McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-13
BAD SOUTHERN BLOOD.
Which, Being Fully aroused, Results IN a
Slaughter.


Slaughter.
A New Iberia special to New Or
leans paper says: Judge Fontelieu and eight
or ten others left here on the morning of the
I'd for Lareanville, Fausse Point, this parish,
to hold q political meeting in the interest Of
Kellogg. After the crowd assembled disturb
ance was created by persons hallowing "Hur-
rah for Gray" Joe Guilfoux rushed to the
scene Of trouble and was fired at, the ball pass
ing through his hat. He returned the fire and
at that moment there was general row, and
Captain Bell, prominent sugar planter and q
democrat, Joe Gmffoux, the leading Gray man,
and Oliver Boutte, colored, Kellogg supper
ter from New Iberia, were killed outright. The
wounded, as far as known, are Jules Mestayer,
republican candidate for sheriff, who last
spring had his thigh broken, ex-sherif l.. Yea
tor, shot twice In the abdomen, and about a
dozen others slightly wounded. Six negroes
were killed as far as known. The perpetrators
were surrounded and kept under guard until
the sheriff arrived to arrest them. courier
was dispatched to New Iberia, and in a few
minutes after he arrived the town was in the
widest excitement. All drinking saloons
were closed by the mayor. Fifty or
seventy-fve men from New Iberia
left under orders from sheriffs for the scene of
shotguns and rifles. They arrested Fontelieu
and Adolph Bienvenu, and five white men, who
are now In the parish under heavy guard. The
first ball came from the republican ranks.
After this, 1t said, thousand shots were fired
simultaneously. On the battle field it is said
that dozen horses laid dead.
A New Orleans Times Democrat, New Iberia,
special says that everything is quiet since the
Fausse Point trouble yesterday. The prison
ers are still in jail, and will probably have a
hearing tomorrow. A great many reports
came In from Fausse Point to-day. Nearly all
are different as to the number killed and
wounded.
The coroner says that there are sixteen
negroes dead and two white men. All in the
fight when it began say that the first shot
came from negro, who fired at Joe Guilfoux
from his coat pocket. Bell and Guilfoux were
killed instantly and from the first volley. The
pistols taken from their bodies show that they
had not fired shot when they fell. 1t is not
known how many were killed, but 1t is certain
that sixteen, probably twenty, were killed.
Nearly all those killed received wounds
from stray shots. 1t is reported that the
white republicans wore breastplates. Judge
but his skin was untouched. The body OF
Capt. Bell was to-day taken to st. Martinsville
and that of Joe Gilfoux to Loreanville. Bel
and GilfouX were two of Fausse Points most
respected and beloved citizens. Their friends
present, six or eight men, were SO Infatuated
that they went into the battle regardless OF
everything and fought bravely. A great many
negroes stood and fought until they emptie6
their pistols; the majority, however, STAN
peded. Hundreds Of them jumped into the
bayou, and some being wounded did not ge'
out; others ran; some fell down on the way
and died. One negro was found near by in hi,
cabin dead, without q bruise.