a woman describing dragging her son away from the dogs

一个女人说到她和野狗争夺她的儿子
who were eating his body, and so on and so forth

那狗正在撕咬他的尸体诸如此类
And it led to a national investigation, a federal investigation,

对事件进行了全国性的调查由联邦进行
led by the Republican appointed U.S. Attorney in New Orleans,

由共和党指派新奥尔良州的联邦检察官
whose name was James Beckwith, a northern-born New England,

他名叫詹姆斯·贝克威兹出生在北方的新英格兰
old abolitionist fellow with a good deal of zeal

老派的废奴主义者但充满激情
who heroically tried to bring indictments and prosecutions

他英勇地打算提起诉讼
There were indeed many indictments

实际上提起了多宗诉讼
but only three convictions, in the wake of Colfax

但有关科尔法克斯的只有三宗定罪
It took over two years and it led to

案子持续超过两年并导致
the second great Supreme Court case that turned around Reconstruction

最高法院第二次介入从而影响了重建时期
That case, first argued in Louisiana,

首先在路易斯安那进行辩论的一个案子