The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-12-10

| ASo4o lltiSl SUM-
in the first ward Of this parish, Robert
Munday, colored, was shot and almost
instantly killed on Monday last by John
S. Minor, a young white man residing at
Dutch Town, in the 9Th ward. Adolphe
Thompson, the only eye witness Of the
difficulty, testified at the inquest that
Munday was in Eller's store; that Minor
/ entered and asked Munday where the
| horse was that had been entrusted to his
care. Munday told Minor to ask Mr..
| Eller about the horse, and. Mr.. Eller
stated, in answer to Mr.. Minors inquiry,
that Munday had sold him the animal.
Munday denied this and said he had only
sold CHS rights" Whatever that may
have meant. Minor asked to be shown
the bill Of sale or receipt for the horse,
and Mr. Eller went in back room to
get it. Minor then. said to Munday,
You are my prisoner for selling my
horse" Munday thereupon became con
siderably excited, telling Minor he
mustn't talk about taking ass..man that
way" Minor repeatedly admonished
him to keep quiet, but Munday persisted
in talking, growing more excited every
moment. Minor picked up pair of
nail tongs lying close at hand and as he
did SO Munday rushed upon him,
grabbed him about the waist with his
right arm and seized the tongs with his
left hand. The men wrestled in this
position few moments, when, in the
words Of the witness: "Munday got the
tongs away from Minor and leaning
down pressed his head down into the
pit of Minors stomach. Then Minor
threw his hand back and pulled out his
pistol, which Munday grasped with his
right hand. The pistol snapped the first
time, but fired the second, and Munday
dropped. Both held the pistol and were
scufaing when the pistol went off"
Mr.. Minor mounted his horse and rode
to Donaldsonville, where he surrendered
himself to the Sheriff and was confined
in Jail. Several armed men followed
him, probably under the impression that
he would attempt to escape. An in
quest was held on the body of Munda
few hours after the killing, and YER
dict rendered by the jury in accordance
with the facts. At the instance of the
jurors, DR.. John Dominique made a post
naorte'n examination Of the body and
found that the ball from Minors revol-
YER had entered the left mammary re-
gion near the shoulder, penetrating
through the chest. and through the upper
lobe Of the left lung, severing the blood
vessels thereof and passing through the
arch of the aorta, causing internal hem
orrhage and DEATH
On Tuesday application was made to
Judge Cheevers to grant the prisoner
total absence Of the essential ingredients
of the crime of murder, the Judge
allowed the application and fixed the
bond at $500, which was promptly
furnished, Messrs. Ben Gibson, j. L.
Brent and j. j. Lafargue signing as sure
ties for $500 each. The instrument is
con ditioned for the appearance Of the
accused at the February term Of court.
When this unfortunate difficulty took
place Mr.. Minor was on his way to
Plaquemine to, appear on the first day of
the pending term Of District Court for
Iberville parish, and be in readiness to
answer any accusation made against i'm
in connection with the killing of An
thony Moxley, the horse thief and des-
perado who was shot by Mr.. Minor while
resisting arrest on the 9th of last Sep
TENDER, in the lower part Of Iberville,
near the Ascension line. The killing Of
Moxley was entirely justi6able and it is
not probable that the Grand Jury of
Iberyille will return an Indictment
against Mr.. Minor.