The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-03-27

Gchl 4,es ana EehtleHleil--Wc suOulu
think 4Atiemauly seeming. bearing, and
hands ee, would be called into requisition
by the .eJ,er, and win for him more than q
passing neticc-whe.her his mental ncqnires
nldlnts would sustain his PEE nal qualifications,
NC had slight means Of Judging, though we
suspect mot, from the style 81. bis address on
one occasion when it was called into rcquisi
tion during the proceedings. The murderer,
as he was named in the Indictment, and the
man as lie stood mp in court to obey The dlrec-
ltionto Of Ills conDSel III challenging the jurors,
were siNgularly at variance. The Indictment
with lis dreadful accusation Of willful and mali
cious staying, bringing to mind the picture Of
the deed Of blood Dissatisfaction the facts
then kown--in characters 50 horrilying, gave
the idea that something iendjsii would be seen
in the offender. The man standing at the bar,
to all appearance, had not the shadow even Of
The great crime with which he was charged
upop him. His manner was. undemonstralive.
his demearor gentle almost, andtiis Voice sub
died and soft. He was respectfully dressed,
but without any display. He il about TWEEN
iy.six or twentysei4ht years Of age. wesnppose,
If medium height, Or safnew hat helowit grace
fully formed has black bair and wLiskers, well
taken care Of, and regular and delicate, but not
eiienirate TEXTURES. Ills cold grayiSn eyes
however, have a light il them, and his small
mouth tn air about it, that would Indicate ar
implacability and determination Of character
bellcing pretty badly his personal appearance
otherwise. His conduct during the trial was
as might be expected by those who saw him a
lis commencement, unmarked By any dbtru
s~iveucss:
The twelve jurors having been sworn, ane
answered to their names, Norbert I'repagnier
Clerk Of the Court, said :" Gentlemen Of the
jerry, hearken to an Indictment found by tht
Grand Jurors Of the State of Louisiaaa, duly
%empanneled and sworn in, and for the body
and Parish of Orleans, against the prisoner al
the bar. 70 this Indictment (which he read,
gentlemen Of The Jury, the prisoner at The ba,
has pleaded not guilty, and for trial has place.
himself upon the country, which country yoy
IRE. You are now sworn 10 try the issue i
he is guilty You will say SO, aud If he is no
guilty You will say SO, ard no more. Goot
men aud true, staad together and hearken tt
the evidence
The following are the names of the jurors
Ghas. d. BREASTED, George w. Owens A. j
Harrell. j. II. COLES, Adolph Hmnnell, A
Titus, Edgar P,itot, Leon Fazende, Alphus,
ilegruy, Henry Muller, a. Wallet, AlcxandcI
Grosch.
The jury not having been empanncled unit
a few minutes before 3 o'clock, the court nd
journed until 8. The court re-ope.led at tina
hour, and the case was opened by the Distric
Attorney; He said the facts of the case wer,
contained within a small compass the prose
cution could not detail what they expected, Al
no preliminary examination had taken place
nor had any written evidence been obtained
resulting from the Coroner's inquest til,
State, however, expected to prove that G
" ilsie A.. Wright was killed under circnni
]ss@'iee55 mat wosiia, maze ina killing mu.. der
mat a thin, spare, consumptive man, was as
sai lted, Knocked down. and again knocked
down as he was staggering ny, BY tho. prie oner
VINO drew a knife, rushed ON Wright, who wa!
then in an unrcsisting condition, and stabbed
MN twice, from the effects of which he died
Mr.. Foute then commenced to read The law
describing IN terse and nnmistakeable terms
he crime with which the prisoner stoot
charged.
An Interruption occurred just then which
hiaue q scene that appeared to us most impress
sive, II not significant. 1t was the usual eve
ming tpllipg Of the Cathedral bell preceding
'hH u'"ss iul the letpSe Vi tue soul OF one o.
the benetactors Of the church. The measure
OF the rim ring was not that Of u "passing>bell,'
bat lis tone was as solemn, and the cadence
swelled through the old courtroom and dieG
away as moarnfully as though it rung out d
requiem for a soul departing. The prosecuting
counsel ceased, at the direction of the Court
scarcely a mnrmer was heard in the crowdgd
Court, and all there during the time that bell
loIied' appeared to have had thoughts beyond
The scene, solemn enough as in itself it was o,
should be, at which they were assisting. VIZ
thought or perhaps imagined that a gloom
rested on the prisoners face. as if he fell that
silence was the shadow of a coming event
Inc bell soon ceased and the law makers words
OF deem for those who took away life, broke
the stiffness that prevailed.
The process verbal of the Coroner's inquest
beng then offered in evidence as to the death
of the deceased, the witnesses for the prosecu.
ton were called.
DR., Chopin sworn-I was called on to hold
the post, morton examination on the body q,
Wright. My opinion was then that the man
came to his death from a wound penetrating
the left side of the chest, laying the heart omen
from the base 10 the apex another wound
was IN the abdomen, which cut all the small
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