St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-27
TRAGEDY IN BAYOU
LACOMBE.
Two Men Killed and
Three Wounded.

A deplorable shooting affair nc
CURED ct Bayou Lacombe last Sun.
day, which ended in the death 81
Lawrence Cousin, . prom inent citi'
sen and Deputy Sheriff, aud Peter
jolly, ST.. and the wonnding 81
three others. There was i'll feeling
between the parties, over . dispu.
ted homestead entry, but dis.
pute between tho wives OF the twC
men appears 70 have been the i'm.
mediate cause Of the tragedy. The
particulars % far - 10 can learn,
are - follows:
Lawrence Cousin went hunting
Sunday with . party Of . dozen,
made up Of brothers, cousins and
intimate friends. He started home
about 1850 o'clock, crossing
Cypress Bayou, . tributary al
Bayou Lacombe, just opposite the
home Of his brother, Armada Cou-
Gin. Armada was IN the butcher
shop ut the time and crossed
the stream with his brother. II
was then that the trouble started.
Armada's home fronts on Cypress
Bayou, aud Peter Jolly, whose
wife had had some trouble with
Lawrence's wife, lives only . few
hundred yards away. Lawrence's
wife was ut the home Of her has-
bands brother, and when the latter
entered his house and said that
Lawrence had Started home, his
wife started after him, saying that
she would 60 home and cook his
breakfast. Mrs. jolly saw her pass
up the road and hailed her. Mrs.
lawrence Cousin did not stop. but
went on and overlook her husband.
Mrs. jolly persisted IN calling
her, however, and started to follow.
Then Mrs Cousin started back.
She was greeted with = def when
che approached Mrs. Jolly. who said !:
"Well, I am ready for YOU to-day
yesterday I Vas by myself and
you wanted to whip me. To-day
I am by myself again but am ready
70 take the whipping, and my old
man Is here to aseiet me in case any
Of the men Ct your family inter-
fcre."
Lawrence Cousin told his wife
not to mind the other woman q be
would be ready for any men who
might desire 70 take = hand in the
quarrel. He bad his doubled bar
relied shotgun ON his shoulder to
back mp his statement.
Peter jolly was in his yard.
When he saw Cousin approaching be
went into his house and got . dou-
ble-barreled shotgun. A. be step
ped into the yard tho two nen
seemed to have decided 70 hiring
the feud to an end.
By . common impulse they raised
their guns and began firing. Each
man had = double-barreled shotgun,
tho only difference being that Cou-
Gin had . breech loader and Jolly
had IN old-time muxzle loader, bot
= weapon which l. in every way
trustworthy. They each had loads
Of buckshot and . few heavy bull
lets mixed. They were within
thirty yards Of each other.
It was = deadly volley. Lawrence
Cousin received = shot three inches
below the right nipple. He also|
received = shot In the right arm
just above the elbow.
Another bullet ensered the right
temple, and furrowed the :xin i'm
stead Of penetrating ths skull He
fell and died twenty rainutes after.
Cousins shots struck jolly about
three inches shove The heart, the
bollut passing diagonally through
the body and coming 0ut at the
shoulder. He was also wounded
ia the left arm.
Lawrence Cousin walked about
under the trees for . few minutes
before he tell and expired. Just
then two other members Of the
family appeared on the scene.
The brother Of Cousin, Armada,
Who had crossed the bayou with
him, says that be heard the shoot
ir9, and looking ont saw Peter
jolly, IT,, . man Of thirty, shooting
ct his brother, Lawrence Cousin
With . revolver. jolly IT,, fred
tour shots.
Armada Cousin armed With moth.
ing but . heavy stuck. rushed upon
the Younger Jolly brother and dealt
l.s~r aowapal hAavv hl0va IN Tho