, 1881-10-17
OBITUARY.
Death at New Orleans Yesterday
of Gov. Louis Alfred
Witt.
Brief Biographical Sketch Of Ills
1iventiul nnu Cllcclkcretl
Life.
Demise Of 0thor Prominent Porsons In
Different Parts Of. the Country.

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NEw OAf.EASs, l4n., Oct lb.-Guy. Wiltz
died ut 1880 this morning. Louis Alfred
Wlltz was b0rr In New Urcans IN 1878, re-
cciyet hfglt-scoof cttlcntto,, n'uf entered
commercial 1lfe ut ttlo aga vi 10. flu went
into tho Confederate suryico us n private III
1851, nint wis onc Ut the garrison tint s.r-
rcl,dcret1 Fort Jackson into tho hands Of
Gel1. Butter after its 1,otllbartlnient by Coin-
lnodorG Farragut. liz rrShtcrcd tho C0l-
fetierate lines, and was MIluu Captain and
Provost AfursElul of the Town Of Franklin,
III lInyeu Tectc, which ptnce lie i,eit Mt tho
tlmo Of tho surrender. liz returned
10 Nvw Orleans after tho War.
and IFS prominence I'll Crcolc
Fire Company No. D, It, which tlp l,old every
Office IT'D to President. attracted the attention,
tf his neigi,borB, a1nl lii 1stis Ile wis elected
to tho Legislature ns n Democrat FROM tho
Ninth Warl Of tic city. lii 1sG0 llp was
elected Alderman, md subsequently Prcs1-
dent Of tiio }oart. III lSs0 he was the cal.tli-
dnte OF Ills party for Mayor OF Nuw Orleans,
bit WIS defeated BY BEN nJanl!n Z. Flanders,
Republican. In 1871 flu WIS ngafn ea,,dt~
date. md WIS this tluU elected over tho lntu
W. H. Fish, editor Ut tho New Orleans RE-
p,tiitctt7,, but failed nf Il reilUrlinnttoll
In 1871. 1t was III this terlM OF Office
that the Willie League riots DC
Cured in New Orleans, and tie
prompt recognition Mayer Witt hal Accord
ell to 4ictlna-t;ov. P!uchbncti nnd Gov. KEEL
lugE placed Him under the bui, Of suspicion,
anil tile sn,ne tlt! Of September, 1871, Which
saw Uov. Kellogg driven out OF tl,u State-
House, bc!lcld Mayor Wiltz forced from tho
CEty-1inll nj tllo point Of tito bayo,ct. Ito
st,Dn slej'ucll bis position to the satisfaction
Of liis pnrtlsn,s. however, ulltl wAs elected
as s noM sils ~ tlo AsEnEcry sEE fiSss i"sc. u Il M WIZ
Ia this cnpacity t;tat, uIl t,Iotion af tl1e Hon.
t;corso DnprG, llosv, Clerk of the snprGn'c
Co,!rtof ths state. ile rqll:,'l Gen; Dp Try.
IT St' f5 esa Sae.ioss ''s s s s aor q 0fdss s
iioy. kellogg, bit which action resulted iii
expGctcdly to th0sn who hntl Invoked tho
military; poxer ~ tno expulsion BY tl'e SOL
ucrats whom Niltz haA recnEsllzell, ntll tho
withdrawal Of tho body. lIea.tcd by Wittz,
from tho Chumber. Ii !Hai Air.. WIFI Was
f.feNtennnt-tioycrilnr OIL tlsa ticket with Gov.
stttuttoLai Convention of 1910 Was elected
President tlorcnt. Up0n the ratification 0f
the Constitution! Wiltz wns electc! t;4yernor
for four yenrs, from April, 1850. Willie Gail-
tho Democratic State COMMITTEES he took n
severe cold. Which settled upon his lungs
nnu resulted III consumption. For II ycnr
ynar ago 10 took Il irlp 10. |CoI0rado
for his health. Six weeks ago he
started OIL u trip 70 San Antonio. but ia.l to
In brought hnck. It Was believed, III a Tying
nralic., Of the Statu Natlous.l I,ank--by Inv
tlIe custodian Of tho trust funds of tho State
and was atmittetl to tho Bar u few years
ag0. However event buck" OH tho old lire-
engine co!abany,-" Creo!u Sinu"-but. WIS
the boys who llntl given lin hfs first lift lii
PUBLIC llfa: md never OH my ueensE1l, Of
public larade, when Ills henlt!I would per-.
init It, did l.e FIJI to turn ont iii Lis rcd shirt
III tIH rniikg of Ills cQiiltElllf.