The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-01-26
'MUROER WILL OUT"
A Second Man Convicted for
Lamperez's Murder After
the first had served out his
Sentence.
CityMarshal DomingueSco
a Hit in capturing the
real Murderer, who had
Evaded the Law for 5
Years.

Evaded the Law for 5
Years.
Some five years ago this commu
nifty was shocked by the an
nouncement Of the murder of
young Fred Lamperez, on a dark
night out of Jefferson street, by
an unidentified young negro
Lamperez was with several of his
chums at the time, with no aim OF
mission, bat to have a good time.
Chance, rather than purpose,
seems to have directed their steps
ont that street--a rather dark and
lonely way--and as boys are apt
to do they INDUCED in noisy song,
| singing steamboat Bill" As the
boys were passing the cabin home
of a colored woman known to the
| neiRhbOrhoOd as "Chicken lizzie"
male voice called out to the
singers-"Cnt out that noise!' 10
the dark the owner of the voice
could not be distinguishes but the
boys took notice of the challenge
and retorted by declaring they
were white and did not take their
orders from c0ons. The boys con
tinued their walk cue Jefferson
street and the negro boy started
from the cabin, going in the same
direction, as if in pursuit of the
boys.
A short distance beyond that
cabin the boys tarned about and
started back for the better lighted
part of the town. When they met
the colored boy who started out
as if to follow them an alteration
ensaed, when young Lamperez
was stabbed to the heart and died
in a few minutes. The darkey
fed and succeeded in covering his
tracks so effectually that he was
completely lost sight of and evad
ed the officers who undertook to
apprehend him. No one seemed
to know the boy who dealt the
fatal blow and to make the task
of the officers doubly hard the
boys had no other view of the fu
gitive than they had gotten of him
in the dark and at time when all
were very much excited by the
tragic happenings of that evening.
Under the circumstances then
existing it is hardly marvel that
suspicion pointed to one Duh0D
and lead to his arrest and to his
beng charged with the murder of
young Lamperez. DuhOn was
convicted in the District Court of
this Parish of manslaughter and
the Judge finally sentence the &C
cused to two years In the State
PeniteDtiary. The sentence was
carried ont and IN the course of
time Duhon was discharged.
City Marshal Dominique who
was elected shortly after the mnr-
der, never believed that the right
party had been caught or punish
ed for the crime committed that
night ont upon Jefferson street.
There being no provision for ex
pense money from either State or
city, and his salary being rather
too small for his attempting the
mission on his own account, he had
to leave the case to time.
The old saying that "Narler
will out" was fully smplifcd 10
this case. A man having served
a sentence in consequence of it
and the officers no longer taking
an active interest in hunting
ssgoatv for someone's theory the
real cnlprit and the main witness
were lnlled into a condition of &c
curity, believing that all was for
gotten.
Some three months ago at the
trial of case before City Judge
Powers the witnesses gathered In
the court room. City Marshal
Dominique was startled on thai
morning when he stepped into the
court room at beholding the wom-
an whom he had been patiently
waiting for fully 5 years seated
with those gathered there. In
his surprise he said "HellO, Liz
zie; where il your partneri" OFF
her guard, she replied that he was
In Allen parish. When the case
before Judge Powers was conclud-
ed Lizzie was conducted to q cell
in the Parish Jail where she was
held as material witness. 1t re
Quired some six weeks of incar 4
ceration to persuade LIZZIE to tell
what she knew Of the killing that
night out on Jefferson street when
she gave all the details. The
man who was at her house that
night and who was STYLED Ae her