Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-23

Two Men Killed and FOur wounded
A One Pull Of the Trigger.
N. 0 plcayrn,

Bayou Sorrel, by which two innocent
parties were instantly killed and four
others badly wounded,
From one of the survivors, a col
ored man named Davidson Williams,
residing on Erato between Howard
and Freret streets, the following ae-
count of the affray was obtained
On last Saturday night o party OF
negro laborers, employed by Messrs.
80. Terry a. Sons in cutting timber
on the banks of Bayou Sorrel, elgh-
teen miles from the town of Plaque
mine. in the parish Of lberville, were
engaged in playing cards, and one of
the party, negro named Elijah
Wall well known in New Orleans
and in Amite City, succeeded IN win
ming "a from one Cube Austin.
Walls good luck created III feeling
on the part OF Cube, and they became
involved in quarrel which was re-
newed the following morniog. Du-
ring the day the men at the camp
took boat and proceeded to the
commissary's camp, three miles dis
tant, Wall and Austin being of the
party. On reaching the store they
procured whisky, and the bitter feel
ing existing between Cube Austin
Z and Wall developed into ademonstra
ton on the part Of Cube, who drew u
knife and drove Wall out OF the camp
threatening to kill him if they met
again
The rest of the negroes, after Wall
had retreated, succeeded in paclfylng
Austin. and obtained from him a
promise that he would not renew the
difficulty.
AS Wall did not return to the store
no more was thought of the matter,
and at 6 o'clock Sunday evening the
party, eight in number. prepared to
return to their camp in the skitf which
had brought them there.
Three men, Charlie Williams, Cube
Austin and Marshall Bowman, occu-
pied the seat in the bow of the boat.
Three other negroes sat amldshlpS,
while two were seated in the stern,
and the boat started OF.
Slowly down the sluggish bayou
the boat drifted on the dark water
the negroes laughing and chatting
with each other in the eXubeIance OF
their spirits and little dreaming of the
bloodthirsty foe who was lurking IL
the bushes which fringed the banks
of the stream.
About $50 yards of the distance
had been trayerSed when the boa
was hailed from ashore, and the form
of Elijah Wall sprang up from 4
clump of rusheS. in Il voice hoarSt
with passion he called on the men il
the boat to stop. Only one man il
that crew dreaded the SUMMONS, an'
him the muzzle of Walls gun covered
Those who were in the boat boggc'
the desperate man on the bank not t
shoot and they would land whereVe
he directed them. Walls mpatiencc
however, could not be restrained, an
ere the boat could turn he pulled tn
trigger. \ loud report followed, an
two men of the eight dropped deaf
and fonr were wounded. The tW
limp corpses fell on one side OF tn
boat, and in the confusion that follow
ed the boat capsized and sank. Whe
she aGaia came to the surface of til
surface. six black heads were bobbln
UP and down on the top OF the W!
ter, and the owners OF them made Il
the bank, only one remaining clingir
to the boat.
Austin was one of those who e
capped unhurt, and Davidson Wi
liams the other. OF the four mt
wounded, one named Sandy BanI
was seriously and jim Pines and tV
othors were slightly wounded.
Wall, as soon as he fired the fat
shot, disappeared in the cypre
swamp and made his way to the Nj
sissippi River, where he endeavor
TO board the steamboat Cannon, b
saw Mr.. Terry and the half-brother
one of the murdered men aboard, a.