St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-13
OPELOUs4S, La.
THIRTY-sEvEN CITIZENS IN JAIL.
Special to the Times-Democrat.

terday by the Sheriff, accused OF ASSAULT
and battery and ordering a man tt
leave the parish, bailable offense
Application was made in due form te
District Judge Lewis for their release
on bond, but he denied the request
and fixed the preliminary examination
for Thursday. TwentNtwo of the ae
cused are confined In a sell in the par
ish jail, where the others \ere also con
fined, suffering great discom2 brt. Ar
application for relief was mailed to
night to the Supreme Court at Mon:
roe.
In December last two white men
accused of hog-stealing by the "regtl.
lators," were ordered by them to leave
the parish ), which they did some two
or three weeks ago one of them re-
turned, on a Saturday, to visit his
family, and on the next day was taken
out by the regulators, blindfolded and
given seventy-five lashes on the hare
back, and again ordered to leave the
parish which he proceeded to do,
but he was arrested by the Sheriff be
fore he got away. The victim is an
old man, some sixty or sixty-tiye ,tars
Of age.
"a The regulators were arrested and
gave bond this week for their appear
ance before court hereafter, and for
their good behavior in the meantime.
If the regulators had sufficient evi-
dence to justify them, according to
their code, in whipping a fellow citi-
zen and exiling him from his parish
nd home, would not that same evi-
dence convict him before jury? Con-
yicted thieves seldom escape the peni-
Tertiary but man-killers and regnla-
tors do. Was the "discomfort" suffer
ed by the regulators in being required
to stay in Jail two or three days COM
parable to the agony of their old vic
tim, exiled from his home and with
his back pounded to jelly for return
ing? Such supremacy" is not the
of civilization. Every good
citizen in the parish and elsewhere
will applaud the action of the Judge
and Sheriff in this matter /; and the
regulators themselves should be thank
ful that they have been enlightened in
regard to the law, that they may run
no further risks in such a criminal
business !; for OF the thirty-nine who
signed bail bonds, only five could write
their names.
According to the code OF the regula-
tors, they have the right to punish for
all offenses, and to create offenses not
known to statutory law are exile and
almost unto death the civil
lized mode of furnishing larceny?
Are the laws of the State to be ig-
nored in st. Landry, and the intelli-
gent people and taxpayers to be sub
jected to such an ignorant and unmer-
ciful despotism as has been exposed in
this affair? Boasts have been made by
of that organization, that the
would rule this parish abso- /
utely by November next in view of
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the samples we have had of their gov-f
ernment, all who are not regulators
rad better prepare to take care OF
themselves or remove to place where
civilized law prevails. Ignorance and
,ower work badly together.
Married, at the Catholic church, in
his place, last Wednesday afternoon,
~ Rev. Father Dubourg, Mr.. j. w
ahorer, formerly of Grant parish, but
low of Welsh, and Miss Virginia, eldest
laughter of Maj. Geo. O. Elms of Ope-
Ousas.
Without being able to speak fur
her, Mr.. r. has bride who has what
very man will assert are the two most
desirable qualities in woman beauty
nd amiahility. They ensure happi-
less to the husband and for that,
at least, is absolutely neces-
ary. Such wife will generally make
# any man a good husband.
They left the same evening for a
hort visit to Fairmount, La; after
which they will reside at Welsh. They
rave the best wishes of large num-
'er of friends for their future happi-
less and prosperity. /,
The A-tak-a-pa Family and Planta-
ion Remedies for sale by all Druggists.
The vote on the special town school
ak last Tuesday was 102 for, and 81
gainst it.
There will be Farmers Union pic
ic in the Prairie Basse neighborhood,
o-day, June 18th. Mr.. Lafargue and
theirs will address the meeting.
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