St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-07
] statement Of De afraz q the coart

that he had heard that Mr. Marine
had said that the two detectives were
disgruntled and had remarked that if
they could get money enough to leave
town they would do so at once. ]
thought that this just bore out what
/ thought they were bums and un-
reliable persons, and it struck me
that I would look further into the
matter and prove to the people here
that these people were not believe
able. / spoke to several persons in-
terested in the matter Mr.. Bill Lewis
and Mr. Remi WaIlior and others
and the result was that we fixed q
little trap for them-for the purpose
mind you, solely Of discrediting them,
and with no idea of acceding to
their desire for money.
7 communicated with Mr.. Marine,
and he verified what this friend had
told me, asked Mr.. Marine to see
these parties, and arrange a meeting
with as # they really wanted to sell
cut. Mr.. Marine reported back to
lme that the alleged detectives said
that for a consideration Of $500 they
Would leave town. I told Mr.. Marine
to go to them and have them
/ appoint a meeting place, Mr.. Marine
returned with the message that they
would negotiate with us il their room,
at the hotel. / did not like that idee
Thought perhaps they were fixing
a trap for us, like We INTENDED to ff1
for them, and told them to meet as
anywhere in town They replied that
they would meet as anywhere outside
of town, but not before $50
! that evening. | sent word to be in
readiness to come with US, that we
would a,e there with carriage, at
the appointed time At $50 Mr.
Bill Lewis and myself went to the
/ hotel in a carriage. and Mr.. q X.
Waller came along IN a buggy, to
take along Mr. Marine as a witness.
/ We called Mr.. Marine, and be called
! the detectives Clever and Ro6well.
| Glover came to the carriage first, and
asked if We were on the square, and
| If it was not trap by which they
would be harmed. / told hin chat if
he followed my directions, NO harm
would come to him. They besh got
I ia, end they begun complaining of the
treatment they received at the hands
Iof the men who sent for them; said
that they realized that they lad run
X up against a tough proposition, and
that they were not been given
lt be moral and phEsic all
support they had expee t ed,
and said that an they Wanted was
money. One ef them asked us for
Whiskey, and when | told hinaI had
none. said that be was used TO it and
had to have It. He didn't get it,
| however.
We reached the track, went into
! the gate, and to the training stable.
| AS we aIigheted Clover covered me
with his gun, saying, What does this
crowd mean? Is this a trap / told
him q knew Of no croWd-in fact Il
knew of none and had seen maze, .hnt
| it deEeloped that there we're other
parties there but ourselves 7 kaIEad
him iEto putting % his pistol again
assuring him that if he followed nv
directions I would see that be was
not harmed. He kept his pist2l iii
his hand, covering me all the time.
/ After entering the room 0f the
stable, i informed him that We had a
| document for them te sign, In ee7sid-
deration of which ne Would pay him
his $4m according to agreezent.
He shifted his pistol from his right
I to his left hand, and signed the pa
per, and tald his partner to do the
same. After had folded the paBeg
and put i into my pocket, ] ted
1 them: New, boys, / again repeat
my previous promise: Ef you follow
smy directi0as not a hazr on your
heads will be harmed. I will tell Y0a
| now that ron don't get cent that
II will not be q party to giving q
| bribe and the best thing Cor you to
do is to quietly leave here I had
hardly finished what / inteaded to
say when Glover threw the gnn on
I me. and with the remark, So that
/ is yoar game, ehT fired. At the
same moment his partner fred But
as thev fred both of them we're
struck BIZ some members Of our party,
and the shot intended for me struck
/ DR.. Richardson. Then there was a
general free fight, and these fellows
] put up q game fight, too. / repeat.
there was 70 intention to harm them,
and they brought it upon themselves
! throughout.
The fact Of other people being
present, outside Of those who went
with the detectives, is attributed to
Mr.. q. Austin Fontenot, the attorney
of those who are charged with Vio-
Iating the prohibition law He drew
Eup the document for the men to sign,
and saYs that he wanted TO be sure
that there were witnesses there to
sabstantiate what took place. So,
without the knowledge Of Mr. Budd,