New-York tribune., 1884-11-04
INTIMIDATION IN THE SOUTH,
THE LoIrAuvILLE RIOT PREcoNcERTED'
ronrwAnNgp or AN ATTACH ARRESTED WITHOUT
LEGAL WARRANT.

LEGAL WARRANT.
Nvw-OpIr,vs. Nov. 3.-Fclix Bcnvenu,
cos,msster at ST. Martnsville makes the following
Abatement concerning the Lorcauvie affair:
left ST. Martinsvnle In company with my uncle Tor
Iorcauvile last saturday. had hardly gone two miles
when met friend living nearby who st"ppeu iv n'""
lie said To- me: Don't 20 there for have been mott
fcd 10y the principal Democratic leaders tnere =" W. U
hand rs they intend TO prevent n Repuohcah m,cunE
from taxing place" arrived in Lorcauvile ana was
asked by the most prominent men rs :" y goo" S
bloo.lshcd for druukards are drinking heaNly anu M.
prevent the Republicans meeting y IRON n fieen ncrsons
yelling and shouting. going from one saloon 10 ".,, [
J"dre Foneen aud his crowd arrived and entered the
Sar of Alfred Gousouln TO hold their meeting me use
On their arrival and heard men calling repeatedly
Come on. boys They came irom g,os ,I ,g
ing 10 st Clair Dngas. about 200 yardS rom % ,G M &
place. ON their arrival Joe GilfauN, was tou y. ".o
eyewitness fred the rSt shot ana these so oo h
were fired with the result Of dead and wHuha9u "S n, M
ported II ns narsT and So renTncd With ten or twelve
guns They surrounded the dwelling o uonso', c ~
those who into the bayou IN ryg 10 S ~ ioci
selves Ab9ai hy OF me state Hnsy t"ting them
nrsoncrs ON Judge Gates verbal order without ucSS
Sheriff 10 represent the authorities This was stated to
mc when en- route 10 New Iberia with the prisoners that
same night by the lieutenant commanding
PROBABLY sIXrEEN PERSONS KILLED.
A dispatch to The Picayune from New-lberia says
About 200 Republicans principally negroes entered
manner and using profanc language They abused the
Democratic candidate in the Nles TERMS few or lhe'
citizens of Lorcauyile not fifteen led by Joe Gl
faux met this crowd OF kelloggltcs ana
demonstrated with them. when some unknown
was very unexpected the part of the Democrats
After the firing began the panic among the neSrOes was
Terrible They bad been told many eNll stories ano
Tho Democrats that they verify believed the day OF doom
had came The Democrats surrounded the RcpublCah
leaders and took them prisoners. Coroner ManVelle
went 10 Joreauvle to view the remains of GfauX ana
Bell, but took testimony. He completed MS TASK
today. He says that far Is be can learn there must
have been at least fourteen sixteen negroes killed
MANY were wounded United states Deputy Marshal
Steele very energetic In his efforts to get the prisoners
out Of iail hut far ne has failed ,
dipafch The States gives the number OF clzens ol
Ioreauville who went ont meet the Republicans and
ask them 10 desst at According TO this story,
the negroes as soon they realized that there was
really "A fight and that the Democrats were making
stand fled all Notwithstanding their hats. shoes,
horses and everything Many Of them received fatal
shots the field great distance and ded III outoi-
the-way places
The following night message was received at kepuD-
lean National Headquarters yesterday 800.
NEw-ORLrANs. Nov. ., 1854
The Hon H. F. JONES. Chairman RtpnOiicdh Nd"O"W
Committee. -
The riot ycstcrdayn iberia Parish brought about
by armed DemocratS firing the speakers aud assem-
bled Republicans at Blaine mass-mccting. All the
Blaine speakers arrested by local authority and
put in iail without Of law All the Democratic
Perpetrators liberty The committee have lnloIlnh-
tion a promcdated plan To carry into effect the same
method in other parishes especially Ascension, 81
Mary's Terrchonnc. and orleans. A. :. BADGER,
Chairman Republican Campaign Committee.