Louisiana capitolian., 1879-06-21
For the Loaisiaxa CapitoNan.
The Cruel Murder Of Ny Little Brother
in the Baton Roage Garrison.

| O~e .-~esSs Se ~ .sSSSV ~AVVAOA
in the Baton Roage Garrison.
, There is an old saying that "mnrdel
will out" but time has fed and still the
!, perpetrator of this horrible crime remains
undetected.
l, myself, have made thorough inves-
LEGATIONS and have come to definite
c0nclusion--whOse hand took his pre-
cious life.
lit was by accident, why did not the
person have nobleness of heart enough
to come to the bereaved family and con-
fess it' If wilfully done, may God have
mercy upon the perpetrator, for I shall
leare no stone untmned till find why he
was shot-and will have Justice. God
says: Vengeance is mine l will repay
saith the Lord"
That low rumble of thunder, the morn
ing he was to be laid away forever, l
felt was Gods spoken promise that he
would repay, in His good time.
just few hours before he was shot
our precious baby brother--he penned
this line: "Walk as the children of light
should" o, could he have had pre-
monition Of death, that he left US these
lines to be guided by, in seeking his
murdereri
The coroner's inquest was held and,
without proceeding to the place where
he was found lying, on the ground back
of Major Lamott's garden gate, for a
critical examination.
The jury was asked for the verdict
how he came to his death, by the explo-
sion of a cartridge, in his own hand.
But there was no powder in his hand to
indicate its being done this way. The
powder around the wound was sufficient
evidence that the ball came from pis-
tol, and that close to his face.
No pistol was found on his person, nor
any where around him outside of the
gate; but there was pistol found on
the inside of the gate, which had never
been loaded or discharged.
Charlie fell backward off the gate
after being shot and on the inside of the
garden gate, Major Lamott's two sons
were standing twenty feet therefrom; so
they say and seen him fall and went, to |
inform their father.
Some time previous to his murder,
they had "a number of boys) organized
a club, Of some description, Of which my
brother was a member-they met there
nearly every evening to prosecute their
intentions as club.
An old man living very short dis
tance from where he was shot, told me
that cverfng as usual they went at the
gate and, commenced talking very loud,
and, finally shot three times, and no
more noise was heard, by this old man
from that direction. Then little boy
was reported shot dead. The old man
told me he could not see them from his
garden, OH account Of the trees, but he
thought from all accounts one, of those
three shots killed my brother.
Reader, draw your own conclusions in
regard to the numbering of my brother.
l have my opinion and shall not live
contented until obtain better COM
pcnsation my little brothers death.
1t may have been accidental, or it
may have been under the baneful influ-
ence of passion, and the maddening ex-
element of contest for some foolish.
trivial til ing. That in moment, yes,
in mon |ent without warning his pre-
'ious lif7was cruelty taken. Miserable
must be he who perpetrated this miser-
able deed ;
His language {
Me miserable: which way shall / 1y,
Infinite 1ealth and infinite despairi /
Which WY fly is hell myself am hell, i
And in tile lowest depth, lower deep /;
Still ept'ning to devour me, open wide
10 whicuthe hell suffer seems heaven! 4
We wovld not go forth with spear and !
word, to fight our battles. The shout of
he charge, the clash of steel in angry
conflict, and the thunders of the cannon, a
re not tho arguments with which we
tand up TO plead any cause, or law.
Behindsus we leave no cities smoking :,
II ruinss no desolated provinces; no
lelds dyed in human gore, to tell of the
[esolatinS scourges of the conqueror.
reason is our weapon; our helmet,
ruth.
But philosophy has mapped the heav-
MS, named and numbered the stars, .
copied planets and scanned the solar
ystem a.. with an angels vision. The
uman reyeling in its freedom, has been
ent out into every department of ma
IRE to en:ich science and it's discoveries.
Would 10 God then, that the intellect .
f man 10 so greatly expanded as to y
ring to! light the murderer of my