The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-06
RIOT IN IDEBIA.


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Special 10 tpe 1iine,- DemoctaS.
New lBEGIA, Nov. 1si.1Judge
Foateiieu aud eight or ten others
left here this morning fer Loieauviie,
Fausss Pointe,in tbis parish, TO hold
. poll ical meeting in the interest OF
Kellogg. After the crowd assem-,
bIed some disturbance was create"
by persousr hallooins, "Hurrah ior
GAY" Jo6 Gaifouz dsbed 10 the
scene oil The uodble, end was Il ed
ct, the ball passing through his Lat.
He re,oraed ,so fire. At that mo.
ment o general row ensued, In which
Can't. Bill, a prominent sugar plant:
or and ,Demorrat, Joe GuilfouI, a
leading Cav mao. and Olive Bou,te,
colored Kellogg man from New
Iberis, we're oil Killed Outright. The
wounded, 80 far 40 known. are j les
Msstayer, Republican Candidate for
sheriff last spliug, thigh b -okeo;ex.
sheriff T. Viator, shot twice 10 the
sptlomep, and o dozen oihsrs Sigh i.
ly wounded. Six negroes were killed
aa far as known.
? Tue perpetrators were surrounded
and KEEP: uuder guard unil the seer
ifr arrived 10 arrest them. A couri.
or was d;s,a,cbed to New Ibsria and
In q few inmates tho tow was in tho
widest excitement. Al he drinking
sa,oons were closed Ut 4 O'Clock by
order of the Mayor. Some fifty or
seventy Eve men from here left un,
der orders from Ire sheriff
for tie scene 'of trouble, oil
armed VITA double barrel sho gums
and aes. Thew arrested Judge
Fonteieu, Alphc FJntelieu. L,odce
Fonie'ieu, all white. The prisoners
were broush in tonight under o
heavy guard aud placed N he parish
prism.
Tue widest excl emcut prevailed
at this momen buD tie masses o'
the people were tept bacl, and quie,
until they we've in jill. Tae Town
10 pickotcd in al d:rro. ions 10 keep
peace and qniet. Tue first ball came
from the Reoub,caa ranks, aftcr
which it is sid O thousand shots
were fred \. once. o. the battle
felu. i. is saii, i dozen horses are
lyivg abou dead. The jill is aeavi'
| IL guarded. !, II impossible IL
learn bow man. woro woulded, bu:
| it is reliably ,eporied that great
| many we're wounded and left during
the excitement.
Nov. 2:--Evrryil,;ug has been
quiet since the FAu.se Point trouble
yesterday. Tao pr soncrs IRE con.
lined in Jail.
A grea. mapy reports came in
nearly all diff rent as to the number
killed and wounded. Colooer Man.
yeiile came 10 late this evening, and
SAYS there are sixteen negroes dead
aud two whioes.
All wbo were in tho fight aud saw
il when 1t began Ray thai the
a;s. shot camo from q 0ogro,
who fred ut Mr.. Gilioux from his
coat poc.-,.
Opt. Bill and NJ. James 0ilfoux
were killed ins;su ly, and from the
Era, volley. Their pistols were taken
OF heir bn,'ics ate he 6sh., AID
every chamber was touud loaded
showing thu, they bad not fired .
sho.. Taei, fcionGs present, cons'a :
Jag of six or eig'', were 30 infd ia''
ed tha, tnoy weat 'u.o batll, regard.
loss " ovsry hug ,lfoush' b,Avs'y.
A grea, many negroes stood and
fought until they emp.'ed their pi,-
tolls. Tue majority, however, STAN.
pedcd. Hundreds jumped in The
bayou. Some, being wounded, did
net get out, anI others, who ran,
dropped oil along he road and iu
the woods and died. Ono negro wat
found near BY, 10 his cabin, dead
without . bruisc on him.
Il is still unknown how many
were killed, but there we're sixteen
certainly, and probably twenty
Neatly all the negroes received their
balls from stray shots.
I. is very reliably reported that
the white r publicans were protect.
ell with brcastplates that they had
secured for the occasion. Judge
Fontelieu's clothing was full OF bul
lot holes, but his skin was untouch'