The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-21

ito him and found him lying. IN
sheriff, Tom Smart, Coward and Jel
IIyons Gtlcputies) were armed
i 20. Falgeut. Was standing on Capt
Halls gallery when Woodlief was ad
vancing toward the jail. The sherif
told min ltostop, but he continued &
advance and drew his pistol. Th
sherif then shot him, making the hrs
shot. Saw JEFF LYONS, Dick Cowar:
and Tom Smart shoot also.
Il Robert Landry. Was at @. S. Iy
.ons' bar room. JEFF Lyons came fol
This rifle, and said they expected a fuss
Went near Capt Hall rs and saw sher
if and deputies about the Jail yard
Saw Woodlief come from Kinder's to
where sheriff and deputies were. Al
a certain distance sheriff ordered him
Ito stop, not to come over there. Sheriff
ordered him two or three times to stop,
but deceased kept advancing. Sheriff
told him he had heard he would as
soon kill him as a yellow dog. DE
ceased made some answer, i cannot say
positively what, and drew his pistol.
Sheriff told him if he did not stop he
would kill him. He had his pistol
nearly out when sheriff fired the first
shot Saw Tom Smart and jeff Lyons
shoot, and am satisfied Coward shot;
they were all armed. Woodlief had
his pistol in his hand and it went off
about the time he fell.
Tom Smart. Met deceased between
eight and nine O'Clock this morning.
He inquired for the sheriff, and / said
he was at home. He asked if we still
had that man in Jail, and 4 said 1 sup
posed he was still there. He said BY
God, 4 want him; q want those KEYS;
want to get that man. Iwantito get
him free; that is all 1 can do for him. u
We walked together as far as the corner,
(of the courthouse square, and separ-
ated, he going towards kinder's (sa-
loom and Ito Mr.. Lyons. When 4
was at the Jail did not see deceased
coming from Kinder's {the Jail is be
tween the courthouse and Kinder's sa-
Don, and the sheriff and his Deputies
we're in front of the Jail yard gate be-
.ween the Jail and the court lhouse,) /
until he got around the corner. (of the
all yard fence) AS he was advancing
he sheriff said "SStop, Woodlief, i i
lonIt want to hurt you." Deceased |
1ept advancing. Thesheriff again told |,
i'm to stop, and said '"You have said
'on would as soon shoot me as red |.
.og; now stopp Deceased replied, /.
i said it'll mean what 4 say.''--and (
Immediately commenced drawing his
istol. He had his pistol out when the
heriff shot. i also shot. When we
tarted to feed the prisoners Itook my il
istol. Mr.. Lyons (sheriff) told me he /,
ad heard something and welhad better ID
ike our guns. AS we were coming 4
own to the jaiD we met Mr.. Cum 4
lings, who said to Mr.. Lyons "You I,
all better look out--Woodlicf sayshe Ii
ould as soon shoot Won as a red dog" II
II. Lyons then said to me sNTom, YOU X
2 nyour guard, and watchthis thing" !
G. Cummings. About twenty min
les before the shooting 1 heard de- III
,ased say he would as soon shoot Mr.. ii
yons as a red dog. He then went to
arson's 1saloon) and ] stood outside &
I'd heard him try TO ~borrow pistol 8
ON Carson. Carson refused. Della
'ased said he wanted to give Mr.. Ly- !
IS a rough deallbefo1e night. Before q
le shooting i told Mr.. LYONS what 4 IL
i'd heard, and that Woodlief would (,
Ike the drop on him if he could. Did Il
Vt know if he deceased had "a pistol. IL
new deceased when 1 saw linn; never IA
I'd any business with him. AT the s
me of the shooting i was standingIll
lck of Mr.. Lyons. First saw Wood In
# about thirty or forty feet off, and u
lyancing. The sheriff told him sew g
al times to stop, but he kept adyan-1 a
ng and then MIR. Lyons and his two s
,puties shot. Dust as deceased fell 4
5 pistol went off. AS Mr.. !Lvonsl #
'oise to deceased he t(Woodlief)Ils
hanged his cane from his right to his 4
# hand, and commenced to draw his II
stol. He had his pistol ont when n
+. Lyons shot. The sheriff fred the Il
st shot. la
DIR y. 90. Munday. Was called lbyle
z justice Hon. 7. b. Ferren,] 10 ex-
nine the body oflthe deceased. There ii
IRE about fifteen or sixteen sbuckshotilb
aunds i'm ihlsneck. There weretthreeIl li
FUNDS of a larger calibre, one in theII js
sht iiliac region, and the other two ia Isl
9 left ithoracic region, the balls pene-lId
ting to the right of the cavity just la