The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-02-26

me WINNER q MISS carrie Rogers the
chosen queen. ." ,Hf~i no.
A similar entertainment was arranged by
the young men Of Opclousas, and came Of
yesterday, followed by q tournament
Hop at Johnston's Hotel ta72ar .afoL
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We have toreport another homicide in our
Parish. Last week a young man by the
name Of. Clark, ., stranger lately come from
Texas, was killed at Bayou Chieot at the
sore offs. Haas by one of his clerks named
, Keller. Keller came to 0pelousas and sur
renderedi himself to d. p: u HILL Justice
. ofthe Peace lstiward, who after an exaini
ton into the facts discharged the accused.
It, appears that the deceased without any
adequate cause had for some time been
seeking o dific4lsy with both Haas and
Keller, both of whom on several previous
! occasions exercised much forbearance uader
threatening language and deReanor exhibi.
ted by the deceased. On one of.these oc.
'casions the deceased placed q bottle before
Keller, who was lying on the counter Of
the store and offered . wager that he could
hit the bottle with his pistol, aud the ex.
pertinent was only prevented by the prompt
interference of other parties present. The
deceased bore himself in other respects in
SO strange . manner ias to excite the, fears
and suspicious Of several persons that he
:, was not in the neighborhood for any good
purpose. .s4s., 4tl' saa4a
Soon after the 'occurrenca above alluded
to, Clark aceested Keller in the store in !
threatening manner, saying. pointing to
Keller, 2 that there was d man that did no,
like him, Keller replied that he did no,
think i > friendly act to attempt to shoe,
through . bottle immediately in front o
him. W~hercnpon CLARK, who had prev
yously 9abstracted Haas loaded pistol from
oundcf1th pillow Of q bed in the room, as
was afterwards discovered, Immediately
tredsat Keller narrowly grazing. his head
Keller retreatcd, and Selling 6 loaded
shot gun kept il, the store fired upon Clark,
biting him IN mn the head and killing him in.
stantly. Ali liza nI s5,a.E .5a a4f 4a
-miSegsral persons. and among them Mr..
Haas ,hadfor some time previously ssuspec.
ttedgthat CLARK was connected with two Bad
characters who were killed in the same
pcighborhood last year BY the name Of
Fssrsthnaan.. They. were br,o ole kill.
I'D the Other, apd be in bis iura was killed
at the store Of Haas by another of bis
clerks by q tesaame of Dryfns, the latter ac
ting entirely m self defence. The suppose
zion u That Clark came to the neighbor.
hood TO avepgc the death Of the last Fore
man killed.. There. was ! degree . fresem.
',lb9lance in hisBphysipgnomy and maeh in his
,demeanor that led to the belief that he was
% near relation IL not d broth&r Of she Fore
mans.
~ These, tragic occurrences resulted III the
happy siddansss 70 that peaceable comnu.
nifty III these reckless d~e,peraaoas, and
luckily luckily np citizen reserved any hurt.
: nam NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III 4
HoMlcIDEs.-MHWhitRefd Moss was
Ikslled anakha alst 5aa. inthis field, by his
zen p ias sJanea K.n Peters who escaped
after committing the murder Since thai
tins On Nh, night of the 28th., Bntrell
Peters, = brother ofg. Z. Peers Was taken
ffoni his house, tied ta d tree and litcraIlv
riddl-d with bullets. He was foa,id II shi;s
condition bur no clue discovered az vel
aatoswhol ware ths perpetrators Of ihis
terrible EnurdeEa These parties were al
citizens az this parish and fsindustr;ous
farmers. i We have not learned the oa,,se
Mthese troubles. -fRed River News, 5tl
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