The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-21
ARMED MEN ON llI
st. Landry Parish, L.. p,,,,,|
BY Regulators
ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN rnll
Mon Holding the Court us,.. . /.
VIII Hold 1t Until I, slsS
Hun with blood.

Opelousas. La. April @.-Ati.
armed men of these parts v,,. :.
move and desperate confl,e, -.
pected at any time. Over "a -.
armed with winchesters surrosl,.
town, and their os,ensible Object !.
capture of the court house n, a,
of the Opclousas ward depends M
cess or defeat in the parish ana NV
concentrating their efforts here
rcaiize that If fun vote IL pa.i
combine Will win. lae report ~.
opeiotisas early this morning NJ
eSulators We're assembling a IN
view road, three miles south Of IN
AT ~ O'Clock messenger sepofs
men on horseback and armed MI
chesters, shotguns and pistols Won
erins there and were planning u
| sion of the town.
Upon the report OF this news "A. !.
bine people or ant.regulaton ~
assemble around the court bouss n
armed and prepared to resist IN +
| sion. The Sheriff was In town ~
! news arrived. but lie did no, a,t,s,
| 40 and dlshand the armed bojy Al Y
District Judge Porrault rode on, i
| camp o. the regulators and endesyctlN
| persuasion tn get them TO dlshand Il
efforts were in vain.
This afternoon Diomede Durio NJ
planter, G. NJ Thompson, clerk II N
trict court, ma five or six friend, a.
front Of Durio's home.
81 was under q tree with nv tMJ
uear me-" sad Mir. Durio. "S.al
thirty-thrce regulators led by oN
passed my house. They stopped t;s,l
c.Ump of trees and went out In In
to seq what they were doing. whss
them they fired six shots at me.
friends came to my aid and w r.y
uiators fired fully fifty shots At a. d
ing my horse In TWO places. Halt d. n
ran away. the others Remained hsh}
"A group and seemed 10 be helping 4
one on a horse. sent word to he 4
FOR reinforcemenis but when tn :
came the regulators had gone"
Mr.. Thompson corroborated NJ ID
statement.
1t is rumorel ,ha, two regulators I
shot IN the melee and one killed. III
possible to verify the rurnor.
Later 1t was stated positively nrl
regulator, Alec Reed. was hli
another mortally wounded in the Am
At II: 80 tonight the town Is quiet y
squads are on duty nj ever! rOda "sy
the place, and the court house y n
arsenal. The Washington IA
! thirty strong, were called on to hihS
the citizens and the Regulators IAN
i ricd home.
\ courier brings the news thai W.
. ton ia being surrounded and tina, ~ /
lators are creating consternaaoa y
the inhabitants OF Belair cave. W
II long there has not been a Stale
oflicer--nnt even a eonstaois-h w
Is impossible FOR Il town 10 pe Mt'
i martial stat.. a
IT is believed that the regulator Y
d come Into town In the morning. ls1
$50 armed men waiting for then y, Y
t trict attorney has sent IN Wona -
d regulators will enter the Town W.
and that he has twenty wincf,ss !
n say mo Niger shall vote. Y
situation demanded the presenSeMa
+" II is that In Opclusas: the nni.s ~,
h will hold the court house u ~
= with blood. The regulators M..
n back - mile or two in the c0uh1'
King bridge.
re New Orleans. April 2o.-Tho wv.
=. Opelousas grew out OF an emu
" part of white democrats TO pfs.~,'
,ration of the negroes. A lhlul