St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-06

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pRosn,,e WITH FINE oFF1crps Avn r,NE
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| Exc,rpS,o LIE LAW-TIiE RATION ROUGE
sooa oa" MEDALS rop ,1,nnrs-,
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AiioN OF NEW op1r,,S ,,rn,,,,ry m
CHICAGO WILLIAMS FIREAEN ~
Edition ORLEANS, August 4tn. 1881.
| Orleans oo.uol 1ANpRf DEMOCRAT The New
| nr,,,|l' correspondent of the ST. LANDRY
nor+r. ~ iaa The honor of being one Of the
mo,do, 20 invited guests that participated in the
wo,, w. - VI The New Orleans Pacific Rail
sta ~ baton Rouge, and he must oo,didlv
'l''' INC ride to the capital citv on Gou]d,s
was one OF the most delightful, trims if has
1raa Doon Ills pleasure to enioy. A snec5a, ca,
"''' 'esefVod Tor the occasion Iaa,inu a1giars
~ "'ouC nall past eight in the mornino the
'i".u as soon in the very heart of the snra,
,noao-.t o"isii'ha rice and sugar plantations
49, y, themselves in all their loneliness
1 '-o "leeze waiting from the waters OF
wv. Si'y mississippi was truly most eyll
superintendent H. S. Morse, than
n'''i 'ilere Is no finer gentleman and official
en' '''iheo his guests in true rova, STYLE
Aheie were also as guests the following ladies
MISS Madse Maxwell, Miss Rosa,io Maxveu
MISS McDufy, Mrs. Barr, Miss Madoo Croov,
ana Miss Mary Spellman. tbe nro++n ord in
telllgent little daughter of Mr. sno1i,,on III,
of
acinc. AT Donaldsonville Mr.. Linden f
on''' anu his accomplished wife Joined Mr.
o'' anu Ills party, for a trip to Baton Rouge
..ii" ie'urn. Inc track of the New Orleans
"oihc railway or the west side of Bayou
.1"iouiche can be favoraby compared to any
III Ilie oouth The run from Donaldsonyi1le f.
n"'oil Rouge was smooth one, if we NAV us,
Tue term' and was accomplished in two hours
Inc maiden train to Baton Rouge was wei
cofned by the people of that city with a saly,
OF artillery, and the whistling of the boats n
the landing. Gen. Jastremski, the fine Iookip.
mayor OF the capital city, welcomed the ex
curslonlsts and extended to them the hospi
talitles OF the city. Unfortunately our sta,
extended only to a brief hour, which is abou
The tlme the steam-ferry took to cross the rive
anu return. Amongst the gentlemen guests O
superintendent Morse was Cowden the grea
engineer anu rival OF Eads. The city press wa
represented by Major Augustin of the Demo
GRAFT ana MIR. Abbey of the Times The return
ride was equally pleasant and delightful and il
fact the whole trip was highly enjoyable Ma,
the New Orleans Pacific Railway and its .ron
| tlemanly officers meet with that success an,
prosperity which they so richly deserve.
1a
ago by the announcement that whole famil,
had been poisoned with deadly drug which ;
female fend had put in their MONDAY meal
The announcement was at first believed to b.
unfounded but the truth was soon known ant
for awhile the affair constituted the entire topic
of conversation Oh the streets, and created nc
little excitement, following as it did in th,
wake of two fatal shooting ARRAYS which ha,
occurred but few days previous. The cas-,
will serve as a warning i'll itself to heads o
families to be more particular in their choice 0
servants The kllleen family reside Oh Dry
AIDES between Delord and Calliope streets ans
up to the day that the arch tiend desecrate,
their household, their home was the scene O
contentment and happiness About eigh
months ago Mrs. Killeen engaged a colored cir
| named Eliza BARLEY as housemaid and nurs
for her children, who are Mary her only cir
aged three years, Joseph aged eight, Tom age.
| ten, Harry aged six, and Willie aged one veal
Mrs. Killeen was greatly pleased with Eliza a
she proved to be an intelligent, attentive indus
| trious servant and was therefore indispensable
around the house. A few weeks ago Mrs. XII
leen's children in spirit of fun leased Eliza i
different ways and called her. niger" all @
which she reported to their mother supple
mented with request that they should b
punished for their miscllieyous conduct Blu
Mrs. Killeen informed Eliza that she was unat
customed to the habit of chastising her chi
dren for such trivial offences and peremptoril
| told the dusky maiden that if she and the chi
dren could not agree it was last that she shout
| seek employment els.n mere. \. showed II
outward signs of ange" ut this unexpected al
swer but p :tl~ >ted over her imaginar
| wrongs ana wicked heart conceived til
| idea of reyenglng herself on the Killeen chi
dren and as the sequel shows she did not tlinc
| from her original idea. She watched and waite
| for the opportunity which at last presented il
self on Monday the 95tl instant when her plan
| were carried out. Mrs. Killeen was called t
| the kitchen that day by the absence of til
cook and had prepared the MONDAY meal read
| to be served when she absented herself for
| few minutes from the kitchen leaving E]iz
| there The time had arrived and Eliza's ticn(
| ish heart beat with joy at the thought that sh
| would at last he revenged. Creeping stealthil
to the safe which stood in q corner Of the kitcl
| en- she took therefrom q package OF deadly con
pound knos,e as IsOugh on Rats retrace
| her steps and with q joyful slee poured tW
| spooaf.Ils into the boiling soup. When Mr.
! Killeen returned to the kitchen Eliza was bus
| washing the dishes and appeared as gulleies
| "a a newborn babe and the last person in til
| world one would suspect of being capable {
perpetrating such diabolical crime which sh
had inst committed. Her innocent looking fac
belied her satanic heart which at the time bea
| in joyful anticipation Of the time when her he
| Iish deed you'd become an accomplished fac
| She had not long to wait. Eliza assisted Mr.
Killeen in serving the MONDAY meal and helpe
the children to their seats at the dinner table
| The children being very fond of soup aske
| that their soup plates be filled and receive
| the warm decoction with evident joy. Eliz
meanwhile stood by in mute admiration OF he
deed and awaited with fiendish delight the tel
rible effects Of her internal act Nothing OF
Cured during the meal to alarm the least su:
picious and Eliza had began to fear that he
watching and waiting would after all amour
| TO naught, when Mary aged three years, ti
family's only daughter, suddenly lost her hol
ON the chair she was sitting and fell OH til
floor in a swooa, few seconds after JOSEPH
Tom, Harry, and Willie salccnmbed. Mrs. XII
leen knew not what the matter was and vas i
a state of despair. The doctor was sent for an
a glimpse at the children was sufficient. II
said the children had been poisoned, Eliza dt
ring this entire ordeal assisted Mrs. Killeen i
putting the children to bed ana expressed lie