West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-03-24
WEBERISM.


our late Coroner, as given before
the New Sub Committee at its
session in December last, could fall
under the observation Of every
man, woman and child, white and
black, throughout the broad boun-
daries of our country. Particular
ly do We wish it perused by those
who, unacquainted with the NAL
administration ofjustice from which
our Parish had so long suffered at
the hands of the Weber party,
have not hesitated to attempt to
fix upon US the stigma of lawless-
ness and violence, or to character
ize US as barbarians. This testi-
mony discloses facts that were I'M
known, no doubt, even to
many people in our own Parish
1t removes the veil, and exhibits
Weberism in all the hideousness of
its deformity. 1t shows how Off
GERS of the law interested them
selves in frustrating the execution
of the law, and illustrates the deep
solicitude evinced by a SENATOR,
towards assisting in carrying out
the ends of justice, by spiriting
away the witnesses and defeating
the Investigations Of Coroner's
inquest. Such is WEBERIsM. We
would that that fostering pustule Of
partisan hate, the Chicago Inter.
Ocean, would read this sworn evil
dence of. the corruption of its polit-
ical associates in this locality. DIR.
McCrindell's evidence is a plain,
unvarnished statement of facts as
they occurred facts that have
never been explained away, and
that will remain, as facts, foul
blot upon the history Of our Par
ish, but at the same time, a fair
sample of WEBERIsM. Speaking
of Ephram Armstrong, killed Aug.
Goth, 1876, the Doctor proceeds
The testimony didn't point to any
one party unknown. [ held the
inquest open several days to try
TO find ont who the persons were.
T saw in the Ledger. the republican
organ of the parish, an editorial
that they were aware of who killed
Armstrong. and l summoned MI.
Weber, the editor, and left the in
quest open several days; I summon
ed every one. BE said in the arts
Gle that the man who killed Arm
strong rode dun horse and the
horse was seen at Mr. Leonard's.-
1 summoned Mr.. Weber, and he
wouldn't make his appearance. |
went to his house, and he said he
received the information from j.
w. Armstead. | summoned firm
stead, and he said Weber received
40 information from him, and he
expressed himself that Weber lied;
so L couldn't find out. From The
circumstantia! evidence, my impress
sion was this, that this man Arm
strong was drinking; he bore q
very good character-very good
negro but when he was drinking
he was rather uneasy. On the ev'
ening he was killed he was seen
going out the Baton Rouge read,
which was not his way home, two
miles to the left of his house be
was seen there before snDdown
he was killed between eight and
nine o'clock that night. 1t is sup
posed that he turned back TO come
to town, and, being under the in
fuencc of liquor, got off his horse
and probably stopped some person,
who, fearing that he was about be-
ing waylaid, shot him. The wits
ness who testified here a little
while ago said that when Arm
strong was drunk that he wasn't
very select in his Language.
@. Have you known of the kill
ing of any other person by the
name Of Armstrong since you have
been coroner
A. No, sir. The next case is
Isaac Mitchell; the inquest was
kept open from September 26 to
October 6. | went out there on