St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-06

pect him, as his horse and attire showed
he was a resident of the neighborhood
This was about eleven o'clock, and the
strain of expectation was kept up for
about three hours. The refugees had
either changed their course or stopped
to rest. About two o'clock they appear
ed in sight, and when about thirty or
thirty five yards distant, walking slowly
and close together, Duson confronted
them and ordered them to halt and
throw up their hands. They INSTANTLY
sprang apart and replied with their pis-
tolls. Here we cannot give details accu-
rately. They missed Duson, and he
with his Winchester missed them. The
unsteadiness of his horse saved him and
saved them, at the outset; buta charge
of shot from Mckinney's or Hayes gun,
struck one of Browns hands aud par
TALLY disabled him. The refugees re-
treated into the thicket, where they did
not expect to be followed. The cart
ridges stuck fast in Hayes and McKia-
news guns, which forced them to resort
TO their pistols, and made the situation
more critical. The refugees were invis-
ible in the thicket, with pistols in each
Of their hands, and had now the adyan-
ia &c of position. Duson and party
charged at once. The refugees shot
from behind trees. A bullet struck the
side of tree, and with some of the bark
torn off, struck Duson on the forehead
but did no serious injury. He shot at
| Lane who was behind sapling, and
thought he had certainly killed him
but Lane retreated to another tree, and
an inspection afterwards showed that
the bullet was in the sapling. Again
EDuson's bullet struck the side OF tree,
! from which Lane was shooting at him
and turned in its course. At one time
when Duson was charging on Lane, the
| latter crouched, and as Duson's horse
rushed by him, he shot through Duson's
clothes, the ball grazing the abdomen.
Finally ball from Duson's Winchester
entered Lanes side near the heart, and
came out near the hip on the opposite
i side. About the same time, just as he was
about to shoot at Duson, Mckinney shot
him in the arm or shoulder. The blood
spurted from his mouth and wounds,
and saturated his clothing and covered
] his face and hands. He shot three times
/ after receiving these wounds, and re-
treated few steps to a gully, where to
| support his rapidly falling strength, he
/ tire one arm around a tree and again
faced his foes with a presented pistol;
. but his fingers had become stiff, and re-
fused to obey his will. At the same
time Brown attempted to scale the OPP
posite bank Of the gully, eight or ten
/ feet high, but failing he dashed to the
/ tree where his friend was, and throwing
b;s arm around it from the opposite side,
no also faced his foes. Lane now know
ING that he had no strength to fight, and
/ feeling that life was leaving him. sur
rendered, and told Brown to do the
same. The latter stepped out, laid his
n;stols down, and said that he was fight
ing for his friend, and as that was no
/ longer necessary. he surrendered. Lane
died few minutes afterwards. His
BODY was brought back to Red River, an
4 inquest held over it, and decently buried
! Brown said that Lane and Brown We're
their true names; and that they were
!. from Asheyille, North Carolina; but a
reply to Sheriff Duson's telegram to the
sheriff of that place failed to confirm
! this statement. Brown smiled when
told Of this, and said he would die before
he would tell where he was from.
We publish a communication from
Conservative" in regard to the gen
tleman who fills the responsible ONCE OF
sheriff of this parish. This communlca-
ton is no vain eulogy, for the Writer
had always been opposed to the sub
iect of it, and now after many years
4 he frankly Acknowledges his error.
nnr;,t, h;s long teurlre OF office Sherln