The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-02

through. Gen. Bil1iu ID not wealthy
man. # elected, as undoubtedly he viii
be, he will be representative whom the
people caa look upon with pride.0
! Not wishing to .letain my honorable
friend any longer, withdrew, happy to
possess information of such interest to
the people of the Third District.
The arrest of James Oliver Wright,
cashier of the Hon. ]. r. Alc6e .Gau-
threaux, ex-Civil Sheriff of this parish,
and the charges made against the latter
of having converted to his own use over
500, 900 Of public money, are now the
absorbing topic Of discussion among all
classes Of people. Wright has been for
q long time Gauthreaux's confidential
clerk, cashier and partner; in fact, it
seems that the Sheriff's office was con-
Quoted under the firm of Gauthreaux g.
Wright, a partnership dating as far back
as 1870, when these two distinguished
persons dealt in scales, burglar and fire.
proof safes, etc. This business did not
meet their expectations, and they closed
their store and embarked in the more lu-
crative business of politics. They ingra-
tiated themselves into the good graces
Of the b'hoys and rapidly rose to power
and fame, until, it is said, the firm pur-
chased at q meeting of the stockholders
otherwise known as parish conven-
tion-and at very high price, that val
liable business stand, goodwill and all,
the Civil Sheritf's Office of this parish.
Business was quite brisk for while, but
the boom" set in during the latter part
Of 1879, when the firm was authorized to
collect all back taxes duo tho city and
State prior to that year. The round sum
missing is over 100000, but the public
will bear in mind that Mr.. Gauthreaux
has been confined to bed for nearly
year, and it is claimed by his friends
that the crookedness now discovered was
committed during that time, and that
the case is one OF misplaced confidence
in Wright on the part of Gauthreaux..
As soon as the papers are made out ex-
Sheriff Gauthreaux will be brought here
from Louisville, and it is said the proper
authorities will proceed vigorously with
the prosecution. Nous ver,ons.
The city has been the scene of another
revolving murder, perpetrated not by Or
binary ruffians, but by men clothed with
the authority of the law. Jean NJ. Bares,
we'll do grocer, was arrested without
warrant of law, and because he refused
to pl oceed to the police station, he was
kicked to death by the police! Whilst
in the agony ofexcruciating pains he is
brought before a police magistrate, who
tells him that he is feigning, trying to
play on the sympathy Of the court. He
is fined $40, pays the amount, is carried
home by his friends and put to bed, and
dies in less than thirty hours. The Cor
oner's inquest reveals the fact that death
resulted from peritonitis caused by a
blow. The testimony is in effect that
deceased had resisted and kicked the of
ticers and that in retaliation an officer
had used his foot with terrible effect on
the stomach and side Of deceased, who,
aftcr being raised to his feet by his hair
and inoustache, was marched to the sta
tion and thrown into damp cell for the
night. Many people are convinced that
what this city most needs is vigilance
committee that will adorn lamp-posts
with some Of the miscreants who have
no regard for the rights or lives of others.
A grand Democratic Conservative
mass-,neeting is on the tapis for Saturday
evening, October 2, at the Grand Opera
House, Canal street. A series of outdoor
meetings will he held at the same. time if
the attendance justities it. The clubs of
the city will be present with bands and
torchlights. The voters of this parish
are taking very little interest in politics,
there is q general apathy amongst the
better class as regards public affairs, aud |
the result of that inactivity will be the
triumph of hoodlumism in this city. 1t
is expected by the party managers that |
the grand rally at the Opera House will
rouse the Democratic voters from their |
lethargy and indifference.
There is one official at least in this
State who deserves the thanks if not the
gratitude Of the people for his fatherly
care of their interests, and that is the
present young Governor of Louisiana,
Louis Alfred Witt. His last services in
securing advance signals of the approach
of frosts from the signal service bureau
is of great value to our sugar planters.
In order to more speedily transmit these
dispatches he has written letter to the
Western Union Telegraph Company urg-
ing that corporation to establish q tel
egraph line along the railroad to DON
aldsonville. have just met gentle
man connected with this company, who
informed me that the Governors sugges.
ton will surely be acted upon.
can not omit from my letter q brief
account Of visit had occasion to make
to that well known house Of Danzigers
Sons, III Canal street, who conduct sew
eral manufactures beside large dry
goods store, visit to which would con-
vince the most skeptical that the South
ern States are not without great indus
trial aud manufacturing enterprises. Mr..
1sidore Danziger, eldest son Of the late
lamented Theodore Dauziger, Esq, is
senior partner of tie firm, and though
quite young man, possesses great bust
nAal n I'd OF I,
ton that the representative of the CHIEF
had a look at the nalatia al eat q hliahnents