The Opelousas courier., 1873-08-30

delivering his message; how Cyriague imme-
dlately fired Off his gun, and charged it with
fresh loads, while Louis was catching his
horse; the return to Prud'hommes their go
Ing thence to Mrs. Pitres how they watched
! chance to shoot the young Texan; how, as
the first faint streaks of the early dawn began
to appear in the east, they finally went to the
lane, and crouched in the grass and how Cy-
riaque and Angelas shot him, as he came gal
ioplng by with his pipe in his mouth, Whilst
the revel and the dance were still going on in
the house, not hundred yards off. All these
| horrid details are, we say, fresh in the minds
of many hundreds of our readers, and will re-
main fresh forever; because such shocking
coolness and blood-thirsty deviltry form i'm
pressions not easily forgotten.
But though Angelas Prudhomme had been
brought to condign punishment, Cyriaque
Guillory, who had boasted to at least two
competent witnesses that he had fired the
shot which killed Mcdaniel, land that Prud'
homme had only hit his horse,l was still at
large He and Ben Guillory, it was known,
We're in a neghboring parish, not a long way
off. Every once in while, they were known
to be at their home, in this parish, armed to
the teeth, skulking about; and for miles
around, the man who would have burned a
candle in his house, and left door or a will
dow open, at night, would have been regarded
either as mailman or as fool hardy i'll the ex-
treme. After thorough inquiry, a posse was
finally organized here to effect their arrest
1t consisted of Deputy Sheriffs William G.
Lewis and j. B. Jackson, both officers of expe-
rence and courage. and Messrs. c. {. Duson
and E. S. Andrus, both of whom, in 1871 and
1872, had proved themselves splendid execu-
tive officers. Early Thursday morning, I4th
inst, Lewis, who had been furnished with the
necessary bench warrants, and with his oath
and appointment as Deputy Sheriff, with no
arms but his six-shooter, went up Bayou
Beuf. About o'clock, jackson left for Old
nA ria hy-yv nf Wau hi nufn
also without arms except his six-shooter. An
hour later, Duson and Andrus, with their
rifles taken to pieces. the butts in their saddle
bags and the barrels wrapped up in paper and
strapped to their saddles, left town for Pla-
quemine Brulee: but after following that road
| mile or so from town, they turned and rode
across the country to the place of rendezvous
in Old Grand Prairie. Here the parties from
Opelousas were joined by Ben F0ntenot, {. C..
Delafosse and Aristide Ortego. Marching only
during the night, they finally reached the resi-
dence of the Guiilorys, OH Little River, in
Catahoula parish, about ii O'Clock Monday
night. They quietly surrounded the house,
and waited for daylight. 1t came, but still
no move was made; because to assault the
| house must have proved fatal to many of the
posse. Finally, about sunrise, Cyriaque Gull
| lory came out OF the house to feed horse,
when C. c. Duson, stepping out in full open
view, and drawing his rifle to dead bead on
his breast, in q clear, ringing Voice called to
him: "Cyriaque Guillory, you are my pris-
oner! Come straight to me, and surrender
yourself! l am C. c. Duson, of st. Landry :;
have warrant for you. Your house is sur
rounded by deputies and a strong posse; re-
sistance is useless. Come up to me ilnme-
diately, or you will be shot !" At the same
time, E. s. Andrus, bringing his rifle to his
shoulder called to him: Go straight to Mr.
Duson, or you are dead mani" The wretch,
startled as he was, cast hurried glance about
him, and called to his brother: - Ben, bring
me my Winchester rife! !" aud then started
toward Duson but, just at this moment, Ben
Guillory appeared at the window and fired at
Duson who was directly in front of the heuse
Hope now revived in Cyriaque's breast, and he
began backing towards the gallery, whilst a
woman came running towards the edge of the
gallery, with double barreled shotgun in her
hand. Ben again fired from the window. Du-
son again called to Cyriaque:. 1t you back
one step further, you are dead man! He
still continued going back, and as he made the
third step, the sharp crack of two rifles rang
ON the morning air, and Cyriaque Guiliory fell
pierced by two balls. Ben wheeled and run
through the house, his gun firing as he run.
Reaching the back gallery, Deputy w. U.
Lewis halted him. He raised his rifle to shoot,
and as he did so received a load of bgckshot
in his neck. and fell dead over the ratings,
into the yard.
The posse. carried Cyriaque Guillory into
the house, where after lingering about an
hour ana q nall ne uleut CuEsIHS anu IdflhS
to the last. Mrs. Cyriaque Guillory was dan
gerously wounded, by Ben Guillory, whose
gun fired off a. he was running through the
house. This we deeply regret, and SO does
every member of the posse present. The
house was admirably situated for defence,
and was a perfect arsenal, containing four
double barreled guns heavily charged with
buckshot, Winchester 1S shooting ride, and
two six-shooters; and in the event of an as
sault, which would have been made in few
minutes had not Cyriaque fortunately come
out into the yard, the loss of life would have
been terrific, for the numbers engaged.
Thus ended the career of these two noted
outlaws, and in their fate is found striking
exemplification of the adage: "He who lives
by the sword shall die by it" That they
were killed all must regret. One Of them,
Cyriaque Guillory, would have been hung,
have been productive of much good to our
community. The other il not hung must
have gone to the penitentiary; but if killed
it was their own fault. The option to surren-
der or resist was rendered them: they ac-
cepted the latter, and the posse had no alter
native left but to kill them They did right.
They were armed with bench warrants from
our District Court, placed in their hands by
the District Attorney, and we are of the num-
Der of those who think that outlaws and as
sassins have no right to tamper with officers
under such circumstances, and 1t they do,
must do so at their peril Every officer, and
eyery member of the posse deserve the thanks
of eyery law abiding citizen in the commu-
nifty. They used the greatest precaution to
prevent useless effusion of blood. They did
not shoot until it became absolutely ne cessary
and when they did fire they threw away no
ammunition. In fine, We doubt if any expe-
dition for the capture of outlaws WAS ever
better gotten up, or better managed; and in
our opinion it will do more towards striking
terror amongst evil-doers, than anything that
II. g., rrtr Yat
1t ought to satisfy fugitives from Justice
from this parish, that they are no longer safe
by going into neighboring parish, and hence
forth, to quote the very language of our Dis
trict Attorney: Let the murderers, and fu-
gitiyes from justice from the 9Th District,
who are now skulking about in the State
make mp their minds, and that quickly, to do
one of three things, either surrender to the
Sheriff to stand their trial, or leave the State
of louisiana or else not to be surprised it con-
fronted at any moment by Deputy Sheriff
and posse to whom they must surrender at
discretion or resist at their peril; and whether
it be the stealthy assassin, who lays by the
wayside and shoots his victim, as he rides
unsuspectingly by, or the staggering bully,
who kills his man when heated by passion or
| whisky, or the cowardly gangs OF masked
ku-klux who under the cover of night have
in the past invaded the humble cabins of the
negroes, and dragged them forth and shot
them, 1t matters not They must all come
within the operation of the same rule. The
law is strong enough to grapple with all such,
quietly and peaceably, ii possible, but when
necessary its adjuncts, the rifle and six-shooter
viii be used with an unsparing hand, ON all
who dare to resist its oficers-and that too by
men who never use such weapons in sport"
In following up this course he need have no
fears of the result. The day has come when
the law, and the mandates of the Court, must
be enforced; when line must be drawn, be-
tween honest men and law-abiding citizens,