The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-19

neirhbors on the smallest pretext In 1854 he
was sent to Jail for stealing fish, and in 1885 be
served ten days sentence for brutality
assaulting his step-son, and cutting an
uely cash In his wife's lip when she interfered
he was always threatening to murder somebody
with his big splitting knife, and he frightened
his mother-in law nearly to death by vowing
that he would mail her to cross" His wife
and others testified at his trial that he ofen got
mp in the night and paced the floor, muttering
friehtful imprecations upon all whom he re-
garded enemies, and threatening to murder
the whole world. These cheerful pecuiarites
of temperament were attributed by to
nightmare. and by others to delirium tremens
At all events, he was not the peaceaDle citizen
that Mr.. Calais supposed him to be-
After leaving the employ of Mr.. Calais, he
went to work in June, 1886. for Pierre Cormier.
Stanislaus Coste went to work for Cormier at
tDe same time. Coste was In every respect the
opposite of Zuzuarregui He was skillful, in
dustrious workman and a quiet, good -natured,
simple-hearued fellow. He had q wife and six
children, of whom be was very fond, and treated
them with kindness. Coste had one little weak
ness of the most harmless kind. He was very
proud of his skill workman. but there was
no arrogance in his pride, and nothing
offensive in his manner of showing it,
Because Of his skill and fidelity, he was made
foreman of a gang. This merely made him
leader in the work without increasing his
wages. Zuzuarregui worked in the same gang,
and was fercely jea'ous of Stauislaus because
the latter found favor in the eyes OF their en-
ployer. Stanislsus boosted, and with reason,
that be could stack fish faster than any man IN
the colony. Carlos was lazy and slovenly in his
work. but he resented Costes superiority and
told stories to injure him. Nobody believed the
stories, and the Spaniard's hate increased be-
cause of his failure TO poison the mind Of Pierre
Cormier against his foreman. Then the MUIR
derous nature of the BASQUE outlaw began to
o11 t&1AR a. - r II l. -
muttering that he would kill Stanislaus. but, as
he was always threatening to kill somebody his
mutterings were not seriously needed But he
was actually meditating mnrder that time He
afterwards told the police II asked my heart
that day. shall kill this mani And my heart
answered yes"
They were packing fish in tierces, and Carlos
asked the man next TO Stanislaus to step out and
give him the place. He wanted to get next to
Stanislaus and feed his own jealousy by watch
ing Stanislaus do good work Zuzuarregui pur
posely did his own work badly as he could so
as TO attract the foreman's attention, hoping to
get rebuke that would enraee him and give him
even that slim excuse for an attack. Stanislaus
noticed the bad job and said laughingly: What
queer pile you are making of that fish, you
are not doing very well" Then. after pause,
he added: "Oh, one at Saint Pierre can stack
fish as well as l." Zuzuarreeui rejoined angrily:
bah! can myself" but Stanisaus made
ply. and the Spaniard threw down his work and
went away cursing. The next morning he came
to work half an hour late looking as though he
had slept but little had been drinking the
night before. From $50 to A. M, the men
were employed in CARRYING slabs to roof store
house. Then they had breakfast from to half
past Fer the next hour and half they worked
on the storehouse and at 10 marched to lunch.
AT noon there was another lunch. In Pierre
CORNERS fsh-yard. lunch was furnished about
every hour and a half for the fishermen of ST.
Pierre and Miouelon have great appetites, and
Pierre Cormier believed that man could work
we'll when he was hungry. During this day,
Stanslaus and Zuzuarregui were not working
near each other. Part of the time they were
passing fish to the store-house, just as buckets
passed at fire, and the two men we're ar OPP
poste ends of the line. The SpaDiard said Coste
called him names after the quarter past 10
o'clock lunch, but nobody heard any such thing,
and doubtless it was an afterthought of the
Spaniard's
Shortly after IL o'clock, Stanislaus Coste was
at work in an alley, on his knees, and man
named Hacafa was mailing up tierces. some
thirty feet distant. Carlos Zuzuarreeui walked
into the alley with very heavy and keen-edeed
cleaver in his hand, the back of the tool resting
on his shoulder. He stepped up close to Stan
is.aus, who was kneeling. and asked Hacala if
enough tierces or crates had been made The
question dispelled any suspicion that Stanislaus
NAV have had, and he did not look up Hacaa
replied that he didn't know Zuzuarregui re-
joined: well, / know. There have been
plenty of them made" and without an
OLner WORD, OF any warning, ne Dr0ugnG
the cleaver down with al. his
strength upon Stanislaus Costes neck.
Coste's head rolled upon the ground Hacala and
several others saw the thing done, and they
were so frightened that they ran away as fast
their legs could carry them. They afterward
explained their flight by saving that the murder
was so unprovoked and horrible that they sup
posed the BASQUE to be q mailman or demon.
Zuzuarregui went to the police and surrendered
himself. He boosted of his deed and said he
lad Sfani ha
of the work to himself" He gave no other
reason at that time. and maintained his air of
hravado until the trial, when he made a weak
attempt to justify himself by declaring that
Stanslaus called him names and worked him
up to frenzy This was proved to be
false, and tine Basque was convicted, on the 23d
of August, in the court of assizes. of assassina-
ton. or premeditated murder and sentenced to
death by guillotine. That sentence is to he exc
cuted, probably this month. at Saint Pierre.
under warrant of NJ. Henry do Lamothe COM
mandant of the isles Saint Pierre and Miquelon,
or later in France by Monsieur de Paris. As
Stanislaus Coste's head rolled at the feet OF the
Basque outlaw, so will the head OF Carlos
Znzuarrapui fall into the haskAt heneath the