him, the bfhvc and unfor
inate Iaresche was shot nearly to
cath. Hogan, who seems to have been
he chief, or at least the most daring OF
he assassins, was shot and probably
lortally wounded. by Laresche, who
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