New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-04

sons he had Killed, and lie Wlsueu ue Hau
killed twenty"
On another occasion be complimented n!s
brother as follows:
Ben Guillory is a smart fellow, for have
known him on one occasion TO go out, XII
man, 20 all round, and be at home next
morning, SO that no one ever suspected him.
MANY efforts had been made to arrest the
fugitives but without success, until. on tne
fourteenth ultimo, a posse, under Deputy
Sheriff Duson, started out from Opelousas
in their pursuit. Further particulars we
condcnse from the Opel0usas journal OF
the twenty-ninth:
The posse that the district attorney Or
ranized to send after them consisted of W.
e. Lewis, J. B. jackson, 4. 5. Andrus, Ber-
iamin Fonten0t, Cyprien DelatOsse, DR.,
Aristide Ortego, and c. c. Duson. Two OF
the posse were armed with Winchester
rifles, and four of them with double-barrel
guns, and all OF them with sixshooters.
They trailed the Guillorys across TO Red
river, by way OF Evergreen and Marksvllie.
They did the greater part OF their travelling
at night and ''lay up" during the day.
They found a reliable acquaintance be
vond the river, who told them the object OF
their search resided above there somewhere
in Catahouia parish and referred them to
a reliable friend still further on, who could
give them exact information. They got
exact information where the Gulllorys ilyed.
A good many Of the residents had been en-
gagged in the Colfax fight, and the presence
of this posse was likely to cause stam-
pede, as they were on the lookout tor
troops to come from Alexandria 10 arrest
them any day; the news of the presence OF
such a posse, if they were suspected OF such
a purpose, would be communicated from
house to house by cOuriers. and as Cyria4ue
Guillory was in the Coitax fight, he would
be informed also. To avoid this they had
it reported at the houses they passed in
that section. that they were on the track OF
some horse or cattle thieves who passed
through there toward Natchez.
This allayed suspicious on the Ctltax
question. They arrived on the other site
OF the Catahoula Lake swamp about sun
down. and were then about six miles from
the Guillorys They went to the residence
Of a man named Spencer, whose land they
lived on. and requested him to go with
the,s to the house of the GGillorys, only
| two or three hundred yards distant, and
endeavor to persuade them to sublHit to ar
rest without risk OF bloOdshed. He fatty
refused to do SO, and said it would do no
| good il he did, as they would submit under
| no considerations bu. would fight till they
| Oa learning that there were only seven
| men in the posse, he told them they had
better 90 back home, as that number OF
men could never capture them IN the kind
| of house they occupied.
| In the field where the Guillorys house
and yard was, were several cabins, very
near by, occupied by several who had been
| in the Coltax fight, and they were notified
I0it once of the nature and object OF this
| posse, which kept them quiet. The house
| was surrounded about eleven O'Clock on
| Monday night the eighteenth instant. A
messenger, not of the posse. was sent
through the neighborhOod, to ask the citi-
zens to come in, and try to persuade the
| Guilorys to give up without bloodshed
| The citizens did not come till next day, at
| ter the fight was over and the Gulllorys
killed. and rot then probably for the pur-
pose for which they were sent for.
The Guillorvs .house was situated on Lie
| tie river in Catahoula parish, AMI about
ten miles from the town OF Trinity, and on
! this side of said river. Il is situated prOba-
| bly, about hundred yards from the river.
| TIE floor Of the house was eight or ten
feet from the ground. AMI the under part
open The water had washed away the
| ground around the house. leaving the ground
| Immediately under it higher than imme-
| dlately around it. Steps went up to the ga
! lery t'om the front. There were no places
| Of c0ncealment in the yard, and none around
it except in the weeds along the fence. Or
tego was placed Immediately in the rear OF
| the house: Delafosse on the lett end as Eou
| face it from the front, and 6seWls little to
| his lett toward the corner OF the yard, so as
to command both the end OF the house next
| to him and Delafosse. and the rear OF the
| house in a dia goDal direction: FOntenot was
| placed near the right corner OF the yard IN
| the rear of the house; Andrus was placed On
| the right side of the yard so as to command
| that end of the house and gallery which Was
| open at that end.
Duson and Jackson were stationed to the
right OF the gate, in front Of the house
leaving the left front part of the yard un
| guarded, as an open country lay IN taStdl
recticn and they could cross fire IN 1t
| Duson and Andrus had pistols and VII
chester rifles. jackson had only a pistol
the others had pistols ami Gouble-barCeled
guns. 1t was discovered afterward that
the Guiiorys had Winchester rifle, two
doubie-barreled guns each, and one or tive
six shooters. Larry i'll the morning CyreQue
was seen to get up, put on his boots, cone
out on the gallery and drink cup OF coffee
| He then went to the little room on the gal
lerv and got some corn, with which ht
walked down the steps and turned, golng
in the direction Of the other end OF the gal
lery, and towards Andrus to horse trough
where he fed his horse. He was now neafe
| Andrus than any one else.
After he had finished feeding his horse
he turned to 90 back, when Duson rose u
from behind the fence, having moved ;
little nearer the gate, ieveled his gun a
hin, and called to him: "Cyriaque Guill99y
you are lay prisoner; your house Is sur
rounded by armed men, and we have WI
rants for your arrest; come straight to IL
or YOU will be shot At this moment, An
drus who was considerably nearer. rose up
leyeled his gnn at him. and said, .'CyriaqU
Guillory, 20 Immediately to Mr. Duson, or
will shoot you" Guillory moved of tC
ward Duson and away from Audrus, whicl
made him 30 toward the left front cOrne
of the ward, and brought him in front OF til
house: it was only few steps, and he wa
, now only few feet from the gallery. Her
he halted with his lett hand or his hip an
, his right elevated to the shoulder. as If t
reach back. Here he commenced backing
to the gallery, and called to hls brOthe
, Ben to bring MIN ffi5 rite.
In the meantime Uus0n and AlGTus cor
tinued to repeat the warning tOr him 10 z
! to Dus0n, or he would be snOt BeDj
Guillory appeared on the gallery with th
| Winchester rife and fired twice at Duaoi
, | who never took the bead OF his rifle o
: C7riaQue. The balls shot at Duson struc
| the pickets of the fence very near hin
While this was going on CFrlaQae Gui
lorys wife was lowering a double-barrt
gun from the gallery, which he was baci
, ing to and holding his hand up to grasl
! By a preconcerted signal Andrls was
;. fire if Duson got to parleying with then
a and said, ''If you move back another ste
! | you are dead man"
: After Benjamin Guillory had fred twic
a and Cyriaque was backing to his gun, ID
! son made this statement TO him; and as
continued TO move backward. they bot
d fred at the same instant, the two bal
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