The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

,,bmitted to the District Jude e, who a
Vim probably give the accused a pre- il
iminary rialto-morrow. f
M one has yet been found who saw
she FIRST shot fred.-N. Q. Aeagamsa
preliminary Trial Throws some Light
On Che Cause u sas Trouble.
THmoDAUx, "a, May 19.-The pre-
lininary e. al Of James cherault for
the KILN Of ii -Leutenant Governor
Clay ( noblock took place this evening
bef0ee Judge L. P. Caillouet.
There was 9 la9rg,a crowd present to
witness the proceedings. The State
was represented by Major W. ?. Mar
tin, District Attorney, and the defense
was taken care Of by the legal firm Of
Coignet & Knobloch.
The FIRST witness examined was MI,
liz. Zernott, whose iewelEy store is OPP
paste the barber shop of MI Cheranlt.
lie heard the shots, but did not see
who fred the first shot. He askedthe
! defendant what he was doing, when
/ ECherault replied F:
II had to do it."
DR.. ]. H. Fleetwood was the next
!, witness. He testified that he was
standing at the corner, about so or so
!, feet away, when he heard a shot back
OF him. He turned and 5saW Cherault
shooting at Knoblock. He saw
:, Knobloch lean against the wall and
a slide down to Improvement. He r2t
over to the scene, and found KnOhdoOI
unconscious. He was7the f~rsttofreacl
Knobloch, and stated that he saw hi
pistol, umbrella and hat lying Pr hi
4 LEFT side. He saw Cherault wall
! towards the Courthouse,
"A Sheriff James Beary, being sworn
II stated that he, first learned of tn
1. tragedy BY Cherault coming to hi
office to surrender, which was abou
four or five minutes after the hooting
He then visited the scene and fQun
the Governor lying to thesideWal
withhl il pistol beside Inn. The Shea
mt said
II piekedaup the pistol and f0ufl
,ro Lit to be a Smith & Wesson ]82-calibe
81 with all five chambers loaded. Whe
CherauB surrendered I asked himwh
81 he had shot the Governor, and he sa.
II that the Governor had tried TO shol
him."
and Paul Delaune, a clerk in the .sh,
u store opposite the place where Il
tba trouble occurred, was in the back
vii the store, but heard Cherault renal
the Governor that this is a = OF
has pronusition, and then heard shootin
,nv He ran to the front of the store, Al
saw Cherault shoot the fifth shot. n
Cherault was in his shirt sleeves, ha
che ing a vest, but no hat.
t to Mr.. Max Dupre, a ward constab
alter heard shots and started up Mains Sire
own He met Cherault, who remarked
NIT 'Thank God was too quick
the the Governor
First He then handed his pistol to Dur
uisi- who accompanied him to the sheri
rived Office.
Cam DR.. Thomas Stark the Deputy {
ears, oner, was then put on the witness ST
lppi, and said that Knobloch had recei
/. ill over a half dozen wounds, but
Or come to- his death by being
then through the heart.
con- Cherault, the accused, was t
f his sworn and testified as follows
cath. Yesterday morning I was stan,
aany, in front of my shop in my shirt slee
ttling looking up Main Street. Cove
led al Knobloch came from downtown
came got up in front of me, and theI
Parish said
h, in "f'HeIlo, Jim; what do you kno'
81 said j do not know anYtt
in Governor. think it is going to
at one to-day I was on my plank wa.
.ential front Of my front door, and he wa
elected the sidewalk. He walked a piece
ticket toward the corner, near Gaudes' S
and He tn en- said to me
Don't you know that d.
earned woman told me again that she y
ed the get her father and brother to atteI
when my case
Y, but 4 said Governor I must 81
re time this, for the last time, that ia
believe a word you say The
FaviaI ernor and / were walking up, sti
ld she, gether. He was about two feet
lead. When / got about the
en-, but the show window on this side, 4