The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-08-15
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Tho Last Letters of Jules Guidry.

The Lake Charles Echo, of the I'd
inst, publishes the following letters,
which were written by Jules Guild
ry, just previous to his executions:
My DEAR BROTHER AND FRiESD-
When | am dead you can ,ei,,l this to
4 New Orleans reporter, say that the
Governor has taken tie l;fe of a bra
yer ihan than he ever was or ever viii!
be, and after ! am dead he can --
-. | do not regret having Kill ed
John. / will die perfectly glad, but
not on the gallows. Do not think that
am a coward II I do not gn on the
gallows it is that l do not want any
one to ever tell my children that Your
fltler was hung. am too much of Il
man for that. / know you all have
done all that was in your power to
save me from the dead fall galows, but
it was all IN vain. l do not want you
all to regret me, for am all right. l
can cut my artery, and before | die I
will ask my God to forgive me, and
feel that He will. l will do this to
keep the shame off of my children. 1
die to-day for love, and Della, you
know full well that you have put the
rope around my neck, but yon will! not
have the pleasure of seeing me hung,
and to all of them that would be glad
to see me hung, they can take -.
remain, JULES GUIDRY.
P. ST ask of you all my friends to
write to Captain C. G. Cain, and thank
him for his kind care of me, and also
DR.. Moses, he was good friend to me,
and tell G. C. Duson that never in
tended to harm him or any one else;
the two years of my Imprisonment had
made good man of me, but yet | will
not die coward like Louis Rousseau,
to try to take his life, and let his COW
ardly heart fail him, but you know
that / have courage to the end, and
will keep it until death. am going
to heaven, and hope you all will meet
me there. Tell my mother that / die
really happy. l have forgiven every
body in this world, and my last prayer
Tor everybody on earth, for l remem.
bel the Lords prayer, forgive to be
forgiven. JULES GUIDRY.
LAKE CHARLES, !
July rs, 1877. s
Ernest Potter
My DEAREST BRoTHERLY FRIEND
cannot thank you enough for what yor
have done for me, and l pray to Coo
to bless you for what you have done
for me, and IN the last moment of my
I life, will not endeavor to write NJ,
sincere thanks to you, for it is beyont
I the power of pencil. l pray that Goo
will be with you and family now AM
=. forever. Goodbye. l remain you
! brotherIy friend, JULES GUIDRY.
P. S.-Give my love to my mother
= little brother and sister, and all inqui
: ring friends. III die on the gallow
: 1t is that my friend Potter has mad
I me take another step. l was ready t.
: take my own life, but he begged me t.
$ 60 on the ga!lows, and l will do any
thing he ask of me, Tor | think more 0
:. him than any one on earth, in the las
}, honr of my life he was standing by m,
side, and may God have mercy upol
him. Iremain your brotherly friend
! JULES GU1DRY.
, LAKE CHARLES,
July Is, 1877.
I, Sheriff A. L. Reid
:. l thank you for You kind care Of me
:. I know full we'll it is your duty to han
ne, and may God bless you and fami
a ly. do not know of anything else
: could say to show you that have n
IS hard feelings toward You. look upo
If you IS a brother. just want to SHOW
10 the world that die contented, with n
b hard feelings against any one. Ma
n God be with you now and forever
d Amen. I remain your friend unit
j. death JULES GuIDRY.