St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-09

/ eI OnS say any yIHlHS DSlOFo tnlS dDou
any trouble between them. The frs
man to reach there after we had got
ten out of the field was Mr.. Ursir
Prejean. We left everything just il
condition it was when we went il
there. l did not go right to the bod!
but noticed where he had been shot il
the right side of the neck.
The next witness being Arthur Car
riere, who after being duly sworr
says: live on Mr.. Eugene Richards
place in the house on the road side
about four arpents east of Mr.. Rich
ards home.
| On the morning of teh killing was
| at home, at the time of the shooting
was at breakfast at home in the
kitchen between eight and nine
o'clock | did hear the shooting
There was two shots about five sec
onds apart When / heard the last
shot my wife said to me who is shoot.
ing? l got up and, went in my room
and looked towards Richards house
whence the sound came and | saw no.
body When / went back into the
kitchen and my wife was near the
kitchen window doing her work and
she remarked wonder what is tn
matter. / see Mr.. Eugene running
with his gun and his dog ahead of
him. May be his dog is made.
went to the window and / saw Mr..
Eugene running towards his corn in
the back of his residence and he had
his gun. He then came towards my
house and commenced to call me by
name Arthur come here. replied no
Mr.. Eugene, you come here, and he
came piece and said to me, go to
Mr. Edmond Bihm's and tell him that
/ shot Octave and think ! killed him.
That is all he told me. / went and
told Mr.. Bihm. Before / left Mr.. Eu-
gene went back toward his house. |
had seen Mr. Eugene that morning
when l had gone to feed my team. He
was in his yard. The BODY of the
deceased was in his own corn patch.
/ went to the fence and could see
where hogs had eaten some corn in
that patch. Just after the shooting
and before Mr. Eugene came to my
house | saw a young lady pass in a
buggy. coming east. Mr.. Eugene
spoke to her and she stopped aid
spoke to him Mr.. Richard was at
the end of his cotton patch between
my house and his home. The lady
continued east after having spoken to
Mr.. Richard. Mr.. Richard had not
said anything to me that morning
about the deceased Cr the hogs in
the corn. When / first went to feed
my team he was in bed. He got up
and saddled his horse and Went to
market at Lawtell. ! did not see him
when he returned. was plcwing IN
the corn back of teh house. | did
not see Mr.. Joubert that morning.
Jos. Guidry, my wife, were al the
house Jos. Guidry reached a few
minutes after the shooting, and be-
fore I left to go to Mr.. Edmond Blhm's.
When first saw Mr.. Richard after
the shooting he was in the rear of
his residence near his smoke house.
He did not tell me why he had shot
Mr. Joubert.
The next witness being Jos. Guidry,
who after being duly sworn, says:
live with my sistr, Mrs. Zephirin Bel
Iaire on her place on last Saturday !
was with my son-in-law, Arthur Car
riere, had been sick and had been
.aking medicine. / left and went over
TO Dovic Jean that Saturday morning.
Dovic lives on Mr.. Adolph Layergne's
place
Yes heard the shooting. ] wos on
he bridge at the mouth OF the lane
eading to the public road. could !
see down the public road to the west
rom where / was. There we're two
shots fired
Yes saw the shots. saw Mr.. Eu-
rene shooting. | don't know at what
from where was / thought he was in
lis pasture in front of his house near
i little China ball tree. / cannot tell
Exactly how far he was from the cid
binder from the position / was in.
Jaw him at the moment he shot. AS /
urned my head | saw the first shot
;ome from Mr.. Richards pasture
tcross the road and the second shot
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