St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-09
Eugene Richard Arrested
and Held in Parish Jail
For Crime
HAD TROUBLE OVER
HOGS OF RICHARD
Eoth Parties involved in Killing Were
Well Known and Respected Citi-
zens of the LawtelI
Section

Saturday morning about nine o'clock
octave Joubert was killed in his corn
field near LawteIl. sHis body was
nerforated in several places by buck
shot and life was extinct when the first
person arrived on the scene.
The coroner was notified and after
an examination empannelled a jury
which finished its investigation Mon
day afternoon and returned a verdict
that the deceased had come to his
death at the hands of Eugene Richard.
The jury was composed of DR.. r. H.
Littell coroner, DR.. Paul Foster, Err
nest Bihm, Theo. Boudreau, Urean
Prejean and Dallas Pitre.
The witnesses named below gave
testimony before the cororner's jury:
First witness being Aurelis Vige,
after being duly sworn, says, was at
my home on Saturday morning when
Miss Prejean came for me saying that
Mr.. Richard wanted to see me. |
came to Mr.. Richards home he was
at the cabin on his place near his
home and he asked me to go and see
If that man was dead. / asked him
what man and he said Mr.. Octave
Joubert. / went in the field and did
not know exactly where he was, and
] found him in the corn patch The
corn patch in which Mr.. Joubert was
found dead | should judge was about
Northwest from Mr. Richards home.
Mr. Richards wife stated to me that
Mr. Richard was standing behind an
old reap and binder which was located
about one hundred yards from where
the deceased was lying across the
public road. ! was the first that ]
know of to see the body. / did not
make any examination of the body
except that saw where one shot en-
tered the neck. l saw single bar
rel shot gun about eight yards from
the body, on the end of the corn rows.
The deceased was lying on his left
side. | did not examine the gun but
] am almost positive that it was
single barrel gun. l went back and
reported to Mr.. Richard that the man
was dead. Mr.. Richard left his shot
gun with me the same being loaded
with two loads of buck shot, and told
me that he was coming to town. I
came with him as far as my home on
his way to town.
Mrs. Richard told me that two en-
PITY shells were on the dinning room
table and l went and got them.
think that the field the deceased
was killed in was being worked by
him. No one else had gotten there
At the time left the place.
did not hear the shots.
Second witness being Mr. Edmond
Bihm: After being duly sworn, says,
Fhe only thing know that Eugene
Richard sent his negro (Arthur Car
1ere) to tell me to come there right
,ff that he though he had killed a
nan. | went there but when / got /
here Fiuana D;obo,5 woe rnpo ond /
here was nobody else there. went /
0 Arthur Carriere's house on Eugene
richards place and ! asked JOS. Gui-
NY where the man was who had got
not and he told me in the corn and
told them to come with me and see
nat perhaps he was not dead and per-
laps we could help do something for
nm. On getting to where he was ~
ag we found that he was dead and
'e then went in to the public road,
fhen people began then arriving.
onnd the body in the sixth or seventh
oW from the public road The rows
an parellel with the public road.
was lying about six or seven steps
rom the head land. / saw the gun.
was lying at the end of the rows
the head land. The gun was
ouble barrel gun. / did not notice
neither it was cooked or not. | did
Of touch the gun. I saw evidence
something having fallen right
mere the gun was lying. The gun
as OF the breech loading type. To
ie best of my recollection it was
oabie barrel gun and was lying east
ao west with the barrel pointing
asst
The body was found in his own
'rh patch; which is just across the
'ad from Richards property. Yes /
w that corn had been eaten by hogs
snt near where the body was ly-
y ] think there was enough corn
to justify man to go and
II about the damage being done.
lls is all | know, had heard neith-