The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-08-07
CHENKYvILLR, La, Jaly so, 1888

Editor Collar Chronicle:
In your issue of July 18th, copy of
which has fallen into my hands, there
is an allusion or charge made by one
Cameron that. during the trial of H. j.
Brown at Colfax for mmder, in the
year 1882, Browns relatives and friends
had plot arranged by which Brown
was to be released. Said charges are
that the parties were heavily armed,
and had in view the assassination Of
Mr.. G. II. Teal to accomplish Browns
release. As am brother of the III.
j. Brown who Is referred to, and was
the only relative who attended or was
present at his trial, I take pleasure in
denouncing the charges, and all of the
specifications thereunto belonging, as
a deliberate lie, Infamous in its con-
ception, villainOus in its intent, and
bunglingly told. attended the trial of
Fl. j. Brown because my duty as a
brother commanded me to do so. /
am a native of Rapides, and am willing
to abide by the decision of the most
moral and heightened gentlemen of
this parish as to my standing as a
peaceable and law-abiding citizen.
am at loss to conceive why this man
Cameron should make such grave
charges, and if he is a good citizen,
and always has been, why he did not,
on his pretended knowledge of the
facts which he so positively asserts,
bring the parties alluded to before the
grand jury and have them indicted as
conspirators against the peace and
dignity of the State of Louisiana.
Such surely would have been his course
had he been animated by feelings other
than those which bid him strike after
all danger was past. This statement
does not bear the imprint of truth,
and sounds more like the wild halluci-
nation caused by long spell of dime
novel reading. or the visions which
might arise from an over dose of board
ing house hash. The only motive
which could be reasonably given for
making such erroneous statements as
he is guilty of doing in the present
case, is, / suppose, the same as was
once given by Cameron for stealing
a mule. On being asked by the Judge
of the court why lie had done so, he
replied: 81 ,canted to see my name in
the papers.r
While was in Colfax saw the Jail !;
and, If it is at present as weak and
defenseless as it was then, | would
deem any man or men who desired or
contemplated releasing prisoner to
be as daft as Mr.. Cameron, and as
being devoid OF common sense or pru-
dence, who would seek a crowded
court house, in the glare of the lights
which lit up the court room, and defy
the law and ten times their number of
equally as brave men, when their OBJ
ject could have been obtained without
firing shot and during the stiffness
of the night. s z
This subject to me is painful one
for reasons made obvious when an
nOunced my Relationship with H. j.
Brown; yet my duty compells me to
say that the plot alluded TO is. so far
as my knowledge extends, as false as
believe the originator to be. am un-
acquainted with Messrs. Teal aud
Lacour, but suppose them to be gem
tlemen. Neither do / know this man
Cameron, but would Judge he had a
foul breath; in fact his liver is out of
order, and wonld advise him to take a
dose OF Simmons Regulator or Bile
Beans, Yours truly, L. L. BRowN.