The Ouachita Telegraph - R. K. Chandler Killed by Police

Date: May 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>




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The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, March 15, 1873
Page 1, Column 6

 A large concourse of prominent citizens congregated yesterday evening
at the residence of Capt. Bradly, to pay the last tribute of respect to
the memory of the late Mr. R.K. Chandler, who was killed by the police,
on the night of the 5th, at the recapture of the Seventh Precinct Police
Station.
 Taking into consideration the sad circumstances attendant upon his
death, the ruthless manner in which he was cut off in the very bloom of
life, it is not to be wondered at that many of those who followed his
remains to their last resting place, did so sorrowing, with pale cheeks
and tearful eyes, mourning for the martyr to the cause of liberty, the
sacrifice offered up on the altar of tyranny.
 The funeral ceremonies, which were simple and affecting, formed the
last chapter in the short life of this ill-fated young man, who may, we
trust, be the last victim of this cruel st(y)le of factions, which has
entailed so much misery, so much grief upon us. — Picayune, 8th .

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