The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16

hand when the shot was fired.
know now they wen; to the road te
fight duel"
At this point the witness was
warned by Mr. Broussard to be or
lsgnard as he (coanseD intends et
to contradict him.
Witness continuing said, II die
not call on my brother TO stop
When the shots were fired, | said tc
Morlnas: You have killed nv
brother. He ran and when he
reached his field, said: | have killed
him like a man"
Adolphe Dugas was then called
and tsstfied as to the trouble be,
tween deceased and accused over a
right OF way. The evidence was
somewhat similar to thae of the pro-
ceedlng witness.
Sheriff Henderson was next called
and spoke of the accused having
surrendered to him. "Witness sald''
The accused made voluntary state
men to me. He said, he had had
trouble with deceased over a right
of way and that they had gone to
the road 10 shoot II out with shot
guns. He said he got under the
shade Of gum tree. Accused ask
ed deceased if he were ready, re-
celving an affirmative reply accom-.
,nied by the word, Fire! He ad-
mitted the shooting to be of his own
accord. jailed accused when the
| Judge had refused bail.
Mr.. A. B. Romero was called and
stated that he had visited the scene
of the shooting His evidence was
of detail and me easurements only.
This closed the case for the State.
The irst witness called by Mr..
Broussard for the defence was
Adonis Dugas. son o the accused
who in part said: 81 saw Morinas
and Marcena tos ether before the
fight between the home, of Marcena
and Morinas Dugas. They after
wards went to their homes. NV
father to k his gun and sad he was
going to fight dnel with Marcena
Dugas. followe him and went
up Is about an aren't from the
road. | saw Marcena. He had
bis gun with him ard was carrying
II on hi shoulder. l saw him put
the sh els IN hls gun. After loading
it he held it IN !. firing position. |
heard the shot. | heard Marcena
hollo three or four times, but could
not understand what he was saying
Cross examined by District Attor-
ney Muller, witness ta,d, "Lazaire
aske my father If he was running
away. 1t was about ten minutes be
tween the time | saw Marcena and
the time the shots were fired. l
did not hear deceased cry out. 81
am ass sslna.sl, l heard some one
holloing, but did not know where
it was, but knew II was Marcena.
The court a adjourned until $3.50
a. IN. Friday.
On Friday morning last the case
was continued and AntonIa Dugas,
daughter Of the accused was put
upon the stand.
In answer to questions OF Mr..
Broussa' witness IN part said:- 81
knew my father had had trouble
with Marcena. On June the tth
sa , him talking TO my father. They
were both IN the pasture at the
partition fence. My father and Mar
cena went 10 their houses. They
went TO fight afterwards. Ny father
said he was going to fight a duel
with Marcena. He went to the road
saw Marcena gong through the
pasture; he had his gun l heard
two shots fired.
C,oss-Examlned by the District
Attorney witness said continued:
81. saw Marcena and Lezaire
gtiag to the road at dusk.
was on the gallery of my fathers
house, | saw the fire from the gun.
It seemed as if my father was on the
road. | heard Marcena shout on bis
wav to the road, do not know what
he said.
Leah Dugas, younger daughter
of tho accuscd was then called and