The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-01
REGULATING REGULATORS.
The Arrival of the Troops i'm St.
John the Baptist.
The Trial of the Accused Parties and
Testimony ELECTED.

The troops. composed Of q detachment of the
Washington Artillery and Crescent Rifles of
the Crescent City Battalion, under command ri
Capt Frank MeBlfcy and accompanied by
Major viii A. Sttonp, of the Governors staff.
arrived at Rt John at 80 Tuesday evening.
On leaving the train they were marched TO
the court. house Arriving there notwithetand-
ing the court had adjourned, there were gath
cred about the building hundred or more
negro men and women. The men were greatly
IN the n1aiotity. and these were more or less
unoat the Influence of liauor. They made no
aggressive monstraiou whatever In point OF
fact, but were very noisy. vowing that they
would not strike n lick Of work until they re-
celved dollar dar.
A number of the negroes who had declined
to work unless they received st we're Inter
viewed by your correspondent. They stated that
the whole trouble arose from the fact that they
wanted 81 a day for their work, and that the
planters would not pay 1t, TIL y positively de
MED that any Que had been whipped for woi h
Ing for sew nty Ave cents day. Tits asser-
ton bore lie Oh It's very face, as your cor
RESPONDENT WIS an eye witness Of the SCARED
bodies If tw, vlot' ma. who bad been nna.etci-
fully logged 90 the Bradieh johnson plaes.
At SHUTDOWN Tia troops went Into camp and
pitohe thei, tents tmmedia tely outside Of the
cout yard. Guards .w're placed aroupd and
spnut the eamp. and were on duty during the
entire night.
WEDNESDAY MORNING..
Information was received ut headquarters
this morniuR that a number Ut hnnds on the
/ lanla ions gu the left bank had re- urne to
work, while the MOI persistent we're following
TIL. aRit4turs up aud down the levee, headed By
fife anh d um. By 10 O'Clock the negrnes IL
ius io witness he trial Of the following parties:
John u ,ptiste. Flpr.n Taylor Feiciep Bethan-
court and vsleour Br2wni This batch Of pris,
planter of SC. John the Baptist parish. with
havl q on The twenty instant trespassed
upon afli MIS- plantation,
com posed Of Geo. bell. Andrew Williams.
Shed tck Grant. Robert J me Aeek Washing
ton. Billy Wililams, aud jules RICHARDSON. THIS
aud 9 ODD charged by Mr. Jas, HOLLOWAY tnnpa-
ger Of the Carroll pnnte'ion OF wbioh Mr..
til nAfant. felninu4ly and burglar
DUSTY entered au out-buuae, a part Of a |
dwallne, the said ho o. being then AID there
The indictment further sets forth that the ao
oused dit. without cause or ..provoeeIon. as |
.ault strike and beat The said WIN. Wallace aud
job seph
Henry NAV, b other In law Of nry De |
ma. IA alan charged with bealing negroes and |
Ia pnw jail. II will hs tried Thursday.
Your corr spundant has ina ie 1t hia business |
. study the situation Ia BIT, Johu the b tptist |
thoroughly, and ths whole trouble lies Ia the |
ant that the parrish officers are worthless.
JUICE G5rvis Leiche Ia ~ go, d naiured man. |
Who eppsars ignorant Of the law. aud AZ ali |
vents does nOt Know how To enforce IL or Is |
,sIrless. In ite xecu.on. The sheriff s Il ne.
Engaged In the st Ike. This opinion Ia also |
hatsof some of the best men In this psiish.
THE TRIAL.
The following is a synopsis of the testimony
ieted:
VIM WALLACE
1n hD NIlh N nj, T. n a a In In
Nv honse waa at ,h4 time asleep Ia bed. Tho
rowd took me out an wh'ppef me,
Witness thareupon Ahuwpd n scar on his face,
Which was inf cted with a whIpi
Witness 'atunot sfy that the prisoners in
llcted he blow on bis body With the whip. but
! posi- ive that The accused on triRi were pres
~ and aided aud abeited the crowd,
" JOHN JOSEPH.
llgs ut the Bredish Johnson place, under
he same roof ae Wu. Wallace. | la or for
wing Laet Tuesday week ago. In the, night
Inc bet bns hqaTs 10 ana nav 10 wee so B1
Williams one of the priscusre, called me aud
nd, Com, Uncle yohn l wat r9u to sh4w
ne an empty rPnm | .oh n ri,on wa nj ,ytf'
vent to Tue DOR aud looked Through the key
,ole. and ead j I'm, I - go there: there are
, numner o., mep, all Dressed liz womens
,peo my door: eezed my gut to deteud my
IF; III Y sr bbed ma. took my sun away from
no, and dragged zoe on into toe yard. broke
They thereup. u entered aud whtpped Wal
ace. They then returned and anid. Where Il
, at man who wanted to shoot" Seeing me,
,ne of lheu a poke % and said, Come up TO
ne want To see YOU" witness d es not know
Who the party wa talking to him. ~ he wat
iias ulsed. The mob then dragged me- out ~
ec1nd time aud threw me down EXPLAINING.
Pat him down. Put him down. They then
,eld mo and nj me w whip and poes
tWirn "a thea shows to the ,urt the scars on
li- body and states that he still suffers from
hem.1
TDpy then let me go. and got up, and by the
a. q | had gotten up .hey w.ra all gone.
Witness identified George Bell, Aptrtw Will
lama f G ant. Robert Jones. Aleck Washing
on. Billy Williams and Jules Robertson. and
ION tnued his Testimony rs fnlowa:
The dfy after l was whipped whs too sore to
70 to work. The sumo men that whipped Wal
ace whipped me.
The case 40 tar as the State was concerned
lor ID At Ia 80 q. m. Mr.. Jules Refine. attorney
or the accused. declined to put any witnesses
M ths stand ana tho case WAS closed lfier u
hort tpe ech by Dieriet Attorney u Poorter.
rne indge ramanied TIL accused to prison
vi bout any benefit Of bail, to appaar before
he pist .ict court. Affi3Hvits are being made
lrw against other regulators. and IT any
runhle may bs expected. 1t will occur In the
execution of he warrants OF arr est.
LATER At = ., m tbs negroes charged with
raspaes on J phn A. Stevenson q place were
brought 10 for trial but waivad examination
md were lemanded to prison. In default Of $50
nhs eanh IT, apu.ar b fore the DISTRICT court.
The discipline Of the militia here has been
NJ u I'd aud credi Is due not only The field
fl 'er-. but to the line Ali the soldiers acted
Is II gulass.
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