Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-10-05
Scott Goes
Absolutely Free

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Case completed before nine O'Clock las
| Tuesday evening, testimony and argu
ment only consuming part OF Afternoon
| and evening.
Jury out less than an hour returns will
verdict of not guilty, which is receives
without demonstration.
Judge Martin warned audience which
packed the court room to refrain frou
making any demonstration.
| AS was stated last week in
these columns the selection Of the
jury in the case of the State VS..
Scott, charged with the murder OF
Gus Adams took up the greater
portion of the day. The jury was
com posed as follows:-Camille Ma
quin, Emile Leonard. Willie
Brown, Sylyestre Boyer, Angus.
tin Mayet, Anatole Borgne, E. j.
Richard, DR.. G. E. Trosclair, Ire
vile Guilloit, Ernest Picou, Octave
Keller and Albert Folse, selected
in the order mentioned.
DR.. A. j. Meyer, Coroner of
the parish, was the first witness,
he described the wounds stating
there were six perforations in
the body caused by four pistol
ualls. He was cross examined
on the effect pneumonia had on
an individual and stated it weak
ened aud caused loss of vitality.
He identified the ball taken from
Gus Adams body and was follow
ed by Deputy Clerk P.J. Aucoin,
who stated how it came into his
possession, completing the iden-
tifcation: Andrew Braud saw
the accused and deceased ex-
changing blows and saw deceased
on top of accused and saw Scott
as he was firing, and stated that
deceased was advancing on him,
he Was succeeded on the stand
by Willie Anderson, colored, who
testified to the same. Armand
Bourgeois practically recited the
same story and added to it. He
was with Adams when Scott met
him and Scott told witness that
he had removed the dam in the
canal, he was coming from that
direction and witness and de-
ceased were coming from the ba-
you. Deceased and accused then
dared one another about closing
and opening the dam and de-
ceased said that he would dig
pits along side of the tramway,
which was on SCOTS land and
use the dirt, whether he needed
the dirt or not. They then mixed
blows and Scott got the worse,
deceased throwing him to the
ground and pounding him, until
Scott cried out enough and Bour
geois pulled him off. Scott then
got up and stood on the track and
cursed deceased, whereupen he
rushed ON Scott to strike him
again, at which time Scott drew
his gun and fired as quickly as
he could. Luke Boudreaux then
testified that he was renting land
from Scott to make cross ties
and that deceased was his fore.
man and had damned canal to
float ties DIT his express COM
mand.
The defense then introduced
Drs. Stark and Klienpeter who
testified to the fact that pneu-
monia as rule weakened the
lungs and weakened man gen.
orally. DR.. Stark was also fami-
liar with the scene of the crime
and stated that the place where
Scott's head had rested, while
his face was pounded, was either
a tree stump or rail, as it was
evident that there had been some
resistance; he had dressed his
face, in the sheriff's Office, when
he had surrended. DR.. Klien.
peter had treated accused for
pneumonia two or three years
ago and since had been consulted
by him for short breathing.
Accused then took the stand
in his own behalf and stated that
he was agert for his mother, Sis
ters and brothers, that be bad
opened the dam Which was inter
fering with work on his place
and that when he told Bourgeois
of it, Adams interfered and beat
him, placing his head against
the stump of a tree he pounded
his face into a jelly, getting up
he cursed Scott and thinking he
would rush on bin and beat him
again, he shot him four times,
or as many times as he had shots
and as quickly as adouble action
revolver could be discharged.
This closed the evidence and
the District Attorney, HI. M.
Bourg, opened for the state re-
viewing the evidence and was
followed by Mr.. Howell of the
firm of Howell & Caillouet who
presented the facts and relied on
self defense in the case. Judge
Beattie of the firm of Beattie
and Beattie followed reviewing the