The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-12
BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDER
A NEGRO AND HIS DAUGHTER
KILLED BY REGULATORS.


The Pack of the Old Mans Head
Blown Off with Gun and His Face
Beaten in With the Stocks of the
Weapons-The Woman's Throat Cut
from Ear to Ear.
New ORLEANS, Sept liza special from
Lafayette, La, says: "a brutal double
murder was committed six miles from this
place on the Abbeville road Monday night.
Near the roadside stood small cabin. and
IN this lay the mutilated bodies of Ros-
mond Corlier (colored), and his daughter
Rosalie. The following particulars we're
ehclted at the coroner's inquest: Ros-
mond, who was over 60 years of
age, was whipped and ordered to leave
the country some months ago by band
of regulars. and failing to obey, met an un-
timey end Monday night. 1t appears that
about 10 O'Clock party of masked men
rode up to his house and demanded admit
tance. and On being refuse !, broke the door
down. The old man fired both barrels of a
shot gun into the crowd, killing a white
man named John Judice. Rosmond then
fled. pursued by the now enraged party.
who fired repeatedly at the fugitive.
BRUTAL MURDER.
"They overlook MIN abont 200 wards
from the house and blew the entire back
part of his head Off and then crushed Ia the
frontal bone by blows with their guns. The
body of Rosalie lay stretched in front of
tho cabin this morning with her throat cut
from ear to ear. The little cabin
was riddled with bullets from Winchester
rifles and smaller arms, about 300 balls
having been fired into 1t. As the cabin was
an isolated one the coroner's Jury could And
n min
body Of masked men who murdered Ros-
mond and his daughter numbered about
thirty.
TWO OTHER NEGROES WHIPPED
"The regulators, before reaching Corlier's
| house, severely whipped two negroes-Lu-
| Glen Montgomery and Joseph, alias Toby
Cobb. The vi Tins were fearfully lacerated
on their backs, aud received ugly wounds
about the head and face, inflicted with an
instrument made by attaching a piece
| OF buggy trace, about two feet long,
| to handle made of wood, about
the same distance in length. Cobb saws the
crowd came to his house and with an oath
| demanded admittance. Being refused, they
| broke down the door, aud took himself and
| Lucen down the road quite distance and
there beat them numerically for nearly
| half an hour. Ho did not recognize them
as they we're all masked, one being dressed
III WOildu ClobnluR.
| CAUSE OF THE VISIT
"He could not give any explanation as to
why he was fiogged, but did not ascribe it
| o politics. He heard the men say some-
| thing TO Lucien about voting for Miner.
out could not remember what 1t was 1t is
learned that about two months ago Cobb had
a negro schoolteaoher living with him
and that the man was ordered to leave.
| Not doing so, a party went to Cobb's house
jne night and demanded that the
| teacher be given up, whereupon
Cobb grew angry and fired into the
crowd, wounding two of them. Since
chat time vengeance has been vowed
upon him, and it was wreaked
Monday night. Cobb when seen
was 10 bed, and will remain there
| for several months before he recovers from
Che severe whipping administered to him.
| 1t is the opinion of the sheriff that other
PARTIES were wounded in the affair last
| night, but SO far nothing definite has been
ascertained In this respect"