Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-25
IN A FEVER OF Exc1rEMENr.
Great La,clessness and Turbulence In the
Red Eeices- Country of louisiana.
NEW OrIeana Snociol In 0b;no 90 T;roes

Great La,clessness and Turbulence In the
Red Ieives Country of Louisiana.
New Orleans Special to Chicago Times.
kilograms from Caddo parish to the
United States district attorney, announce
that the entire Red river country is in fever
of excitement, and virtually in condition
of rebellion against the laws of the United
States. Quite recently deputy marshal in
Caddo has been subpoenaing witnesses in
prosecutions for violations of the federal
election laws. He started with two, Col.
Clark and Bill White, on the steamer Danube
for New Orleans. constable named jeff
Cole boarded the Danube and took them
from the custody of the marshal. While at
Jerry Bearon's plantation, en- route to Shreve-
port, the two men were attacked by mob
and brutally murdered. Information of
this was to-day telegraPhed to the attorney
general at Washington, and District Attorney
Leonard now awaits instructions. The
Times correspondent has just left Mr..
Leonard, with whom he had a protracted in
teryiew. That official says the people of the
Red river country are as crazy as they ever
were in 1861, and any attempt to control
them by cnarshal's posse would be futile.
He says that it will only be necessary to have
it known that witness has been subpoenaed
before the federal court to have that witness
killed, and that the fate of the two victims
named is only the commencement of a re-
sistance which the government will never
quell by any civil process. In confirmation
of this opinion the Times correspondent
learns from another and most responsible
source that the federal grand jury has devoted
sRs Of the "ss Conduct Of Of the esc
ton in the Red River country. The
grand inquest has ascertained to its entire
satisfaction that in the parishes of Caddo,
De Soto, and Brashear gross violations of
both the State and federal election laws oc-
CURED at every poll. AS evidence of the ex-
tent of the lawlessness the Times CORE
spondent is assured that indictments have
been found against prominent citizens of
these parishes, as we'll as of the Natchitoches
and Ouachita. In the latter parish the Times
correspondent is assured that leading men
have already announced their intention to
resist arrest at all hazards, even
if resistance should result in an
armed conflict. When the indictments
found during the present week are executed
it is predicted that the row will commence.
In this connection the district attorney re-
marked that one company of soldiers would
be far more effective than thousand depu-
ty marshals. The Times correspondent is
assured tonight that on Monday true bills
will be found against Collector George L.
Smith and Thomas G. Anderson.
To-day the grand jury sought legal advice
to ascertain whether, under the law, they
have not right to indict Rutherford B.
Hayes as accessory before the fact to the
Caddo massacre, that tragedy being the logi-
cal sequel to his Southern policy. The
deputy marshal who surrendered the two
witnesses to slaughter will probably be in
dicted on Monday.
Marshal Wharton has received a telegram
announcing that batch of witnesses en-
route to the city on the steamer Caledonia
have been stopped in the Red river, taken
ashore, and ruthlessly slaughtered. The
number of victims is not known, and at this
late hour it is impossible to learn particulars.