, 1881-02-05
4 Republican National Oi1lciat Shot
Down In Cold Blood by 1ull.
dUzcrB.
Failure Of an Attempt to Secure The Pun
ishment Of tho Criminal.
The lmtsltaa aation Cannot Protect The Life Or
Ayenge the Harder Of an Iul.rltau Citizen
On imtrftan Soft.

Of Ehst EntAIl0uln, Louisiana, Oil tic erell-
Ing following tile election, bids fair TO be
aided to tho list Of those seemingly I'M
fatllonlahle mysteries which have been
handed down from time 10 time nj in,possI-
BILE Of solution. Tho United States Grand
Jury hi New Orleans. having had the case
under consideration for two .iays, have faiIed
TO liud true hill. Tile prisoners arrested
Under a warrant swor1l unt before United
Stntes Commissioner Lime have been per.
n'ftted to return, to their homes. There IL
little etlo,,gll Of probability that they Will
evGr he arraisned for trial.
Here is II case, certainly, which illustrates,
forclbly and pointedty.
THE ONE CHEAT DEFECT OF ALI. OTHERS
Of nur present Government. There Is not
to their shame bc 1t saId-the power within
Tie Alnericali people to protect tho life or
avefRe the 1nlr,lcr Of all American citizen
within tilo American lines. We had war,
10 be S.Ire.-tho War Ut tho NcbcIlion,-to
prove ourselves Nation before the world.
We lInve yet, wltl1al, to prove ourselves a
Nnt16n at home. DR.. Jones WIS something
more, even, tf,al IL United States citizen. 1Io
was United States official. lie WINS thus In
double sense cntit!cd 10 protection. l1c
was shot dawM likaa dog by ali assassin steal
ing up 1,nawnrcs bchind Ills back. liz wns
50 shor, un1ucstfonably, BECAUSE OF his
political action.
The Stats laws arc found wholly inopcru-
five. They are simply poweress In bull
dozed community. The cltlzeus hold n.oof
from giving or seeking Information. They
10 not care 10 draw any possible vengeance
upon themselves. They submit tameIy to see
oil Of law md order set at atdetiance. They do
more: They virtually screen, because uf
sheer lnornl cowar.Ilre, the lnnrtteters In
their midst. The authorities do still worse
They 60 through the mock furllls Of MI In
vestigatlon. They cannot. because OF the
sa,le moral cowartice affecting the conf
mnnfty nj large, arrive at any conclusion
Tho machinery Of State Inv IL proycn but Il
,nockery and q furce. No Indictment Is to be
had. The murderer g0es unwllpt Of Justice
The Federal officials undertake. TINT IN
which tlt0se Of the Statc have failed. They
are met ut thu outset with the
ONE ISsullMouST4AlsLE orsrAcLE:
There Is absolntelyno provision III tho United
Statcs statutes for TIC crime Of murder. All
Ut tint Is left to the authorities nt,l laws OF
the State. sState-rlgtits," In other words
arc not to be infringetl upon by the General
Government. The Nation may III no way i'll
terfcre for the protection of lts citizens.
They arc ut, the absolute merry, In
their lives aud property, OF the Sow
eretgn State. Tho exception Is only to
bn made III tho cAsu Ot the black.
The Inter. II It appear tllat the criluc be coin
mittetl because OF "race, color, or previous
condition." Is covered by constitutional
amendment. For the white there Is no re-
dress. The fact Of his being United States
official. even, counts as nothing III his favor.
Thrre Is 10 Federal law to reach his case.
Tho Government Is po~erless for Ills prutec-
tiGn. The only chnnco Is to prove con.
election for President or Member Of C1n-
gress, by killing Or otherwise, Is, punishable
by Imprisonment In the Pen!tentiary. There
Is no other way than through proof Of such
snnsp!tney for the Government 70 tntersene.
The showing, rs seen, Is hardly a favorable
one fur tIIo General Government, We t(u uot
appear, certainly, in the light Of u Mutton.
There Is ROOM lIere, surely enough, for re-
4 % Jaw II :" ieast covering United states W Of:
tlclMls
III this particular case, cayil who may,
there II
SEEMINGLY NO ExcUsE
murdered la tho early part Of thu evening
or, to b, l4oro prcelse, Us here IN tug
tho twilight. lIo was shot down upon
| TEo theory, rs set lip Tint no ony knew wl,a
| did the killing, IL simply ton thin. Tint Is
nbout the way II h1s always been when q
Republican 1llts been murdered. Tho Grand
/ It it was 4 IS composed Of Six Whites ind tc.'
/ blncks. "Thero WIS no evidence upon which
| to fMsten tho Murdor upon my one.n Ss
sultl one OF tha Jury, ut least, here III NcM
Orleans, l hase no disposition to question
| his word.
Tho Coroner. too, wig, has also, been here,
quest over the body nf DR.. Jones. and there
yas no testimony atluec4 to show WHO va; 9;
pleasantly, and without any disturbance o.
any cllNt1lrter. Tie whites and negroes wtrt
frlUs,slly during tllc. entire tine IT polling
tho Votes, The pnrtsll Ind ssorne lscpnbIt!c
H. us n tSas NH F e e fossSs s sssnF "
g!yu the guntIcMnn's statement ab0ut n:
rendered. / mn Willing to credit him Oyel
with stateIncnt Ut facts, ,tnking exception
testimony atl!lucetl Is readily eSplalnuble
| Any u,,e ut all kltuWlng TO these bullduzet
| communities cn1I tuke III tlle situation a
olicc. There wins MI investigation
WHICH FAILED To INVESTIGATE.
Those knowing to tho facts were never callet
' s@os 10 swes r. t |" sf n nj 1lhey siyoaSIily %G' '
summoned. They most certainly would no
volunteer. This Investigation, as such, was
fnrcc. That Is about THO Otitl1uk TO nl,a l,,ty
lux uxperlunce In The Southern field. ,Tht
uluctl0l,, agalm, truly enough, was quietly
turbaileu-wttll DDnIueratlc oiiic!als In cntl
trol? This outcome, from q Democratic
standpoint wus reduced 10 n mere question
Of tiKNrs. Tho: calculations, xo'nclluw, fci
short OF the reality, Thu parlsli was fot,.
u have gono Republican,. The llntl. ]
flnysl King, IN all probability. hHa bcol
promised u different iystttL Dr.. J0llps WY
chiefly Instrumental III SECURING tho licpub
llcall slccess. DR.. Jones calao iii Tor th'
l,lrasllrN OF Democratic yel,Eeat,ce becaus'
OF the fact. Thu killing titus followed, II,
stpan Of prccetled, the election, That Is TIL
way it locks, ngali,, tu MI old Atager.
Tie FtuurRl 01llefNla thon undertook 70 es
tnbIsh II conspiracy. lartIes sunt to Eas
Cnrr0ll lls detectives wUrkal Mp their ci.sg
They nsccrulinEa the facts, III tha nlniu, t,
tl,elr own satisfactiol,, Mt lcast, pertain
ll9 t0 lhB m.lrtler. They got GeFtaln lmrtte
to cU1t1o to Now Orleans AZ witnesses
THE AFFIDAVIT or rLEAsAsT+ +MAlsIls,
the prosecuting witness, charges that "un 0
nbOilt tho III lily 0f NoveM!'er, 1bs0, ln tn
Parrish of East Carroll, aud i, ttlo Stats at,'
niSsrlet0 LUIslallih the sud jesse Toni
k1ns, Sbpb Powell, al.u Tltuln,la Powell ll