Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-11-22

up 10 IOWA on f,0ls That during he walk
the conversation vas resumed ON tho satna
subject, and Captain { afse1 stated that lie
R4gteIt u li8gs satisiaeIi III ron Mf. Wards
worth, and thai be Wanted 10 give him a euRs
hiding, Out That If be would 90 d1wn IN hiB
knaee aud beg pardon. be uuuld forgive alb
Cap ain Carson appeared to De excessively
excited, so much 70, az to appear TO be ignU.
rant Of what he WAS saying Of doing he was
10 NO way intoxicated deceased stated that
he ueEsr would commit att act that would
sand him to the Penitsntiary. 0u arriving at
the corner Of Charters aud 81. Louis sts, Mf.
Stiles ptppusel going to the 81 Louis 10
lake a drink. which was accepted by The de.
ceased and dspJuent. When depoHent en-
tered the 81. Louis Bar. ro6iiis one Of the
ifst objects be saw was Nj. Wafdswurth
who VAS statsding a few fec. from the bar
near the stove. Almost imTnqdiately after,
Captain Carson also perceived Dir. Wards.
worth, and commented sinking bic head at
him III 4 very excited manner. The deoeas.
cd then threw sUina m JIsy on the Ctnnler and
| approached Wardswoftb. The dspohent re.
uuested Mr. Stiles, Tor Gods sake 10 try and
get Carson away, a. he wac afraid something
dreadful would occur. Captain Carson had
b 8 back turned to deponsnt and depOhent
heard M. W~ardsworth saY-=t Wna ~satisfac.
ton do you want T. Immediately afterwards,
he heard the report Of a fire arm, and then
he deceased shfuhk down and fell against
the bar.
The next dap6nsni was Mr.. Alphonse DH.
peru, who stated that at half past seven o.
clock Oh the evening Of the 18th, being IN
The st. Louis Exchange, he saw Thornas NJ.
Wordsworth In close eenyerta ion with Jo-
seph b. Carson He approached them and
heard Carson say ''do you intend to give me
the satisfaction that have asked Of you r.
WardHwofth reprlied What kind Of s~alisfaes
ton can ! give you Mr.. Carson |" Where
upon Carson drew his right hand from his
pocket and said, II want the satisfaction, -.
aud before he bad finished his reply, Wads-
worth drew a pistol, fired at Carson, who
fell backwards against the r%9unters and died
sutne m nutes after. without altering a sln.
gle word. Depoaent further states that dur.
ing the aforesaid conversation, he did not see
Carson usilg auy threatening gestures to-
wards Wadswotth.
The nsxt deposition was that of Col Pres
ton w. FafrAi, who stated that on The evan.
ing Of the l7th instant he was In the saloon
OF the 81 Louis Hotel engaged IN converse.
ton. AT about a quarter TO eight o'clock,
Mr.. w tdswhrth, a friend IF hts, approached
b M, and a conversation between Wadsworth
and deponeht took place, III relation 10 some
private affairs If the former, which ]Cuntinu.
ed for a few monehts,-Mf A. Duperu then
came up and invited them to drink. which
they complied with, While standing near
the bar, Mr.. Wads worth resumed bic ron.
versatiun with Tue depUuent, which was In M
way relative to Capt. Carson. Sum after,
they were retiring from the bar, when Mr..
Carson made his appearance, with some
friends, who went to the bar. At that time
deponeht first observed Carson. and knowing
The difficulty between them, be watn1ed ev-
cry m8tien Of the latter. carson then walk
I'd directly up ~ Mr.. Wadsworth, with the
air Of a man under strong excitement, and
addressed the latter in words az follows; --
'Sir, will YOU give me satisfaction for the
wrongs YOU have done me. lido not want
Ii be put in ths penitentIary for you, and /
of you an answer, yes OF No - Wdds.
replied, "What kind Of satisfaction 10
you want, Sifi" and immediately afterwards,
i0r dsponent was. looking al Carson alone, the
lepunent heard the report OF a pistol, and saw
Carson fall The paftieF at The time Of the
shot beng fired we q within two feet Of the
Mr. William K, Stiles then gave his depo.
which agrees with the scene in the Bar
Room, AZ depisej By Capt. r. Jofdy.