The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-09-19
Police Jury Proceedings.
orEAousAa, PAR1sH OF ST. LAxpn1


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O~PELOUSAs, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
September LIST, 1873.
The Police jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present John Roy, President; b. Durio, T. S.
FOntenOt, TheoduleF Ontenot andT. c. Chachere.
The minutes of thelast meetingwe re read and
TO THE HON. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE r
We, your committee, appointed to lay out a
road from the Swayzee plantation to Mrs A. J.
Rutledgc'S lower line, will respectfully report
as follows, tO-wit: We find that n road leading
from the SwayZee plantation to Mrs. A. ]. Rut-
lower line, mtersecting the State road,
from the Atchafalaya 10 Bayou Bpuf.
only feasible and practicable route.
We to Your Hon. body the pay
ment of one hundred dollars to Mrs. o. II. Vic
damages done her i'll the passageOf said road
through her land. And we find that all the
places below are benefited rather than injured
the said road, and would not recommend
further remuneration.
We do sOlcmnly swear, that we have laid out
the road directed to be laid out by the Police
jury of the parish of st. Landry, to the greatest
ease and advantage of the inhabitants, and with
as little prejudice to enclosures as may be, with
out favor or affection, malice Or hatred, and the
best Of our skill and ability, so help us God,
r +. A. CarnOuChe,
A. David,
I. H. Lester,
z. w. Sylvester,
7. A. Hicks,
+. T. McCaUlley,
Louis F. FontenOt.
On motion Of MI. Theodule Fontenot, resolved,
that the above report be received and adopted,
and the committee discharged.
The petition OF J. A. Taylor and A. G. Simms,
were read relative to the public ferries known
as Faulkner's ferry over Bayou Rouge and the
WaKia ferry over Bayou COurtableau, Whereup-
on motion of Mr.. TheOdule FOntenOt, resolved,
that the right to keep said ferries be sold in ac-
cordance to law, tsee Sec. 1901 and Sec. 1902, Di-
geSt of Revised Statutes of La for the term Of
five years, with the following rates of ferriage,
for the Waxi@f ferry, over Bayou Courtableau:
FOotman 3 cents.
Man anu morse 10 "
One horse and H.. 90 "
Two horse vehicle. IS /"
Four horse vehicle. .A.............. so d"
For Faulltner's ferry, over Bayou Rouge:
FOOtman 10 cents.
Man and horse 25 d"
Hcrsc and so "
Two horse vehicle. IS "
Vehicle drawn by four animals.......-1O0 "
Leu 10
Be it further resolved, that the above ferries
shall be entitled tocharge so per cent. additional
for night crossing.
To the Hon. President and members of the PO-
lice Jury, of the Parish of st. Landry
The petition of Henderson Humble, of the
Parish OF st. Landry, overseer of the road lead
ing from Kings bTidgetO Bayou Teche, respect
fully represents that it becomes necessary to
change that portion of the public road over
which he presides, that lies between Alexandra
Meats place and Jos. L. GOnOr's place, as fol-
lows, tO-wit: To move the road out the width of
the rOad-the whole distance being on DR.. R. H.
LitteIfs land, who also signs this petition and
who claims no damages for said removal.
Whereupon he prays that said change may be
granted by your honorable body.
Ihave no objection to the above change OF
road. r. H. LITTELL.
On motion of Mr.. DuriO, resolved that the
above petition be granted, and the road over.
seer be instructed to lay out said road.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
tomorrow, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
+.ts TUESDAY, Sept. I'D, 1873.
The Police jury met pursuant to adjournment
Present: John Roy, Presidents; TheOdule FOnte.
not, H. DuriO, T s. FOntenOta and c. Chachere
A circular from the Trustees of Louisiana In,
situation for the Deaf and Dumb was read, also
the applications of Andre AndrepOnt, Alexan,
Dire Deville, Jr:, anc Lastie Rozat, JE., who are
deaf and dumb, and are IN INDECENT cirCum
stances, and wish to receive the benefits of said
Institution, wllereupon motion of Mr.. DuriO
resolved, that the President of the Police Jury
be authorized to give the said applicants the
necessary certificate to the Trustees of the said
Institution. .,
On motion of Mr.. Theodule F0ntenot, resolved
that T. s. Andrus, R. S. Wilkins, ]. NJ. Lalanne
Willis Prescott, be appointed as commissioner
to locate the road on Bayou COurtableau, OppO
site Washington, from the bridge 10 opposite
Main street, in accordance to Sec. 3 Of the road
ordinance.
To the Hon. the President and members offtht
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Landry 4! ,
The petition of the undersigned respectfully
represent, that accompanied by Messrs. c. c
Delafosse, Aristide OrtegO, and Benz. FOntenOt
and armed with the necessary Bench Warrant
from the 9Th District Court, st. Landry, the!
left the parish of st. Landry on Thursday Au
gust 18th, 1873, to arrest Benjamin Guillory ant
Cyriaque Guillory, flgitiveS from Justice from
this parish, indicted for larceny and murder
and for the arrest of whom your honorable bod,
had offered rewards amounting to eight htlndret
dollars.
That on the 18th of August they reached til
poci6n1Nnp of the JniIiOrvfS on Little Piyap nol
ish of Catalonia, and the next morning attempt
! ed to arrest them, that they resisted, that on
of them, Benjamin rtllory, fred upon the pOss
twice, that the other, Cyriaque Guillory, we
shot Town in e~ndeayOTing to reach his wife VIII
was coming towards him with adOuble barrcle
shot gun, that after Cyriaque GuiI1ory fell, Ber
l Guill0ry ran through the house with his rife i
his hand, that as he reached the rear of til
house he was halted by Deputy Sheriff w. {
Lewis, that he Immediately raised his rife t
& shoot Lewis, who fired upon him killing him il
: Your petitionersaaver that they desired abov
: all things to arrest said parties and deliver thel
I alive into the hands Of the Sheriff. That the
made every effort to do so, that they only fire
: upon them when compelled to do so, and in q
! der to prevent a useless and unnecessary eff
i sion of blood, and to save the lives Of some {
4 the posse, that your petitioners had n0t0ther q
!; tentative left, but to kill the said GuillOFys, an
! thatyour petitioners, under the cireumstanc
claim the reward offered by your honorab1
: body, and pray that a warrant for the amour
h issue to them for general relief. 49,
W. G. Lewis, Deputy Sheriff,
:, ''t j.. b. Jackson, Dep. Sheriff,
! G. {. DusOn, for self and
L. S. Andrus and others 7 =
OPEEoUsAs, September LIST, 1873.
[ approve the foregoing petition, and requei
your honorable body to grant the prayer of til
petitioners. The GuillOrys were desperadOt
n who had boosted that they would never be a
L rested. They resisted the officers and possewf
We're armed with the necessary Bench warran
n and no alternative was left but to kill them
abandon the effort TO arrest them. When q
q | nf7ear armed with n RnnelI MArrn1t for the q