The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-28
LIFE INLOUIsIANA.


Heath, OF Maiden, Mass, whose plSnta
tiOn.prOperty in Caldwell Parish, Louis
lana, was destroyed last winter because o
native (whlte) hostility towards Northern
methods and Northern men; but the con
Guiding portion Of his story, making
general portrayal Of the condition Of so
ciety in that section, was not covered b.
the telegraphic abstract, and, being oil In
terest, is herewith presented:
The murders are not confined to negroeI
and new comers, A man that will muir
der me- will murder his neighbor II III
falls out with him, To show the state o
soCiety there will relate several affair
that have taken plSce there 90 reported Il
me: Some seven or eight years ago,
man By the name OF Cain, Baptist min
lister and the sOn OF Deacon, gave cur
rency to some report detogatory to slstel
and three brothers named Duke. Two o.
the brothers with neighbor called upon
the minister for Satisfaction, They found
him splitting rails in the woods, aud some
loud talk ensued, The father, who was q
little ways of, heard the talk, and taking
bis double.barrel shotgnn-e everybody Ia
that country carries q double-barrei shot
gun with them when they 20 out-came
to where The son was. When the old mar
came IN TO the son he listened mo-
ment and then said; "My son, say, whaI
you please to these men, but don't you
take back ANYTHING" The young mar
said: "Pa, II do the talking, you will
have to do the shooting" The old mar
says; ~ will do that II 1t Ia necessary
Que oil the Dukes replied: "Shoot and bt
damned" The old man leveled his CUR
and shot him through the heart. HI
dropped. His brother, not being armed
ran up to this one that fell, and tried Il
draw q revolver out OF his belt, and thu
old man shot him through the shoulder
and commenced Ieloading his gun, Tht
third man jumped on to bis horse anC
rode away. The old man gave himself VI
after law days, and was put into an iror
cell In the parish jail. A week or ten day!
after the Jail was sent on tire, and the ole
man was burned alive, These men were
all Southern born. A man named File
and bis bon.in'lRw went up TO ColumLia
one Christmas Day, two or three Yeari
ago, as everybody In tho parish almost
does on holidays, 10 celebrate. They had
lew drinks and finally went into :
saloon. The proprietor gave Fife his lefI
hand, and File was very anxious to know
why he did that, and persisted In de-
manding an answer, The proprietor went
into the hOuse and got q revolver, and
then came back and said 10 Fife: "NoW
you get away from here; I don't want any
more Of your Iooling around" But The
old man was one Of those kind who didn't
care very much for a revolver even when
lie was sober, aud lees when he was In
liQuor. HiB son was afraid he would gel
ahot, and tried TO get him away, but the
saloonkeeper drew his revolver and shot
the Young man. After he was wounded
the young man drew bis pistol and BhoI
the Baloonkeeper. This was signal ioi
the boys, and fifteen or twenty Of then
Joined In what they afterwards called
'Chriatmss irOlic." 1t resulted In the
death OF tho old mans son'in.law, who
was shot In twenty places, aud his son and
the old man himself was shot through the
shoulder. He was not 30 badly
wounded, however, but that he put The
dead body OF his hon and his MORALLY
wounded son.in.law into an OK cart, ant
drove sixteen miles home with them thai
night. That was another OF the little AFFAIR."
that occurred there. A young man wa
shot there last fall as tho result Of little
quarrel. He was confined to the house iol
several weeks, and when he got out ht
came over 10 my place to sell his stock
lie said: ~ haven't got any body to gtant
back OF me-" "a the expression goes dowr
there; mo father, no brother, nobody Z
ayepge my death, end / will be killed II
stay here 60 ! have to go away" He wa
said to be one of the most inoftensivt
young men in the parish. He had TO leave
bis home and 20 away.
/ will repeat one more short story, out
OF which | gol an expression OF the Dis
triCt Attorney that iB worth something.
Two years ago furnished man of my
place, which was an unusual thing for me
to do, 500 worth Of supplies--ahoes, cloth.
irg, etc., ouch as he rleeded-a colored
man by the name Of Compare. He said
"Mr. Heath, when you come up next fall
I'm going 10 fetch my cotton to your
place to yin, and out Of my cotton / will
pay you whatever You let me have" A
lew days Of er returned he came over Ia
see me. He said: II have got my cotton
picked, and would like to have pair Of
shoes for myself and dress for my wife,
etc., amounting 10 about Sill; land, said
he, t'it you will let me have them will
weigh my cotton right to you and
let you have enough TO pay YOU
II took $500 pounds Of seed cot
ton 10 pay his bill. lie weighed II Out
and left Il In one Of his little buildings fol
me, and says: "Now, Mr.. Heath, want
you the first OF the week to send over and
get your cottor and then send over and
yet the balance Of my cotton and gin II FOL
inc, and take your pay out Of the cotton
for ginning" lie left my place about 4
o'clock In the afternoon, and went up the
road 10 blaCktmith's shop and got Ia
playing cards there with two or three
others. While they we're playing, along
about II o'clock, somebody ratified at the
door az though they wanted to get In
ANY little disturbance like that will
lIlkhkbu u uSkIu ubuuN No bhu 90 huJ thluh
you can think OIL Compare, who was !
young, active man, very strong, got up and
said: ~ reckon It's nobody who watitt
10 do me any hatn; I'm not afraid TO &C
10 the door" He started to 20 TOWARD
the door, and n charge Of buCksho
through The window struck him III The
temple and killed him dead-Almost bleV
the top Of his head of. When anything
Of that sort occurred among the negroes
OF course theft fiat resort was TO run L
my place and tell me OF II. So the black
smith, Charley Hamilton, and a fellow b.
the name Of MaLiOx came down to nj
place about midnight. My practice va
not TO let an, b1dy Into the house unless
knew who II WAS and what they wanted
III announced his name, and asked hin
what he wanted. He said that John Com
pare was shot In his blaCksmith's shop
killed-and he wanted 10 come 10 tell m
about II. lot him In, and asked him
they had any shspiCionB Of anybody, H
said no. told him they had better wal
till daylight, and then go right up 10 Co
lumbia and inform the people there q