St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25

~, can drawer. Mr.. Heintx had shown
hem to him. This was during June, '98-
n. C. Day had known the accused Tor
hree or four years. He saw Ill of the
ccused about 10 O'Clock IT Hosmer's
aloon on the night Of the shooting:
they were drinking with number q
,ther men. The doors were closed:
lie thought that he had recognized
lanes Bradley among them. Afterward
le saw some of them come out OF the
,ide door, but could not distinguish
hem.
WIN. Ard, q colored boy, said that ne
vas Il 4 church in Covington the night
ST the shooting. o. his way home ne
md another boy had been stopped Dy
,rmed men, halted and told not to De
I0nnd out that late anymore. Ard said
mi he Recognized only Charles Hosmer.
rhere were six men altogether, armed
with guns, The men then continued on
coward the colored Methodist church.
4. said he recognized Hosmer by his
voice.
Kosana williams said that on the
nioht Dulion was shot, Heintz and
Charley Strobe came to her house look
ing for Swinson. She did not notice
strange about their appear
ance.
owen Swinson said that Nov. 80 he
went to Church. His wife and chill
dren went to church. After coming
rom church about lO:l5, he built = big
Ore, because it was cold, ar d then went
to bed. He heard shooting. The chill
dren ran to The door and said they saw
d number of men coming. He put on
his coat, opened the back door and
looked out. He saw Charles Homer,
Charles Heintz, Charles Bradley, James
Bradley, Ray Mckee and Others whom
he did not recognize He ran to the
back fence, and while jumping over
was temporarily caught on a paling.
He ran to Dulion's house and said:
.sMr. Dulion the same men who nearly
beat me to death are there again J"
Mr.. Dulion told him to 60 away. He
left and met the men again, who raised
their guns and beat him. He called
70 bullion again, and told him that the
men were concealed outside. Dulion
told him to go home, but he told Dulion
that he was afraid to 70 home. He
asked Dulion to give him shelter for the
night, but was refused. While going
away he heard q number of shots In
Dulion's direction. Next morning be
WIS arrested by Charles Strobe. He
asked why he had been arrested.
Strobe was accompanied by Charles
Heintz, Charles H0smer aud Rea Nc
Kee. Witness claimed that Charles
Stroble told him that ii he opened his
lips abou, the occurrence Of the pre-
vious night he would be taken out aud
beaten to death.
Swinson said that the men he met IN
the woods did not wear masks. The
moon was right and he recognized
them perfectly.
In answer to the question from Col.
Dodds, Swinson said that he claimed,
before being taEen to the Parish Prison,
in New Orleans, that he knew nothing
of the occurrence. because he feared
that he would be killed II he said any,
thing.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Henriques,
the wit ess seemed shakey as to the
time OF his leaving the Church, and rs
to the time he spent at his home before
the men visited him.
In stating his recognition Of the men,
Swinson said on his cross-exain alton
that Strobe was among The men who
came to his house Nov 30. while or
his direct examinstion he only men.
toned Charles Strobe ~ arresting him
next morning.
Witness said that when he called uI
Dulion he did not know the Dames oil
the men who had come to his house
After bullion sent him away he started
for Stroble's house. but did not gel
there, as he met the men again
Charles Stroble struck him with his
flSt. He broke aud ran, but no shot
was fired At him. He was in swamp
when he heard shots, and spent al
night in the swamp. BE did not know
that Lulion had been shot until arrested
next morning. when taken before
Judge Kennedy he made statement II
his own defense. Attorney Miller ant
others were present.
Witness said that at the time he die
not give any names because OF hts fear
In New Orleans he was assured Of pro-
t. ton and made . full statement
This statement was different from thai
given to Judge Kennedy. He testified
before the grand Jury, under oath, thai
he did not rec .gnize any one. He die
net tell the truth because he was In feal
Of his life He acknowledged that BIZ
had been arrested three times, once fol
hog stealing, but had been released on
the latter charge. Witness said tina
he had been given q 30 for not testify
ing before the grand jury. He had no
been furnished with candles and clothes
BY outside persons while in Jail. Every
thing came from his house, and through
the sheriff.
On redirect examination by Col
D0dds, witness said that since he ha:
been in Jail no attempt has been made
to intimi late him, or to offer induce
ments to make him testify . certain way
Mr.. Kemp took the stand to testify
that no inducements had been Offered
to SwinsOn.
Miss Dulion, daughter of Mar sha
Dulion, substantially cOrrOOorated he
fathers account of what took place y
her fathers house Nov. 80. She haC
heard Swins0n's knocks and awakened
her father, who was hard Of bearing
She was in the hallway when the shoot
ing occurred. She heard man behint
4 tree sat: "Must shoot him?"
j. E. Jolly, . barber, testified that h
talked with Charles H0smer about tn,
shooting the morning after the occur.
renee. Hosmer agreed with the as
sertion that the man who did the shoot
ing ought to be hanged, and said tina
he thought the people would attribute
eho Had ~ him h.caus0 he had h0(
trouble with Dulion. Hosmer said tina
Dulion had arrested him because 81
was compelled to take VI his tronseri
to get log in the river. He had toll
Mr.. Dullnn that he would get ever
with him.
Mr.. Kemp asked that c. c. Howart
be called before the defense opened
Howard lived about block from
Dulion.. A few minutes after the shoot
ing he saw six masked men go by bu
did not know any of them.
Rea Mckee was the first witness TO
the defense. He had been deputy sherii
aud constable for about three years. HI
knew the defendants aud Paul DuliOn
He had always been friendly will
Dnlion. On Nov. 3Ohe was with Charlie
Hosmer, Charles Bradley and Emil,
Beaucoudray in Hosmer's saloon unit
10: 80 or III O'Clock, when he left. Hos
mer and Bradley were preparing 10
bed in the Darkroom. BeaucOudray
the barkeeper, was still In the saloon
witness said that he was awakened
early mex morning by Mr.. Strobe. VIII,
said that there had been shooting dur