The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-28
THE WERER HOMICIDE.


In telegraphing the DEMOCRAT an
account of the killing Of d. A.. Weber
In West Feliciana, our correspondent,
Vidette. stated that Weber had for sew,
eral days been walking the streets Of
Bayou Sara and st. Franeisville armed
with q shot gun, and In defiant way
threatening the lives of certain citizens.
Our correspondent is one OF the most
highly esteemed and honorable men in
West Feliciana, and we were entirely
confident that his statement was true In
every respect.
Several days after the publication oil
Vidette's dispatch, two persons calles
at this office and presented us with q
note from Il. l.. Weber, requesting us
to publish the following insulting and
bullying note:
BAYOU SARA. March y. 1877.
Editor Republican:
have seen in the New Orleans DEMOCRAT
sth instant. q dispatch signed "Vldette," which
states that ID. A. eber for the last few 9ayH
has been walking our streets armed with shot.
gun, and In q defiant way threatening many o.
our citizens" / pronounce this statement to
On the day chat deceased was assassginated he
and Ibad gone out ,9 shoot Dsa oaprsd tsa
gun, i have been with u. A. Weher every day
excepting last Sunday, when ne went on i, 2 WISH
ary during that time have not even seen him
WIN p's''' III '"''' j J. HUNTER COLLINS.
or course we peremptorily declined
otsc EHpUaUIavas" ~-s~-a~~~~.-"v ~-s-s
the above. AS the Republican is
a very disreputable and scurril-
GUS sheet, without any standing or
character In this community, we never
noticed whether or not the note OF Col
Inns was published in 1t. But our
attention has just been called to col
umn of bragen lies In relation to the
matter which necessitates this notice.
"This letter." says the Republican, re-
ferring to the note signed by Collins,
..senator Weber inolosed to the DEMO
Graf with request that in Justice to his
brother 1t be published. the statement
OF his carrying arms having first ap-
reared in its columns. But this was
refused"
OF course we refused. and the sequel
will show that we Justly estimated the
worth Of Mr.. Collins note, and were
perfectly right in declining to print a
scurrilous attack upon our correspond
emit. whom we knew to be an honorable
man. Thus, to-day we find In the West
,FeIioiana Sentinel, printed at the home
OF our correspondent and Mr.. Collins,
the following retraotion by the latter of
his scurrilous letter to the Republican,
and which Il. L. Weber had the effront-
cry to ask us to give publicity to:
ST.. FRANcrsvrILB. La. March 49, 1877.
Editors Sentinel Misapprehension of the tele.
gram signed Vidette. to the N . DEMOCRAT. OF
sions In my communication to the N. 0. Repubti-
can, dated March 9th. which. upon fuvestigat son
and reflection, am convinced were nasty ana
Interpreted vidette's dispatch to refer to the
occasions upon which Mr. Weber and myself
were hunting In company. Such proving not
to be the case. am free to withdraw tho obiec-
tionable expressions.
ii i perha proper to say that in m, my CON-
s Was m, most Of the time. Mr.. Weber did at
fines have ii on his shoulder. but In no threat
ening manner did he handle II II cor,rrs
Az the Republican advertised the
writer OF the letter addressed to the
editor of the Republican as ga gentle
man of unimpeachable character"
which for aught we know may be true,
we presume it will now publish
the letter of the gentleman OF
nnimpeachable character addressed
to the West Feliciana Sentinel, in
which he retracts all he wrote in
the first mentioned epistle. However,
as the Republican is Of no earthly con-
to honest people, being the
organ of the st. Louis Hotel rats, aud
read only by them, neither our cores
Dondent nor we care whether they pub
Iish the retraction Of Collins or not.