The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-07-21
QUESTIONS BY THE COURT.

DE al nOur. L pa1I no atUenllOli
but he lived a short time. ! was
not present wheE he died; my sis
ter and had gone out to look for
some one. We were out about ten
or fifteen minutes.
NO CROSS EXAMINATION.
! Octave BONN being sworn, said:
1 do not speak English. ! know
Arthur Hebert. | met Hebert on
July the 4th after | have been
sent for, after having been told
that GuillOry had been killed. |
talked with him when l went into
the house. l was by the body and
Arthur passed by the side of it
and Said, 81 wOAld like to see you"
He pulled me aside and asked my
advice whether or not to surrend-
er that night, | told him not to do
so; | thought it best that he should
wait until morning as the day was
July 4th and the otfic rs of theIcourt
might not be found. He also said,
"What misfortune is ahead of metz
Then said, "Well what's the mat
ter! How is it! You have never
had any trouble together. | also
said ''YOu must certainly have had
trouble" Then Arthnr said, ayes,
we had a few words about a game
Of cards." Then asked, "Were
you playing cards together!' He
answered, "No but Guillory came
to the house and told them that
had been playing cards." Then he
said he was going home and as he
passed by GuillOry's house he saw
him Oh the road with shotgun.
The accused said he had only a
stick. That when he saw that he
threw his stick aside and jumped
Oh the gun and took it away from
Guillory. He Jerked it away from
him and threw it back on him so
as to demonstrate with him and
the gun was fired by accident. In
jerking the gun away 1t went off;
he can't say how it happened.
That's all he told me, because at
the moment some friend called me
and | went off. l saw tho body
of the deceased before it was
buried. l did not see the place
where the shot entered. / saw
his face when they placed him on
the table as per the orders of the
coroner. l held him by the feet
and the others by the head as we
pat him on the table and then |
went away. All | know about it is
what Arthur told me.
MR.. DAVIS DID NOT CROSS EN-
ANIME WITNESS.
Desire Broussard, being duly
sworn said:
My name is Desire BrOussard. l
know Arthur Hebert. l knew
Simeon Guillory. He is dead, /
saw him after his death. He was
shot. l saw where the shot en-
tered. The shot was from his
hip to his shoulder on the right
side. Some struck the chest and
glanced; SEINE struck the hip. We
concluded it was number eight
shot. I was one of the coroner'S
jury. l know something about
handling a gun. One must be
about fifty feet from an object that
shot from a gun may scatter as it
did on the body of the deceased. /
saw the gun next day and one bar.
rel was loaded. We shot it about
fifteen feet distant from an inch
plank. l measured the distance.
it was fifteen feet. 1t cut a hole as
large as big bullet. Arthur
came and called me after Guillory's
death. He called me up and told
me,1 wish you would come to
GuillOry's house because he is
dead" | then asked how. He told
me he was passing Guillory's house
and met him with his gun and he
was holding his gun against him.
Accused picked up a stick, then
threw down the stick and grabbed
the gun. They then scuffled for
the gun. / then asked Arthur
how, Guillory had got shot when
deceased had the breech and he
had the barrel. Hebert said he
ran his hand towards the barrel