Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-04

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3.-All the &C.
counts published here OF the bloody
afray at LareauVille, ON Saturday, are
celoFeA In the Democratic interest, and
made TO represent the Republicans ~
being the aggressors. Against this
theory 1t Is fair TO state that OF the eigh-
teen or twenty people killed all except
two or three were negro Republicans,
and that they would never have been
DO insane d TO attack . crowd Of we'll.
armed white Democrats. The riot oo-
CURED In the district where Gay IL the
Democratic candidate for Congress
against Kellogg. The district 10 Re
publican on fair vote by from 5,Oc0 to
5000 majority, and the large prepon.
d erance Of negroes have never been
Known TO wAver from THAR fidelity to
the party. Notwithstanding the ap-
parent hopelessness Of carrying the dis
trict, the Democrats have been boasting
for several weeks past they would elect
Gay, and 1t IL now their claim In secret
that, In consequence Of Saturdays IT.
fair, 10 many Of the colored Republi.
cans will be frightened away from the
polls ON Tuesday that kellogg may he
defeated.
The Picsyune to-day has despatch
from New Iberia concerping the riot
which, like all the other Democratic
reports, seeks to throw the blame upon
the colored men. 1t says that 200 of
them entered Lareauville little after
one O'Clock Saturday afternoon, cheer
ing and headed by ex.Sheriff Viator.
The Plea yunes story continues as fol-
lows:
The most reliable and impartial
Witnesses agree that . few of the citi-
zens Of Lareauville, not over ifteen, led
by Joe Gilfoux, met this crowd of Kel.
logg ties, and demonstrated with them,
when some unknown party fred upon
Gilf0ux. The assault was very unex.
pected on the part Of the Democrats,
and before they could rally Gilfoux and
Captain Boil had fallen. The latter y
revolver was then taken frsm his body.
1t had not been discharged. Az soon %
tho shooting commenced there WAS the
greatest infusion, and the negroes
scattered in every direction. 1t is very
probable that many Of the balls OF the
Kelloggites found victims In their own
ranks. When the negroes stampeded
they left their wounded to caro- for
themselves.
The firing was quite general and
Ah0hy WCAo WOuhuOu 0nu bOkGo Alllou
who were not aimed at. Eight horses
and one WAS found dead q mile away.
Some of the wounded negroes start
ed to run, deserting their horses, and
ran until they fell from exhaustion. 1t
is reported thst some of them ran into
the bayou, where they were drowned.
Others reached the opposite shore and
continued their flight.
"The panic among the negroes was
terrible. They had been told 30 many
wild stories about the Democrats that
they verify believed the day of doom
had come. The finding of the fallen
negroes 1T some distance from tho
battlefield caused b rumor that the
negroes had been followed and shot
down wherever caught. 1t is positively
stated by participants that this is false.
No shots were fred of the field, nor
were any of the negroes pursued by
anyone. Several parties have had balls
extracted here, and they say their
wounds ware received In the engage.
ment. 1t 10 stated that ono man died
Ave miles below here from wounds rea
ceived in the fight.
The Democrats surrounded the Re.
publican leaders and took them priso-
ners. Coroner Manvielle went to Lareu-
Vile to view the remains Of Gilfoux
and Bell, but took no testimony. He
says that as far as he can learn there
must have been at least fourteen or
sixteen negroes killed. Many were
wounded. The Radicals have been
waving the blood shirt here for long
time, and at last they have got II
stained"
A special to the States gives the num-
Der of citizens of Lareuville who'went
out to meet the Republicans and ask
the m to desist at seventeen. Louis
Brown and Louis Frelot, colored Re-
publicAns, were among the killed. The
additional wounded are St. Clair Dugas
and A. f. Dugas, Democrats. The en-
gagement lasted only four minutes, but
In that time over 900 shots were fired :
The negroes, rs soon as they realized
that there WAS really fight, and that
The Democrats were making q stand,
fled in all directions, ., leaving their hats,
shoes, horses and everything. Many Of
them received fatal shots on the field,
ran q great distance and died in out-of.
the-way places. Their bodies are being
found now in the fields and woods
Between fifty and sixty of them rushed
into Bayou Teche, where some sank
from their wounds and exhaustion, and
we're drowned in the confusion and
struggle, but many reached the other
side and continued their wild flight.
Three were reported as found dead In
| the fields this side Of the bayou. One
made his way five miles below here
and died. The excitement at Lareau-
Vile WAS terrible When the smoke
cleared away and the citizens saw two
we'll known citizens of Pansee Point
lying dead on the field their rage was
terrible. The leaders Of the Republi-
cans had exhausted their ammuniti on
and retrexted into . house near by
where they asked for quarter. Couriers
had been despatched to New Iberia and
= detachment Of Iberia guards were
sent to secure the prisoners.
Governor Kellogg closed his can vass
last night and left Iberia Parish, the
scene Of the late trouble. A disp atch
from New Iberia says: at is wonder.
full how leading Republicans managed
to escape, many of them having severa
bullets holes through their clothing
| Follow ing are the names of the prison
ers now in the Parish Prison here as
participants In the Lareauviile riots
Judge Fontelieu, Alph Fontelieu, l.
Fontelieu, Albert Fontelieu, Eugene
Dauterive, colored Alphonse Miguez
Abe Pailleit, colored Dorsey Gibson
Eugene Conway, Toutant Bienyenue, o
St. Martinville ALI. Gonzaline, Dich
Walker, colored, and T. B. Labeaux o.
st. Mary. Tho preliminary examina
tion of the prisoners was not had to-day
as was expected, owing to the absenct
Of tho niat , ict tforpev cnnapOu0nfly
the nrisoners will havc To remain II
prison until after election. They an
leading white and colored Republican,
Of the parish. The Coroner's ipques
has been postponed until Wednesday