Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-09-22

Company G pursued tho re-
treating police almost to the cor.
ner of Peters, but the & from
that street, as a volcy from the
Custom house, compellt d them to
retreat with the loss of Major
Wells. They retired behind a de-
serted street, from which position
they kept up their Ere. Firing
was also kept up from Tchoupi tou-
Lac. where Hills company. Com
pany F.. Of Angels command. were,
The police replied briskly, killing
Mohrman, Aliens company, and
Bernes on Tchoupitoulas, and Con-
sidine, Lincoln's company, near the
corner Of Magazine. 1t was at this
time that Gen. Ogden, while rid>
ing down Tchouptulas, directing
the operations of his men and re-
connoitering the position of the
enemy. had his horse shot from IN
der him and himself slightly wound
| ed.
The police finding the firing too
warm again retrealed, proceeding
up Custom-Honse. still pursued by
Company G. which opened on them
from the head Of Crossman street.
The police proceeded thence up
Old Levee, Capts. Phillips and
Tennyson's commando. together
with q number of irregulars. firing |
on them from Bienville and Gus
tomhouse, which was replied to
by the retreating police as we'll "a
by those at tho station. By this
fire one policeman and two citizens
j. Graval. St. John White League,
and M. Belts. Washington White
League. were killed.
The police marched on to the
station. numbering J. <. Gourdain
on their way. Here the single gun
left them was placed in position.
pointing up Chartres street; and
scouts. dressed in old United States
uniforms. to delude the citizens
into the belief that the Federal
government had interfdred in be-
half of t 9 police were thrown
out at St. Ann. Jefferson and St.
Peter streets. OF Ke1logg's army
OF that morning there remained
only some sixty or seventy men.
many of them wounded and COM
pletefy demoralized and broken in
spirits. Il
At this time Canal street was
almost entirely deserted. and it'll
was then that that most attrocious
murder. for it was nothing less. of
]. M. Vest. by Henry G. Dibb,e.
was perpetrated. West. a worthy
printer and good citizen. was un-
armed and not a participant in the !
military operations Of the day. He
vas walking along Canal street =
lf.er the fray. when Dibble. the =
assistant Attorney Genara' of the
and on this official oc- I.
aston the act of Kellogg, clad in a =
gorgeous uniform. for glory's sake, =,
nd esconced behind the granite :.
rails of the Custom House for 4
afety. and priding himself on big
shot poor West o. .,
7 because he offered a good target. q
The police had lost in their fight ::
n the lcvee and retreat fifteen 90
en- killed. while FIVE or more of =
'ose carried off the battlefield into ~
10 Customhouse, were MORALLY
OF those Leriousiy Or p'
lightly wounded there were fully =.
zty or seventy. y.
The fighting began about 1920 hr
N. Fifteen minutes after the m
tizens were in possession O! the tn
nnon Of the enemy and by half IA
st 5 the firing had almost alto
Their ceased. ro
When the firing at.the levee was an
ard the companies stationed of
owe Tchoupitoulas street expec- ST.
g an immediate attack, COM eru
need throwing up barbados. or!
ese were built of horse cars, barn ali
g, planks, etc., while the iron the
ect crossings being torn up left ele
tie effective bitches. vic
1t was some time after the fight ten
ore its result was known among
men not engaged in it. The VIII
vs., however, when it spread 500
ough the streets, attracted a wa
&c number of people to the foot mo
Canal street, and these assisted the
carrying off the wounded, both def
zens and police, and attending spill
Ill their needs. sho
'he men engaged in the Sight Clio
e withdrawn to Poydras street. onr