The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-04-22
a sENATORIAL LIE RUN DOWN
senator Dawes's Old Man Found and
ImpAled.


Mississippi, where he was operating
factory, on account of political pros
criptfon, and that his property was
destroyed by fire. Pressed for the old
eentleman's name by Senator George,
Senator DAVIS declined to give it, and
the former Senator pronounced the
statement utterly false. Hero the mat
ter rested, until the appearance of the
following Associated Press dispatch,
specially repeated to this paper by the
New Orleans Democrat:
BOSTON, April 19.-the Advertiser pub
fishes lengthy statement from Charles
Heath, now residing at Maiden, in this
State, and who is the person referred to by
as having his property in the South destroy
ed by incendiary fire: Heath's plantation
is In Gsldweii parish, La. on the ouachita
river,ten miles below Columbia, La. Heath
states that he, with his brother, who is a
thirteen or fourteen years ago. and had
established upon it a Clubhouse, grist mill,
snfP Several shsy Pa1 tse
place under q white overseer, and were not
seriously interfered with by their neighbors.
Tho first diMcu1ty that occurred there, Mr..
Heath states was along in 1877 or 1873, and
was on account of a decision that we would
not employ W01lo men hS OS0ISeofSs rTOn
that time. the statement intimates that
Heath's troubles began. His neighbors
and others accused him of willingness to
divide his land with negroes, and avOwed
their determination to prevent it. Various
troubles, in which negroes on his place
re he
Upon the mig night Of Of Christmas, his whole
@ith im ar was Worth Inc s e $685.
''They burned up my tools, wagons, grist-
s4 sh OF q seo
in about twenty minutes we had to work
in and we came within an ace OF being
us was the wind blew the flames away from
the building in which we We're sleeping"
Heath's statement alleges that series Of
In the parish whore he was located He said
he was assured by his friends, some of
in the worst part of tho State. Heath says
he shall go back to New Orleans, where he
has real estate, this Fall. The negroes who
are on his plantation pay him for his land
and the mules employed by them. His
brother went to New Orleans in lS4s. has
boon long time a merchant there, and was
appointed Mayor of the city by Gen. Sheri-
dan. Herth says the firing Of his place was
not alluded to in the papers: and he made
to investigate the outrage.
This statement might have been re-
futed at this point, but messenger
was at once dispatched, with the press
telegram, to Columbia to obtain infor-
nation positive and direct, Lieut..
Gov. McEhery taking the matter in
hand at the request of Major Burke, OF
the Democrat. The information
gathered Gin few hours) will be found
below, and from its perusal the reader
will be convinced that not only are
Heath's charges false, and that he and
Senator Dawes are alike sianderers, but
that Heath is grand old rascal.
We submit the regulations without
further comment:
STATEMENT OF DIST. Army WEAR,
COLUMBIA, La, April 20, 1881.
Dear Sir-Having seen what purports
to be the statements of Charles Heath
relative to the burning of the property
of Edward Heath situated in this par
ish, together with the treatment of
colored laborers in said parish of Cald-
we'll, from my intimate knowledge of
the country and behavior of the people
in the parish OF Caldwell, in which the
property destroyed was situated, l am
constrained to say that the statements
of Mr.. Charles Heath are altogether
untrue and without foundation in fact.
Very respectfully,
GEO. WEAR,
Dist. Atty 4th District of Louisiana.
STATEMENT OF JUDGE CcLpwEIL.
am Republican; have been so
since the war; was born in this parish
In 1880; am lawyer; voted for Grant
twice; was Parish Judge of Ouachita
parish from 1870 to 1873 under appoints
ment of Gov. Warnloth; I became a
resident of Caldwell parish in the
month Of September, 1878; settled in
Columbia, and know the place owned
by Mr.. Heath.
There has not been a more quiet
parish in politics than Caldwell parish.
Everything tor years past has been