The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-02-16
SATURDAY FEB. 1C 1875.
The ia Y FINED.

Governor Foster in aigning the
death warrant Of January Wright has
fixed nron Friday March LIST as the
day OF his execution.
The frat judicial execution that ever
occurred in this parish occurred
came off about sixty YEAR
ago. A white man killed Il lngyeimap
on Bay"n Lafourche. near it's entrance
int" the Gulf of Mexico.
He al tried, convicted and sen
fenced to he hung. A man nv the
name of Lagarde was sheriff OF this
Parish. then designated a. the Parish,
Of "Lafou1cbe Interienre." Rather
than perform the duty If an execu
TONER, he r. signel his position. The
Governor appointed to fill the vacan-
cy MI. Stephen Bowie.
The appointee, in connection with
his brothers Rein ard James. well
known throughout the Southern coun-
try, the latter being the inventor Of
the famous Bowie knife, was proprie-.
tor Of part Of the. present Acadia
plantation, and were cpeningit for the
cultivation Of sugar cane.
At the appointed date the condemn
ed man was put in a cart, driven to
thu junction Of Henry Clay street with
the Bayou Lafourche road, and halted
under an oak tree. The moose having
beer placed about his neck, with the
end 1T the rope tied to a branch over
head, the cart was removed leaving
the culprit Ike Absolnm of the olden
tine, hanging in the midst Of the oak.
The second u red not long after.
He also was a white man, who had
f1oated down the Mississippi River, on
a flat boat, and entered BAYOU La.
fOuIche as a trader. Near the upper
line of the parish he had killed his
companion on his boat, aud tieinc
some iron pots to his body had thrown
his victim III" sht Ba,ou. lint he had
eft II piece at rope united. which a
nral'.y'r">c towards the surface of the
water. a few days after, q citizen
crossing the Bayou in Il cano. dropped
his band in 'he water, which came in
contact with the end of the ro,..
Hanging to it he pull. il it ashore and
discovered the body of the murdered
man.
The murderer was tlied, convicted.
and paid t,e penalty Of his dastard|y |
crimes. |
In 1S41 "r 1S42 4 mnla.Icsse. obcut |
II years did was convicted for a,teu,nt-
ing to take the life OF u young child.
b" throwing her int" II well near the
residence OF Judge George S. Quinn. !
proprietor Of the Rihgetield plantation.
owned hy Nichols & H., lersop
Her owners. the Onion family, tried to
her lite by rairirg :, nl.a If in
bnt il was Intellectual and size
was hung.
The next took place within the
walls otthe present Jail. just cnmplet
ID in 1860. the late Eugene ,I Rnbi
'hanX being Sheriff. The victim VAS
slave wh". in Il fit of Jealous rare
lad wav'a'a ard killed his fallow-srr !,
ant with an axe. both helougin~ TO
late Maice'in Brand. then Il snrat
lanter about four miles above Tbih-
daux.
The last n was that of Dnnc VIII
ans who WIS hung on Nnv. OH 1894 =;
nd whose execution is still fresh in =,
ne memory of the readers of the Sen -,
MEL. '
:
Sheriff Bearv j. the first sheriff in ,
'e Parish who has tn. unpleasant Gt-
"f having executed TWO victims. ;
III" death warrant was read to Jan. ,
y Wright "n last Tuesday morning !
the Sheriff and his deputies. I
The c"ndemred man requested the
berif to send ParsoD Rhodes to visit r