West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-03-24

came pack nome, went 10 MI.
Weber and l asked him what right
he had to take witnesses away; he
said he didn't take them away. l
said. They were in your carriage.
for saw them.' He said, Il loan
ed my carriage, it il true. but l
don't know to whom / asked il
he was in the habit Of lending his
carriage to people he didn't know.
and he said some one asked him for
the carriage, and he tod him to
take it. He added, Il don't charge
my memory with such things l
then said TO Mr.. Weber that it was
a very unnatural thing FOR wife
to leave her husband after being
killed, and | would like him to ex-
plain why she went off in his car
rage. He said, I don't know
maybe they wanted to 90 to town
to do some shopping, buy some
trimmings He supposed they
went to town for that purpose. fit
first he pretended that lie didn't
know that they had gone to town.
| then asked him if they had come
back, and he said he didn't know.
l af'crward learned they did come
back TO attend the funeral.
The following day they didn't
make their appearance. and on
Saturday evening the same day, 1
was informed that they wouldn't
attend because they hadn't been
subpGnaed. l Immediately issued
subpGnas and put them in the hands
of l Of the .jurymen to serve on these
parties. The subpenas were serv-
ed, and Lea Green made her APP
pearance, but .Rmy Mitchell and
Julius Green didn't make their APP
pearance at all so took the tes-
timony of Lea Cream and adjourn
ed the inquest over to Monday
Then I put the subpenas in the
hands of the sheriff himself, and
he made return lat he could not
find Amy Mitchell or Julius Green,
and consequently l was unable to
take their testimony that day. |
did not hear anything more Of
them, I think, until the 18th of
October, when I heard that Julius
Green was over the river and Amy
Mitchell was in New Orleans at
hotel called the Cont Veranda, on
Cont street. l went to DR.. Kaut
mann, the sheriff, and told him l
had been unable to get the witnes'~
es, that he had my su bpGnas and
couldn't serve them; but if he would
give me a duputy sheriff | thought
| could have them served. He ap~
peared to De willing, and he gave
me an order on the clerk OF the
court to swear in Mr.. Spencer as
deputy sheriff TO serve my paper.
l sent Mr.. spencer to New Orleans,
and he WENT this house and saw
the parties, Amy Mitchell, Lea
Green, and another party, which l
afterward learned was Thomas
Stewart. He served the subpoenas
on Amy Mitchell and stewart
Amy Mitchell said she would not
come unless the person who brought
her there told her to go; when
this man Stewart spoke up and re-
marked, Weber is not coming here
any more She then said, He
will be down Thursday thomas
Stewart said he would come to
Bayou Sara, but he did not. Mr.
SpeLcer got back to Bayou Sara,
without the witnesses on the Goth
of October, | think it was. l then
issued writs Of arrest and attach
ment, and sent Mr.. Spencer right
back to New Orleans. When he
arrived therein the mean time
DR.. Kaufman met me on the street,
and says he, Doctor, you have gone
back on me- Says | How is that?'
Well says he, you have sent writs
Of arrest for those parties in New
Orleans, and have telegraphed to
the chief Of police to arrest Spencer,
because he is not deputy sheriff.
says l, How is that?' and without
any explanation he said he had gone
and Cancelled his oath, because he
found out that Mr.. Spencer had
really no authority. When Spen-
Ger arrived in New Orleans with
the writs he put them in the hands
Of the criminal sheriff, and the sheriff
arrested these parties and brought
them to the steamboat; and just
before the boat started the chlel
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