The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-10
We repeat that this dastardly as

one of Donaldsonville's fairest daugh-
tiers, and orphans of three Innocent
little babes, one of whom first saw
light scarcely three weeks ago, can
only be ascribed to political reasons.
In the first despatch sent from Bayou
Sara conveying information of the
murder, it was stated that Mr.. Weber
had been going about with gun
threatening the lives of citizens. We
have the most positive assurances of
the utter falsity of this assertion. Mr..
Weber had been robin hunting with
a friend that morning; they had but
one gun between them and brought
home a dozen birds; in starting upon
their hunt they did not even pass
through the town. But the best ref
utation of this transparent subterfuge
by which it was essayed to palliate a
deed which can find no grain of justi
fication in the minds of brave or,hon-
orable men, is found in the fact that
when the only articles found upon
the body of the murdered man were
two nickles, bunch of keys and
some private papers. 1t seems very
likely, forsooth, that he was seeking
any ones life when he ignored the
almost universal practice of wearing
revolver The weak effort at pal
liation only serves to make the crime
more hideous and glaring.
The body of Mr.. Weber was brought
to this place on the steamer Natchez
Thursday evening, and taken to the
residence of his father-in law, Mr..
Joseph Gondran, from whence the
funeral cortege moved yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock. Messrs. j. P.
Newsham and Jules Gondran accom-
panied the remains here, while Sena-
tor E. L. Weber, brother of deceased,
and Senator John E. Breaux, an init
mate friend, came up from New Or
leans to attend the funeral. The pail
bears were Messrs. Gustave Dugas,
Jos. C. Ayraud, Z. ?. Landry, b. Ry-
biski, Jos. FerIier and Felix Reynaud.
The remains were attended to the
| Catholic church and thence to the
cemetery by a large nuulher of the
friends aud acquaintances of deceased,
whose deep regret for the terrible
taking off of an estimabIe young man
in the pride of health and strength,
and sincere sympathy with the be-
reayed relatives, was manifested in
their sorrOwful countenances.
Deceased was about - years of age
| and leaves, as above stated, young
widow who but three weeks since
presented her kind and loving hus-
band with the third infant girl that
had blessed their happy unidn of fom
| brief years. All hearts with Il spark
| of humanity will ache for the bereaved
young wife and her fatherless babes,
and for the fearful desolatiou of a
happy home wrought in the twinkling
of an eye by the bastard hands of as
sassins whose craven souls shrank
| from meeting with their victim up
on honorable or equal grounds.
Poor Don 1t seems but few
weeks we saw you in the flush OF
manly strength kneeling at the altar
with your fair bride, and pictured for
you long and happy life; and now
your well remembered form lies in
the cold embrace of the silent tomb,
while your hearts blood spilled upon
the spot where you fell by the mar
derer's hard, cries to Heaven for the
vengeance which Almighty God will
visit in his own good time. Terrible
as was thy fate, dear boy, it were far
better to occupy thy place than that
of the wretches with the brand OF
Cain upon their brows who cut down
thy young life in its prime, and whose
fearful doom is written in the Book
of Books.
Peace to thy ashes, Don, and may
healing balm be sent from Heaven to
sooth the sore and bleeding hearts oil
those who were near and dear to thee
on earth.
The parade of the New Orleans fire.
men last Sunday, in commemoration
nf tho fortiatb opuiunroor,, ~ tlo %,