The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-27
Cousin saIly billiard outdOns

/ tOrneY called, IN support OF Bne
indictment, tie witness Buck Bry-
taflt, who being soIemnly sworn the
| truth to tell, testified as follows:
/ Question BY the Commonwealth Is
| EAttorney- Tell all you know about
the cutting of the prosecutor, by
| Cassidy, the prisoner at the bar.
| Answer Wen gentlemen, it|
was election day--'twas a dark,
| cloudy, wet sort Of 3 drizzly day,
and SAYS I to my old woman, I
believe / viii go down TO Ringold
and 'posit my vote. And says my
| old woman to me, well Buck, as it
| is a sort of a drizzly5 day, hadn't
you better take your umbril.-
Saws i to the old woman, I spec /
had better take the umbTill. So ]
took the umBriH and advanced
down towards Ringold, and when
| got down thar, Mr.. Cole coined,
and SAYS he uncle Buck, have You
seed any thing of old neighbOr
HarrisP Says / to Mr.. Cole, for
why p Says he, he's got my un1-
brelL o#5 ra g.t"." p '#t,raot -9o
fThe witness was here interrupt
ed by the Court and told to con-
fine himself to the actual fray be-
tween the prisoner and Cole, the
prosecutor. In answer to which
tie witness remarked, in a tone of
indignant remonstranee, well now,
Mr.. Judge, you hold on, for I am
sworn to tell the truth, and I am q
gwine to tell it my own way. So
faint forwhile for you to say any
thing more about it, whereupOn
the court and Commonwealth S
Attorney, being anxious to get rid
OF the witness on any terms, told
him to go on and tell the tale in
his own way.( . .-'.
Wen, as 1 was going on to say,
twas on lection day. Buchanan
and Filmo was running for the
lLeeislatur, and says I to nay old
woman, SAYS I, I b'lieve III 60
down to Ringold and 'posit my
vote. Says my old woman to me,
Isays she. Buck, as it is a soFto a
| dark, cloudy, rainy, damp, drizzly
sort of a day, hadn't you better
FAX i vo1iir umBrill, says she. Says
IL to the old woman, says 1, / spec
Ii had better take my umbrill so
III took the umbrill and advanced
Ion towards Ringold till / arrived
thar. Well, the first thing [ did
when I got thar was to take a
drink of Buchanan whiskey, which
was monstrous good, and says Ito
myself, SAYS I, old hoss, you feel
| better don't you? And while /
was advancing around, Alr. Cole
| he came to me; says he Uncle
Buck, says he, have you seen any
| thing of old neighbOr HarTis3 7
| Saws /, for why? Says he, the
ola cocks cot my umbrill. After
A whileI posted my vote and
then MFR. Cole and me advanced
back towards homey and Mr.. Cole
was tighter than i ever seed HIM.
| And SO we advanced along till we
pot TO whar the road and path
| forked, and Mr.. Cole and me tuck
the path, as any other gentleman
would, and after advancing awhile
We arTiiy 70 old neighbor Harris q
setting on a log with the umbrlll
ON his arm, and bout that time
Elijah Cassady (the prisonerl cum
up, and We advanced on untii %e
airiy at Eliiah's house. Ehlah Is
my neffew and likewise my son, M
low--he married my darter JAKE
| which Is next to my darter aally,
AFTER we had advanced to EiQah Z
house We stood in the yard . whlle
q iawing, and presently two some
bodies lid up on a hoss, with Jon
sun before, and Whitfield Cassady
Ibehind-W Whitfield and klah Cas-
sadv being the same, Elijah and
/ T;al5 Is bg0thers both born ln the