Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
MOST ATROCIOUS.
The Bloody Work of Regulators
in Louisiana.
CRUEL MURDER NEAR LAFAYETTE.

Diaboiicai Details OF the Butchery of
Cormier and His Young Daughter-The
Old Mans Head Nearly Shot on and His
Chld's Throat Cut from Ear to Ear
Shameful Story of Dental Outrage In an
Alleged Civilized Country.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept IL. "A special from
Lafayette, this state, gives the horrible par
ticulars of the murder six miles from that
place Monday night of Rosemond Carmier
and his l5-year-old daughter, as elected at
the coroner's inquest, as follows: Rosemond,
who was over 90 years of age, was whipped
and ordered to leave some months ago by a
band Of regulators He did not leave. 1t
appears that about 10 o'clock Monday night
a party of masked men rode up to his house
and demanded admittance, and, on being re-
fused broke down the door. The old man
fired both barrels of shotgun into the
crowd, killing a man named John Judice.
Rosemond then fed, pursued by the now en-
ragged party. who fired repeatedly at the
fugitive.
Most Devilish Atrocity.
They overlook him about 200 yards from
his house and blew the entire back part of
his head off, and then crushed in the frontal
bone by blows with their guns. The body
of Resale lay stretched in front Of the cabin
yesterday morning, with her throat cut from
ear to ear. The little cabin was riddled with
bullets from Winchester rifles and smaller
arms, about 3b0 balls having been fired into
it AS the cabin was an isolated one the
coroner's jury could find no evidence incrim-
mating any one.
Other Brutal Work.
The body of masked men who murdered
Rosemond and his daughter numbered about
thirty. The regulators, before reaching
Cormier's house, severely whipped two
negroes, Lucien Montgomery and Joseph,
alias "Toby" Cobb The victims are fear
fully lscerated on their backs and received
ugly wounds about the head and face, in :
fiicted with instruments made by attaching
piece of buggy trace about two feet long
to a handle made Of wood of about the same
length
Numerically Lsshed.
Cobb says the crowd came to his house on
Monday night, and with oaths demanded
admittanca Being refused they broke down
the door and took himself and Mont gomery
down the road quite a distance, and there
beat them numerically for nearly half an
hour. He did not recognize them, as they
were all masked, one being dressed in
women's clothing. He could not give any
explanation as to why be was logged, but
did not afcribe it topolitics. He heard the
men say something to Lucisn about 'voting
for Miner" but could not remember what
ii was
Cobb Was Fighter.
1t Is learned that about two months ago
Cobb had a negro school teacher living with
him, and this man was ordered to leave Not
doing SO, party went to Cobb's house one
night and demanded that the teacher be
given up, whereupon Cobb grew angry and
| fired into the crowd, wounding two of them
Since that time vengeance has been vowed
| upon him, and it was wreaked Mon la y
| night.
Cobb when seen, was in bed, and will re-
| main there for several months before he re-
| covers from the severe castigation admins
| tered to him 1t is the opinion of the sheriff
that other parties were wounded in Lafay-
cite Tuesday night, but so far nothing def
| mite has been ascertained in this respect