St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-21
CARRlERE BROUGHT To
OPELOUSAS FOR TRIAL.
ON MONDAY MORNING. OCT. %, THE HISTORIC LANDRY
COURT HOUSE SCENE ANOTER
FAMOUS RIDER

dry goods box. o f o m
like. to stand on and let every
one present look at me. SO that ne
i could 60 back home and tell his
people that | did not look like the
i ferocious lion | was pictured to
be-" Carriere is only 30 yeas old
and when neatly dressed as he was,
no one Of ordinary kowledge OF
mankind. would ever believe that
ne was the same Carriere that they
were looking for in the Mallet woods
some time ago. One would have
been inclined to pass him by as
one reared in the city rather than
one raised of poor Darentage in an
obscure portion of the parish.
When asked If he was sorry TO
| have killed Sheriff Swords. he re-
piled that he did not kill the Sher-
iff and that he was very sorry
when he was informed that he had
been killed. But what I do re-
gret is that | did not succeed in
killing those two negroes that !
shot at: if | had known that they
were not m0rtally wounded would
have doubled the dose. They also
say that | wanted to kill Mr.. Gar
land: why. that is a joke. could
have killed him on several ocea-
sions. if wanted. as he came with
in very short distance from me
several times. but did not want to
kill Mr.. Garland. He has not done
me anything. Both Mr.. Swords and
Mr.. Garland were good personal
friends of mine and of my family.
The time before when was in-
dicted for stealing, Sheriff Swords
sent me word to come to the office.
which | did. He told NE that /
had to go to Jail: did not resist
and while in jail, { lost child ami
MT. Sw 1rds permitted lie H. 10 10
the funeral and remain over night.
was too good to me; would not
have had the heart to harm him.
Mr.. ROsenthal wants me to hire an
| was financially unable to en-
gage an other lawyer, and that Il
was alright for him to go ahead
with the case and do the very best
he could and should the jury find
me guilty of capital punishment
and when they owuld have had my
neck broken, they would have
broken the neck of man. When
asked if the dogs had given him
good chase. Carriere smiled, and
said that he knew those dogs and
that they would not have harmed
him even though they would have
trailed him. Why, those dogs, i
am the one who trained them WhanF
was on the Angola Farm. We had
nine Of those dogs at that time, but
one day when trailing fugitive we
lost seven Of our dogs which left
those two dogs calling them by
name.
The militia, he says had trailed
him very closely for a while and
DeraDs would have caught up with
him, had he not swan across
stream and fooled them. They
came to right where crossed and
turned back"
I have many other things
eould tell, but I fear to say TOO
much, but when the proper time
comes, will. | have good many
surprises to disclose.
HlialFe Carriere is cornparatiyely
Young man, being thirty-tWo years
cid. and very well preserved at
that. While this is goino to press
we are told that he is sick. The
doctor was called in and some fear
OF relapse from his gun shot may
be setting in.
The consesus of opinion here is
nat Carrlere can obtain as fair
and impartial trial here as ANY,
where in the state. There is no
talk and no thought of violence Ia
the prisoner. Sheriff FOntenot IS
highly comDlimented for the pre-.
caution taken in fafe guarding the