The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-06-22

with intent to murder; judgments
forfeiting bonds entered up.
THE ARRIEUX CASE-TRIAL OF FOUN-
TAIN BANKS AND OCTAVE LAUyE.
On Wednesday the trial of Foun-
tain Banks and Octave Lauve, the
two remaining accused in the Arrieux.
murder case, was begun, and it at.
tracted as large an audience of spec
tatols as did the trial of Wilson Chill
dress and Aaron Carter, the two men
already convicted in the same case.
The session of Wednesday was con-
sumed in empanneling a jury and
twice the court instructed the Sheriff
to summon Thirty talesmen from the
vicinity of the Court House: Between
8 and 8 o'clock P. NJ, the jury was
completed, being composed of the
following citizens:
George Woodside, Arthur Babin,
Anthony Bringer, Francis Gomez, ST.,
Henry A. Winfree, p. S. Braud,
Aristide Melancon, Adolphe Grilhe,
Charles Eggers, Joseph Dicharry.
Thursday. morning the taking of
evidence was begun and continued
until nearly midnight, with an inter-
mission of an hour and a half in the
afternoon for dinner and rest. Be-
tween Ii and IL P. NJ, Judge ]. H.
IlSley, Jr., opened the argument for
the prosecution in q brief aud elo-
quent speech and was followed by
Judge R. N. Sims, who reviewed the
evidence III a graphic and foreible
way, showing how completely the
guilty accused had had their terrible
crime Brought home to them by the
testimony adduced. Judge Sims
dwelt with special emphasis upon the
bruited innocence and docility of
Octave Lauye, likening him to the
stealthy panther, the wary wolf and
the sleeping anaconda that lie in wait
and capture their prey by deep deceit
and strategem. Pending the speech
of Judge Sims, the hour of midnight
arrived and court was adjourned
until Friday morning at SIS minutes
of IL o'clock, at which time the pro-
ceedings were formally resumed. Mr..
Edmund Manrin addressed the jury
on behalf of Banks, and said quite as
much as could be said for his guilty
client. Judge John A. Cheevers fol-
lowed with an eloquent and touching
appeal to the jury to show mercy to
Lauve, who had struck no blow
when the inhuman murder was COM
mitted, and who had previously
borne an excellent character Messrs.
Cheevers and Maurin were both APP
pointed by the court to defend the
accused, and they performed the task
with creditable zeal. District Attor-
ney Earhart closed the argument in
his usual admirable manner, after
which the jury were charged by the
Judge and retired to consider their
verdict. After an absence of about
twenty minutes the jury. returned
with an unqualified verdict of guilty.
Although daylight was then break
ing about fifty or seventy-fve per-
sons, among them some of our lead
ing citizens, were still in the court
room, having remained all night
interested spectators of the trial.
The verdict was received with uni
versal satisfaction, and all good citi-
zens will join in the thanks which
Judge Duffel expressed to the jury
for their patient aud patriotic dis
charge of the onerous duty devolving
upon them. We propose in next
issue Of the CHIEF to recount the cir
eumstances of the Arrieux murder as
developed by the evidence given at
the two trials of the four accused,
and we think the article will prove
of general interest. 1t. is seldom that
a more horrible crime occurs in any
community, or that the State is
enabled by such direct proof to bring
the perpetrators to justice. There
can be no doubt that all the accused
are equally guilty and that they rich
" deserve the terrible fate which
awaits them.
Court has adjourned until Wednes-
day next, when sentence will be
passed upon the Arrieux murderers,
Mike Tillman, Alexander Tumblin
and Thomas Ryan.