St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
IF ANY KNOWN NONE WILL TELL
WHAT CAUSED ARICER TO
SHOOT HIS FRIEND.
THE ONLY EYE WITNESS
4 7-YEAR oLO BOY
Rumored That Murdered Man Knew
Too Much Of Some Things Which
He Threatened to Disclose.

the New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad where it crosses from New
Orleans to the north shore Of Lake
Pontchartra,n. In st. Tammany par
ish. The inhabitants are largely Oar
goes who fish and hunt for q living,
and have the inb6rn disinclinat.on TO-
give testimony in criminal cases that
is characteristic OF Their kind. Liv-
ing among them were VIM. Collier
and Emanuel Ariecr, who worked to-
gether in Their calling and seemed
to have gotten along peaceably
enough until recently, when they
seemed to have had disagreements
and quarrels, which terminated last
Monday, February %, in the killing
Of Coleman by Aricer. The only eye
witness to this killing was Laurence
Pons ca, boy years of age.
At the inquest held by Coroner
Heintz it was brought, out that Cole
man had returned from Sl.dell that
morning on the 1880 train and came
over to Aricer's camp and found Al
bert ne Fonsica, q girl OF IL years
lwho usually prepared his meals tor
him. He asked her to get his break
fast and she d d so, cooking him one
hen egg and some roes Of hsh eggs.
! He never ate HIS break fast, however,
and was not seen again until two
shots were heard q short time. after
wards. about $50 o'clock, and his
body was found on the lake shore by
. fisherman named George wallace.
who said that he had heard the two
shots about $40 o'clock and found
the body lying on the ground. He
said Aricer and Coleman were always
fussing. That they had had some
misunderstanding about cleaning the
boat. That he had heard Collier
threaten Tmanuel and that be- had
known Collier to pull gun on him
once.
Laurence Pons.ca, seven years Of.
age, said: II saw Emanuel Aricer
come out end shoot with q gun. He
shot Cap twice. After shoot ng him
lie put the gun on the crab cart and
walked on toward the track. =
Albertine Fonsica, the girl who had
prepared his breakfast, stated: II
was at Ar-cer's doing my work. Col
lier came over to Ar.cer's fuss!ng.
He asked me to cook his breakfast,
which ! usually did, and brought
It to his house. Collier and Ar:cer
fused often. He told me he would
see me this evening for making his
lunch. heard two shots fred about
fifteen minutes after I brought Col
lier his breakfast.
Mrs. L. Wallace also testified that
she had heard the two shots about
$50 o'clock. She said: II came
outside and saw Emanuel going east
toward the railroad. He was walk
ing fast. / have often heard Coll -er
say he was going to kill sAricer. !"
Chas. Burbank said he saw Collier
when he came from Slfdell on the
1880 train and that Collier was " tn
young Ponsica. and that as he passed
he offered to treat. That he accepted
and they went into the kitchen,
where Collier produced q. halt pint.
Collier was not drunk. He heard
the two shots about $50 O'Clock.
There seems to be NO doubt that
Ar'cer shot Collier. but the provoca-
tion for this deed appears. according
to he opinion of some, to spring from
more bitter feeling than that aris-
ing from the quarrel about boat
cleaning. It is whispered that Cole.
man knew some things about Aricer
which he had threatened to br' 'ng be-
fore the grand jury and that girls
name was connected with the threat
ened disclosures. That Coleman had
bored a hole through the wall Of
Aricer's camp and had seen things
which Aricer did not W sh to become
known. All this. however. Is only
rumOr.
In the pocket Of Aricer's coat .
note was found IN a pocketb0ok, caus-
ing the impress on that Ar.cer had
committed suicide by plunging into
the lake, but this suspicion was dis
s.pated by the information that Ari-
Ger had been seen in New Orleans
Mardi Gras day. The not was as
follows:
Warren Fisher:
please give this money to, Alex
and what is cumming to me.
MANUEL ARICER.' =
Tell Alex to take charge Of the
camp
The pocketbook contained $2.O1. 3
Coroner He 'ntz phoned to the po-
Ice Of New Orleans to apprehend
Ar.cer for murder, A. he has q sister
living there and would probably 60
to her house.