The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-23

The n .I.Gv!d u nl,c.at Of IT.
e, ,s :saS2sSla &.s t \. s Ssi y !,
XI1Seson9 apd Wyatt Fps,er. ri
PIs0D6ht Hill, DeSot0 parish; Id
which the latter lost his life u; the
hands OF the former:
The investigation of the abov,.
case has been decidedly, the longes
and most interesting legal exa nina.
ton that h86 ever occurred in this
parlah. II cOmnssncel on Tuesday
the 18th OF July and mas continued
without Interruption every day since,
,fDuodn1 excepted, ana therefore has
beoo II progress for ten days, The
aeGume6e Wiu 10 closed te-nieht,
The testimony Il 90 lengthy that W
" Nm hot srtewpt to publish ~, Dc ],
would take u several Wesks' 70 do %.
Therefore, what We have to cay in
regard thereto, d simply our indi
yiduol convjcU lns, altee hesrin0 the
s1aoj111ioA In ihe dtst place. the
Statb positively proved BY several
witness Of the hi6hest reepectaoiltty
that the accused, Larry Armstrong
did repeatedly and gr0eely ineM!t tn.
sister Of The deceased, Wyait, EdQter
The defeooo then offered several
Witnesses Who sw0re they woee al
the D7Stv q the tine the insUltesars
e1bdto have been offered, cpd that
10y I'D ,a0t hear them. Thux tht
'pso0f h this respect 10 pOeitivs a.
the part OF the state and only mega.
tive on the part Of the DE- f160AtS IN
point OF law, these facts .b&Ye Do
bearing whatever, but, both morally
and IN public opinion. Mr.. Foster
NJ justified In bis snbssQueAtco course
Foster Was very ca0f1uns In his
GCS1ns and wrote nOtetO MIR. Arm
1eQuestiDg an explanation OF
~ Alleged iDs0lts. but Mr.. Arm.
$500 declined To meet him any
~ Except Ut Ills (ArmstroDH's)
ot yUldsnce. They subs. Quenill
n HACcident. and a meeting was
"a bRftj, some say at ArWs,sOnK'r
oQG6i01l0n, and others say It VS.
gOlS proposition. However. un-
ID nnte9n construction or the law,
q ~ u no importaD CO. i0f the sim.
pl0JAct that the meBti6k was pre-.
arranged at once givb the affair the
aspect Of Q duel, and ulder the law,
dueling b declsred 10 be really muir.
der, and u. would have been the
Same o. The part Of Foster had he
killed Armstrong. They met at an
onpolpeed place, both armed, and
6l(1t0 Tow words Foster SLAPPED Arm.
oeloog IN the face, and both dret
their pistols and commenced firing.
Foster emptied bis pistol end turns
ssd "a &c b ssss a.: :S%i knees sss.
Rhen Armstrong drsVA q knife end
ltabs him four times In the back;
Poster rises from the ground AND
leIikee Armstrong over the head
Ilga 6ls plstoa, when Armstrong
IoAbo him 10 the breast and Foster
l9o1n turns and walks away from !
Alm, ana 4SmetIong free at his back.
Foster again faces him when Arm. 9
Dtloog again 6res ut him, the shot 4
|akipg elSeckl nasi the heart, from !,
.hic6 be died In few minutes !.
Poster Was 3 little stouter man than i
lSuets0og end Was armed with d
!stter ptstol. II betpg . self.cockine e
ozG0oeeey boz Arms ou9.hDd O M G
1OoteH end dirk knife. +
10otee Naos one-eyeti man which
|ouoeleoo caused htm To be killed, y
q he'd 10 beon able 70 Gee with both !
- the probabilities are tina, - -
MIX ,heVd hyys Ifalle4F down, - =
"a ftceNed the fatal slabs III the :,
|ook. There Qg. extenuating cir.
"a TIE pAtt of Armstrong
loooe which b bic youthldlnoSs, b
y hct that be willingly surrender. e.
4 himself 70 tho sheriR, and per. q
!opo b Ne under the Influence Of 81
lqooe q the time 6 the killing, &s .,
:: = : s's 81 i8&sl3SHa u q the time Of !
f19t6I iopi1io4, he was In honor e.
loQ49 todo jpss - be did, and had -,
y Killed bic antagonist, public cen. p
Do0t would bsvo hell. him blame. u
~ .lnt leenlly .spesf in4.. 4 was OF
)0G0J9y Wofg tn00 q duel NithoQi
econds, aad tkeseiotA udder the laws &C
! 4eule a61t mattered, n0ts which Ne
~ klh00, The other would-hA 6,ln. p,
Of murder. We don't want 10 be- ey
o4D!>eod - saying that. dur tug q
Douley6o o0o0adSvoals anaSU0eI, l60 m
!o00Dleoe each b The coeos 0ader q,
y peessnt laws Of the state -