The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-18
THE CADDO ARRESTS.
HOW THE LIST OF INDICTED PERSONS
WAS PREPARED.
Men Arrested who Were Sick on Election
Day-Min0r Matters.

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Especial Correspondence of the Democrat
SHREVEPORT, February IL, 1873.
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
While the excitement of the closing hours
of the Legislature of 1879 was stirring the
minds OF the people of New Orleans, the
United States deputy marshals produced CON
siderable excitement In Caddo A large batch
OF warrants were executed and q number of
our citizens were arrested upon indictments
by body styled United States grand jury.
These indictments were found upon perjured
testimony, and three bear the evidence that
they were either found upon newspaper in
| formation or upon the personal solicitation of
A. II. Leonard. Previous to the election the
police jury ordered the publication OF
THE POLLING PLACES,
| with the names OF the commissioners and
clerks. Every persons name, with scarcely
an exception, on this list has been indicted.
The animus OF this prosecution Is shown by
this fact, and their determination to
find indictments at the dictation OF
the district attorney is illustrated by
the further fact that persons are in
dicted whose names were In the printed
list, but who In fact never served or were
even present at the polls. Mr.. Eskridge, who
had been published MS commissioner OF cleo
ton, but who on the day OF election was at
home and In his bed, suffering from an acct
dent received few days before The secret
police of Russia never executed q warrant
with more startling effect. The injury to an
innocent victim dragged from home and bur-
ried to the snow-clad hills Of Siberia certainly
could notelave been greater than this which |
dragged an innocent man from his home and |
hurried him 700 miles away from his family |
and arraigned him for the crime OF interfer-
ing with United States supervisor, whose
face he had never seen.
r.. T. Lacy was indicted. arrested and bur
ried from a sick family. 100 miles from home,
under similar Indictment, charged with
having been clerk at Spring Ridge poll and
there interfered with United States super
visor, when Mr.. Lacy
NEVER SERVED AS CLERK
nor remained at the poll more than an hour
This secret star cham Der has issued Its pro-
and the victims of Radicalism
must go at great expense to meet a trial for
offenses which they were Incapable of COM
hitting. There are now large number al
ready indicted. larger numbers summoned as
for what purDose2 For no other
han to paraiyze the Democratic party In the
coming election for delegates to the constitu-
Jional convention. This Is the campaign
with which Generaiissmo Leonard, of the
Fourth District, Is charged.
It Is certainly inexpensive to the Radical
party, for the government readily pours out
is thousands at Leonard's dictation.
But notwithstanding all this these sleuth-
bounds Of radicalsm still find that Gaddo
,annot, even with this, the most formidable ,
scheme of the age, prevent ster-
ing Democrats from being sent to the con-
,ention.
Business has been greatly interfered with :
~ the unusual rains Of this winter Thou
lands of bales are ready for market as soon :
,een shipped from this port In larger num-
'ers than for many years past
Caddo has just completed
A NEW JAIL
neat structure, more comfortable and Sc /
ure than the old one ever was {
The DEMOCRATS manly warfare against l
THE LOTTERY COMPANY,
nd It's vigorous contest for a convention, 8
o relieve US from the cumbersome and ex- r
,ensive Radical instrument, Is highly appre- v
lated, and the good people, even In their
have high hopes OF better era
efore them !
It Is to be hoped that
THE APPROPRIATION FOR RED RIVER S
will be expended with better results than the !
asst. Under the present system the appro- 4
rtation disappears without any practical r
ruits. Navigation is not improved; snags
re plentiful in all parts OF the river, and the a
raveler would never suspect that the govern 9
aent was really expending a dollar on this Z
tream which is strewn with wrecks of steam i
oats, and which is the only outlet for the ~
reat cotton district OF the State. n
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