The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-02-28
OF G. M. CALVIT.
/ am the Tailor and one of the dep

lam the Tailor and one of the dep
uty SherifIs of the Parish of Rap
ides; on the night of the 22d of Feb
ruary, l had gone to bed, had heard
that Webb Taylor, deputy Sheriff,
James Moore and Dave Paul had
gone in pursuit of the man who shot
Major Watts. Some time in the
night, suppose about II o'clock,
Mr.. Moore, Webb Taylor whom l
recognized, after calling and rousing
me out Of bed, told me there were
two prisoners on the road, and to be
ready, that they would be there in
few moments they thought; l replied
to them that we had got the man
that shot Major Watts; Moore re-
piled to me, God damn him, keep him
safe, and don't let him get away. |
got up thinking that Dave Paul and
Joel Neal would be along; Webb's
reply was that he would be along in
the morning.
kept going backward and forward
to the gate occasionally to see if the
two prisoners were coming; leaning
ND against the facing of the door
looking down the Bayou Robert road
to see if the two prisoners were COM
ing, having the keys of the Jail in
my pocket, a lamp lighted in the
house, and a pistol in my hand, wait
ing to receive the prisoners, when
they came. I looked to my left, l
saw at the corner of the Jail yard
something black, that ! taken to be a
COW; I noticed it, and it appeared to
squat down; after noticing awhile, it
then got up. I hailed to it Who is
that? it lodged then back behind the
Jail yard, I spoke, I'll be damned if
| don't see who you are. I walked to
the corner, with my pistol in my
hand, I saw gun about 5 or 6 feet
from the corner presented across the
street; some man or woman dressed
in mans clothes, asked me who are
you, ! replied Cole Calvit; he said
you are the man l want, and grab
bed me, and then one or two others
grabbed me, demanded my pistol,
they took it, then started back one
or two steps, and demanded the keys,
1 told them the keys were in tie
house. l went to the Jail yard, two
or three holding me, with their shot
guns in their hands and ordered me
mot a word" I observed to them,
let me go in and get the keys; they
held me back and would not let me 90
in; l then replied to him to let me
ask my wife to bring me the keys,
he refused; finally the keys ratified
in my pocket, and l then told them
| had the keys in my pocket; they
tooh NE, marched me to the steps,
and up the steps and showed no dis
position to hurt me at all, demanded
Of me the keys, and asked what key
fitted the door, and l showed it to
him, and unlocked the outside door
myself; he then took the keys, went
in, took another man with him, be
asked what room the man was in,
that was put in that evening, and !
said the wooden room, and showed
him the key to unlock the door, as l
was overpowered and disarmed; he
opened the door, and another man
went in with him; there were two on
the platform, and they were request
ed not to let me move; he called for
Cage several times, I heard muir
muring. I heard some say, amt you
coming, finally Cage came. From
the appearance from the door, he was
pulled out, they carried him down
the steps, told me to lock the doors,
they locked the cell door; l told them
not to turn out all the prisoners, one
whispered to me, said to me, "you
are dealing with gentlemen l said
that's all right, I am a gentlemen too.
have not seen the person until
this morning when l saw him hang
ing to an oak limb, just below the
town of Alexandria, and I recognized
him to be the same man that I re-
ceived in Jail yesterday evening, and
who was taken out during tue night.
C. h. CALVIT,
| Tailor.
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OLD Moses Kitchen, good and