Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-25
Johnny Rsbs. Another Rebel.


Lon,
Chicago Times.
The following dispatch was pub.
lished In the Sunday Times. dated a,
New Orleans:
kilograms from Caddo parish &c
the United States district attorney
announces that the entire Red river
country il in . fever of excitement
and virtually In u condition OF rebel.
lion against the laws of the United
States. Quite recently deputy
marshal In Caddo has been subpoena
ing witnesses in prosecutions for vic.
lstions Of the federal election laws.
He started with two, Cal. Clark and
Bill White, ON the steamer Danube
for New Orleans. A constable nam
cd JEFF Cole boarded the Danube and
took them from the custody of the
marshal. While At jerry Bearon's
plantation, en- route to Shreveport,
tho two men were attacked by q mob
and brutality murdered. Informa-
ton Of this was to-day telegraphed
to the attorney general at Washing
ton, and Dist. Atty. Leonard now
awaits instructions, The Times cor
respondent has just left Mr.. Leonard,
with whom he had alprotrac ted inter-
view. That official says the people
Of the Red river country are as crazy
as they ever were In 1851. and any at.
tempt to control them by 4 marshal's
posse would be futile. He says that
II will only be necessary to have il
known that . witness has been
subpGnaed before the federal court
to have that witness killed, and
that the fate Of the two vic.
Tins namod 10 only the commence
ment Of resistance which the gov.
eminent will never quell by any civil
process. Ia confirmation Of this
opinion the Timss correspondent
'sarGs from another and most rsspon.
eibls source that the federal grand
Jury has devoted the entire week to
IN ,vestigation Of tho conduct Of the
election 10 the Red River country.
The grand inquest has ascertainad to
its entire .atisfaction that Ia tho par
ishes Of Caddo, De Soto, and BrAshear
gross violations Of both the state aud
federal election laws occurred 1t ey-
cry poll. A evidence Of the extent
Of the lswlessness the Times CORES
pondent 10 assured that indictments
have been found against prominent
citizens Of these parishes, ~ we'll a.
Of Nstchidoches and Ouachita. 10
the latter parrish the Times cor.
respondent 10 assured that lead.
ing men have already announced
their intention 20 resist arrest At all
hazards, even II resistance should re.
suit In On armed conflict. When the
indictments found during the present
week are executed 1t 10 predicted that
the row vii! commence. In this con-
neetion the district attorney remark.
I'D that one company Of soldiers
would be far more effective than .
thousand deputy msrehals The
Timer correspondent is assured to.
night that ON Monday trus bills will
be found against Collector Geo. l..
Smith and Thomas C. Anderson.
To-day the grand jury sought legal
sdvice to ascertain whether, undor
the law, they have not right TO In
dict Rutherford B. Hayes a. accessory
before the fact to the Caddo massacre,
that tragedy being the logical sequel
TO his southern policy. The deputy
marshal who surrendered the two
witnesses to slaughter will probably
be indicted on Monday.
Marahal Wharton has received .
telegram announcing that batch of
witnessed 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 10 not known, and ut this
late hour 1t is impossible &c learn