The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-16

crime; that It had been proved i,
state witnesses, that Mr.. Gouaux bs,
had no trouble with Donnine IN -.
= Wise house, but that, on the c -,
trary, when leaving the house 5Do,n m,
:. ing had shaken lands with Mr. IN,
aux and had sad to him, tsYou nv
friend, Mr.. Joe.p Mr.. Lemann az
gued that Domiag would not how,
passed by SaasS and Montero WIN
I testified that they had Searched +bo
] spanlard when be entered the room
at Ella Wise's Iouse, and have de-
| liberately attacked Mr.. Gouaux who
| had not hurt the accused or molesta1
him in any way, unless he Domine1
had reason to believe that Mr. Gov.
aux was about to shoot him Ha
declared that when Montero called
out, Look out, Joe. Les comins.
1 shoot him. Mr.. Gouaux at, onee
drew his revolver and attemntad
| to shoot Doming, and that when ~
pistol snapped, the spaniard rea IL.
| ing his danger attacked Mr.. lGora,Iv
and inflicted the wound which sinh.
sequently caused the latter's death
Mr.. Lemann also pointed OUT that
when Doming started back 10 tha
Wise house, after arning himself heGi
did not expect to encounter 81 tha
Gouaux party on the sidewalk, He
maintained that the meeting was
entirely accidental, and that there.
fore Doming could not have IRE,
meditated killing Mr.. Gouaux ne
stressed the point that Doming was |
walking along with several friends
having no reason to anticipate trou.
bic at the point where the killing &C.
cured, and that he heard some one
call out Here he comes, Joe; shoot
hlm.' Naturally, Mr.. Lemann arg1,ed
the accused placed himself on the
defensive, and when he saw Mr.
Gouaux draw a revolver and attemnt
TO shoot him, he instantly acted IN
defense Of his 1ife and struck down
the man whom he thought was try.
ing to kill him. Mr.. Lemann pleaded
Tor verdict of scquittal.
At the conclusion of his argument.
1t l:20 p. M, Judge Leche ordered
IN adjournment until 1:3O o'clock
When court reconyened, Attorney :
y. N. Pugh began his argument in :
behalf of the accused, Mr. pngh !.
aid particular emphasis unon tha :
testimony Of Paolo Giofre. the hnf I
amale vendor, which was to the .
'i1ect that Mr.. Gouaux had drawn \
us revolver and attempted to shoot
)oming before he was attacked bv
ne latter. Mr.. Pugh said the evi-
ence OF the states witnesses showed
nat Mr.. Gouaux had not assaulted r.
joining or made any hostile demon 8
tratlon toward the Spaniard, Half n
n hour later, when walking along
le street with several friends. DO. 7,
ing encountered d party of men. /,
ne of whom called out, Look out. n
oe, he's comingi shoot him. The g
ttorney declared that Mr.. Gouaux.
ctlng upon this warning or admoni- A
on, must have Immediately drawn
IS revolver and attempted to shoot a
omlng, the cartridges failing to
Splode. Realizing that his life was
] danger, the spanfard threw him =
re upon Mr.. GGauaux and inflicted 4,
cath. - $50 A
Mt. Pugh asserted thai the state d.
I'D failed to show that the accused
az q motive for killing Mr.. Gouaux,
Id that there was nothing t. prove A.
at fatal encounter would have I,
ken place had it not been that
7. Gouaux drew his revolver in re. j.
'onse to the ill-advised warning and
lggestlon OF one of his friends,
District Attorney Philip Gilbert fol
wed Mr.. Pugh, and in his argu- ~
ent laid emphasis upon the fact
at Doming had withdrawn from
g Wise house, where the original liz
[Ilculty took place, and had then OF
oceeded to arm himself. He point o,
out that Doning had gone to the Bs
'ntana saloon and asked the pro- Dr.
letor to lend him a revolver. and Oh
on being refused, had proceeded Go
his nome and armed himself with sil
razor or knife. The spaniard Ma
IN started to return to the Wise
use, declared Mr., Gilbert, and up-
meeting the Gouaux party
eaked vengeance for the indignity
which he had been subjected by "a
shing Mr.. Gouaux's throat. The gu gu
trict attorney argued that no -
Ter verdict but guilty was posi- ,nd
under the law and the evidence. Ind
udge Leche delivered a very COM cer
'hensiVe charge to the Jury, out
ng the verdicts which might be
dered, and a short while after 4
lock- the Jury retired to consider 8
case. Returning at about $40 IL
m., the jury, through its foreman. s naa
S. Crawford, rendered a verdict trut
not guilty. g,
is stated that but one ballot was 49,
en-, which shaWed a unanimous
dict that the prisoner was not
by After retiring the jury dis
sed the case for short while,
it became evident that all but d
man was OF the opinion that ~
state had failed to make
a case against the accused. This
IF, it is reported, did not quite Rep
erstand the facts, and when they
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