New Orleans Republican

The New York World, in its characteristic manner of misstatements, sets afloat a sensational story to the effect that Governor Kellogg, through bullies, was indirectly responsible for the assassination of Mr. Armand, and that he allowed Mr. Sam Williams to go through the farce of a trial and conviction, and subsequently pardoned him after a long imprisonment.

It will be remembered that in connection with the murder of Armand there was a lady in the case, one who bore no blood or lawful relations to either Armand or Williams, and the murder was the result of an entirely private quarrel. None of the parties implicated were known to the Governor, and he reluctantly consented to pardon Williams after repeated petitions signed by some of the most prominent men in this city, representing all political parties. Politics or personal considerations on the part of the Governor are in no way connected with the case, and the World's story is pure fiction.