Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-09
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EvERINa. NovE,sBER 8.
& mysterious Murderer.

Bayou Beuf, small station on the South.
ern Pacific road, ninety miles from New
OrleaDe, was the ecene Wednesday of ter
ribs tragedy, in which two mea lost their
lives and four Others were Dangerously and
two fatally injured, 4 wake had been IN
progress at the Bayou B@of section house,
in which number oil the people from the
neighborhood had taken part From the
section house several of them went TO the
station aud we're standing on the platform,
when one of tnsm, Leon ThibodauX, was
accosted by 6 stranger, who slapped MIN
roughly on the shoulder. He objected to
this and the next moment, without WORD.
the stranger drew long knife and stabbed
him in The ueck and side, woundiug him
so be could not rise from where he fell.
His brother Mel sprsrg o his rescue, but
the stranger stabbed him also, cutting one
OF The large arteries and telling him to the
ground Leon drew his revolver and fired
once at the desperado but without effect.
MEAS Thibodaux, cousin of the two wound
cd men, came TO their rescue to meet WIN
the same fate, the blood squirting from two
ugly gashes in his right side and BACK In
tiicted by the mysterious stranger. trank
Permission, hearing the crles OF the wound
ed men, ran up from the other side CT Inc
BAYOU, crossing the railroad bridge. AS ne
mounted the platform he saw three wounded
men lying on the ground, with the stranger
stan ling over them Ii was the last ne saw,
for tbs next momenkshe strangerbed used his
deadly weapon with even more effect then
before. for he plunged it into Penniston'e
heart, killing him instantly, his body falling
over that Of one of The wounded men. The
desperate seemed excited by the blood be
had shed, for without cause or provocation
he next attacked Joseph Morrison, one
armed railroad employee, whose duties Kept
hin near the depot, and literally cut him
up, iufieiiDg no le5s than len wounds with
his mu1derou9 weapon. Leaving his i've
victims OIL ib9 platform, ard without q
scratch or Injury cf any kind to himself, the
murderer then ran down from the platform
to the bayou and sp.ang into skill mooreo
there by Nh Aucoia euG padded away.
As soon as the affair became known Aucoln
and Thee. Thibodaux, relative of Two OF
the wounded men, started out after be MUIR
derer and ran down to tho bayou The
stranger vas standing in the beat leisurely
padding Up stream. He was heiled and
fold to surrender himself, but refused to do
so. Aucoin aimed and fired at him, bu'
without effect The man laughed and told
him to fire again and do better. be was
called on three times 70 surrender, and as
often refused to do so, and three times Au.
coin fired. The third shot produced lis eff
feet, for the man fell over head foremost and
rolled into the bayou. The murderer was
stranger, and no one who saw him had
any idea who he YVES or whence ne came
The only explanation possible is that he was
q madman. Permission was killed instantly
and 40 was the mysterious stranger. Mel
Thibodaux and Morrison were sent to the
Charity Hospital at New Orleans and will
probably die. The two other Thibodaux
are severely cut, but it is not believed ia
tally.