Clementine Barnabet

**Clementine Barnabet** (  – bayan 1923) ta kasance Ba’amurke da ake zargi da kisan gilla . Da farko ta amsa laifin aikata kisan gilla akalla guda biyu a watan Fabrairu da Nuwamba 1911, kuma yayin da take tsare, Barnabet ta yi ikirarin hannu a jimillar kisan gilla 35 a yankin Acadiana na Louisiana da kudu maso gabashin Texas, inda ta dauki alhakin kisan gilla goma sha tara daga cikinsu. Hukumomi za su danganta ta da wasu shari'o'i da ba a warware su ba a jihohin biyu, ciki har da wasu da aka aikata a lokacin zaman gidan yari, wanda hakan ya kawo kiyasin kisan gillar da ke da alaƙa zuwa 52.  An tuhumi Barnabet da laifuka goma sha tara na kisan kai, amma a ƙarshe an yanke mata hukunci kan ɗaya kawai.  An saki Barnabet daga tsare a 1923, ayyukanta na gaba da inda ba a san ko su waye ba kwata-kwata.

A ƙarni na 21, an fara nuna shakku kan ikirarin Barnabet. Masana tarihi sun bayyana labarin kisan a matsayin mai ban mamaki, yana yin wasa da ra'ayoyin launin fata da kuma wuce gona da iri kan tashin hankalin, musamman ma abubuwan da ake kyautata zaton na jima'i da na batsa, wanda ya haifar da fargabar ɗabi'a .  Farfesa Vance McLaughlin ya rubuta: "Tsakanin 1911 da 1912, a garuruwan da ke kan layin jirgin ƙasa na Kudancin Pacific wanda ke ratsa Louisiana da Texas, an kashe aƙalla iyalai 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa goma sha biyu a gidajensu. Duk kisan sun faru ne da daddare kuma an yi amfani da gatari don karya ƙoƙon kan waɗanda abin ya shafa. Mutum ɗaya ne kawai, Clementine Barnabet, aka taɓa hukunta shi saboda ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kisan". 

## Rayuwar farko
Ana kyautata zaton an haifi Barnabet a shekarar 1894, ta hanyar labarinta a ko kusa da St. Martinville, Louisiana .  Iyayenta su ne Dina Porter da Raymond Barnabet,   waɗanda ba su yi aure ba, inda aka bayyana Dina a matsayin abokiyar Raymond ko budurwar da ke zaune tare.  Barnabet tana da aƙalla ɗan'uwa ɗaya, mai suna Zepherin, wanda ke da uwa daban. An ambaci wasu 'yan'uwa uku da za su iya zama 'yan'uwa a wasu labaran, "Tatite", "Noah",  da "Ferran",  kodayake "Ferran" ya bayyana a matsayin cin hanci da rashawa ko laƙabin Zepherin.  Tana da 'yar'uwa mai suna Pauline, wacce ta ƙaura zuwa Rayne bayan aure.  Mahaifin Barnabet ɗan rabo ne kuma ɗan ƙaramin laifi wanda aka ruwaito yana cin zarafin iyalinsa. An bayyana Barnabet a matsayin Creole,   tare da rahotannin zamani da ke nuna ta a matsayin "half-breed",  "half-blood",   " mulatto ",   kuma, ba daidai ba kuma a bayyane yake, " kashi ɗaya cikin takwas ne kawai na kashin baya ".   Barnabets sun ƙaura zuwa Lafayette a 1909.   Barnabet tana da shekaru 18 a lokacin shari'arta ta farko a watan Nuwamba 1911 kuma tana da shekaru 19 a lokacin da ta yi ikirari na biyu a watan Afrilu 1912.  

## Kisan kai

### Kisan gillar iyalan Andrus
A ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 1911, an kashe iyalan Andrus a gidansu da ke Lafayette. Iyalan Barnabet maƙwabta ne ga Andruses, kuma a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, Sheriff Louis Lacoste na Lafayette Parish ya kama Raymond Barnabet bisa zargin kisan kai,  bayan da wani "maigida" ya tuhume shi da laifin, amma an sake Raymond saboda rashin isasshen shaida a cikin makon. 

An sake kama Raymond a watan Yuli, bayan 'yarsa Clementine da ɗansa Ferran duk sun bayar da shaida a kan Raymond, suna iƙirarin cewa ya dawo gida da kaya masu jini kuma yana alfahari da kisan Andrus. Dina Porter ta musanta shaidar 'ya'yanta, tana mai cewa ba ta ga jini ba ko kuma ta ji saurayinta yana furta laifinta, amma ta shaida halayen tashin hankalin Raymond kuma ta bayyana cewa a baya ya yi barazanar kashe ta. Wasu shaidu biyu, maƙwabta Adelle Stevens da mahaifiyarta, suma sun musanta ganin Raymond a cikin jini a daren kisan. An yanke masa hukunci kan kisan Andrus a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, inda aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa ta hanyar ratayewa . Raymond bai mayar da martani kai tsaye ga hukuncin ba, amma ya yi ta gunaguni da ƙarfi kalmomin "ban kwana" da "mo foutou" ("Na gama" a Louisiana Creole ) a duk tsawon shari'ar. Lauyoyin Raymond sun yi nasarar shigar da ƙara, suna masu cewa abokin cinikinsu ba zai iya yin ƙarar kariya ba saboda ya bugu daga kwalbar giya da aka yi fasa-kwauri, amma an tsare shi a gidan yari har sai an sake yi masa shari'a. 

### Kisan gilla da kama iyalan Randall
A ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1911, yayin da ake tsare da Raymond, an kashe Norbert da Azema Randall na Lafayette tare da 'ya'yansu hudu kamar yadda aka kashe a baya.  Barnabet ta zauna a wasu yankuna kaɗan a matsayin mai kula da gidan Guidry kuma ta saba da Randalls, domin ita da Azema Randall diakona ne a coci ɗaya.  An kama ta a ranar, bayan an sami jini a ƙofar shiga ta baya na gidan Guidry kuma an sake zargin ta saboda binciken ɗakin kwanan Barnabet inda aka gano ƙarin jini a kan apron, riga, da wasu kayan ciki.  Wani likita ya tabbatar da cewa gawarwakin ɗan adam ne, ya yi zargin cewa samfurin yana ɗauke da ƙwayoyin kwakwalwa, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa sun yi daidai da waɗanda aka samu a kan matashin kai a gidan Andrus.  Da farko Barnabet ya musanta hannu a kisan, ya amince da kisan bayan an yi masa gwajin " digiri na uku " a New Orleans . 

### Shari'a ta farko da ikirari
A lokacin shari'ar da ta yi kan kisan Andrus da Randall, Barnabet ta yi abin da bai dace ba ta hanyar yin girgiza a kan kujera tana dariya. Ta amince da rawar da ta taka a shari'o'in biyu kuma ta shaida cewa ta aikata hakan ne bisa umarnin Cocin Sacrifice, wani ɓangare na cocin Christ's Sanctified Holy Church da ke Lake Charles, Louisiana,  tana mai cewa ta aikata kisan kai goma ne saboda iyalan sun "ƙi bin sahun Allah" kuma tana aiki tare da waɗanda ba a bayyana adadinsu ba.  Ta kuma yi ikirarin cewa ta kashe wata mata da 'ya'yanta a Rayne yayin da take ziyartar 'yar uwarta Pauline.  A cikin watan Janairun da ya biyo baya, an kama wasu da ake zargi da yawa, ciki har da ɗan'uwanta Zepherin, maza biyu masu suna Edwin Charles da Gregory Porter, waɗanda ke tare da Barnabet a daren kisan Randall, da kuma Reverend King Harrison (wanda aka ruwaito a matsayin Sarki Harris), wanda ya jagoranci reshen cocin na asali a Lake Charles.    A ƙarshen Janairun 1912, an danganta kisan gillar da aka yi wa baƙar fata mazauna Louisiana 26 ga Cocin Hadaya a matsayin hadayar ɗan adam ta al'ada ba tare da shaida ba.   Yayin da ake tsare da Clementine da Zepherin duka a kurkuku, kisan gillar iyalai ya ci gaba.  Barnabet ta yi watsi da ikirarinta na ɗan lokaci bayan zaman sauraron ƙarar. 

### Furta ta biyu
A ranar 2 ga Afrilu, Barnabet ta amsa laifinta na hannu a kisan kai 35,  ta yi iƙirarin aikata laifuka goma sha bakwai "da hannunta",    daga baya ta sake duba adadin zuwa ashirin.  Ta kuma yi iƙirarin cewa ta "shafa" gawarwakin waɗanda abin ya shafa ta hanyar rungume kawunansu a ƙirjinta,  duk da cewa shari'a ɗaya ce kawai aka ɗauke gawarwakin bayan an yi mata gawawwakin.   Dalilin ya canza inda Barnabet ta ce ita da waɗanda abin ya shafa "sun fara rashin sanin waɗanda abin ya shafa",  amma sai ta zaɓi iyalai masu jarirai, duk da cewa babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda abin ya shafa da aka yi niyya daga baya da ke da jarirai.  Sheriff Louis Fontenot, Babban Jami'in Detective Peck, da Mataimakin Saul Broussard ne suka jagoranci tambayoyin.  A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, ta sake maimaita ikirarinta ga manema labarai, bayan ta sha sigari da 'yan jarida suka bayar tare da rera wakokin Kirista kamar " Kusa da Allahna zuwa gare Ka " da " Lead Kindly Light ". An ruwaito cewa Barnabet ta yi matukar farin ciki da hotonta ya bayyana a jarida.  A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, Barnabet ta yi ikirarin cewa abokin aikinta yana kai hari ga iyalai uku "kusa da Lafayette," jimillar mutane 13, saboda "sadaukarwa".  Mahaifinta Raymond, wanda aka sake tsare shi saboda ikirarin 'yarsa, ya sake musanta laifinsa kuma ya goyi bayan ka'idar cewa Barnabet ya kashe dangin Andrus, yana mai cewa ya fita a daren kisan gillar kuma ya sami tufafi masu jini a ɗakinta. 

Barnabet ta ƙara da cewa ta sami "jakunkunan conjure" (wani sihirin sa'a da aka samu a Hoodoo ), wanda aka bayyana a matsayin "allurai biyu da aka haɗa, waɗanda aka ɗaure a zare aka naɗe su da jajayen flannel da wasu tsoffin tsummoki",  wanda zai ba su ikon allahntaka kuma ya sa hukumomi ba za su iya gano su ba.   Wannan ya sa Barnabet ta aikata kisan gillarta ta farko a Rayne, Louisiana a 1910 don gwada ko ikirarin kariyar sihiri gaskiya ne ko a'a.   Ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta karɓe su daga Cocin Hadaya  ko kuma ta saye su daga "likitan hoodoo" a New Iberia, kuma ta same su tare da abokai huɗu, waɗanda ake zargin za su yi mata aiki a nan gaba, waɗanda suka yi ƙuri'a don yanke shawara kan wanda zai gwada ingancin layu.    *Jaridar Times-Democrat* ta bayyana cewa wasu masu yin Voodoo sun gano "jakunkunan conjure" a matsayin sihiri da aka yi niyya don warkar da ciwon baya daga rheumatism . 

Ikirarin Barnabet na biyu ya ƙunshi cikakkun bayanai, amma bai yi daidai da bayanan da aka tattara game da laifukan ba. Barnabet kusan koyaushe tana da'awar cewa ta shiga ta ƙofar gaba, lokacin da akwai lokuta inda aka yi amfani da taga ta baya don shiga da kuma bayyana kisan gillar dangin Randall, Barnabet ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta harbi Norbert Randall "a wani wuri a cikin ƙirji ko jiki" da bindiga daga ɗan'uwanta,  bayan "ta yi masa kwakwalwa",  lokacin da aka harbe shi a goshi kuma aka yanke masa rauni bayan mutuwa.   An bayyana iƙirarin ta a cikin rahotannin zamani a matsayin "abin da ya saba wa kansa"  kuma sau da yawa yana canzawa cikin cikakkun bayanai, ko saboda sake dubawarta ko kuma rahotannin da ba daidai ba da jaridu suka bayar. Bayan ta kasance ba ta da tabbas game da waɗanda aka ambata a baya a cikin kisan, Barnabet ta yi iƙirarin cewa tana da aƙalla mutane huɗu da ake zargi da hannu a kisan, maza biyu da mata biyu, amma za ta ba da sunayen sauran matan ne kawai, "Mary Conchon" da "Irene".  Wata mata da aka kama a matsayin "Irene", Valena Mabry, an tabbatar da cewa Barnabet ta bayyana ta a matsayin wacce ta yi kisan gillar, amma aka sake ta saboda tana da wani alibi na kisan gillar.   Barnabet ta kuma yi ikirarin cewa mutane biyar ne kawai ke cikin Cocin Hadaya, wanda ya kara adadin wadanda ake zargin mabiya ne zuwa 105 kafin shari'arta ta farko.  A lokacin ikirarinta na biyu, Barnabet ta bayyana cewa ita ce kadai ta aikata kisan gillar da aka yi ikirarin,  amma har yanzu tana magana game da kashe mutane tare da wasu.  Da farko ta tuhumi mahaifinta a kisan Andrus,   da kuma kisan kai biyu a Crowley da Rayne,  amma daga baya ta nuna rashin laifinsa.   An kuma ruwaito cewa Barnabet ita ce ta raba "jakunkunan karya" ga abokan aikinta maimakon karbar layu tare da su.  Haka kuma za ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta aikata kisan gillar dangin Broussard, duk da kisan gillar da aka yi a lokacin da take gidan yari, kuma ta yi iƙirarin ƙarya cewa ta taimaka wajen shirya iyalan Andrus da aka kashe don jana'izarsu.  

Kafafen yaɗa labarai sun fara ƙirƙiro bayanai game da lamarin, kamar kiran Barnabet a matsayin " babban firist " ko ma shugabar Cocin Hadaya, wadda aka siffanta ta a matsayin ƙungiyar asiri a fili "wanda aka kafa bisa Voodooism ", ta amfani da Voodoo da Hoodoo a musayar ra'ayi sannan ta ba da rahoto kan lamarin a matsayin nuni na "mugunta da camfe-camfe na addini a kudu ".  An haɗa Cocin Hadaya ba tare da wata shaida ba ga cocin Majalisar Allah da ke New Orleans,  wanda aka san shi da shi a lokacin da aka kashe wani jami'in 'yan sanda farar fata a shekarar 1907.  Jaridu sun ƙirƙiro bayanai game da sihirin da ke kewaye da lamba 5, suna da'awar ƙarya cewa ana kai hari ga iyalai biyar, ana tattara bokiti na jini kuma ana yin takamaiman "al'adu" tare da gawawwakin, tare da bayanai suna canzawa daga lissafi zuwa lissafi.    Dalilin da Barnabet ta bayar shi ma ya canza, da farko an gabatar da shi a matsayin kawar da membobin cocinta marasa biyayya, ikirarin da ba ta maimaita ba a cikin ikirari na biyu. Madadin haka, jaridu sun ƙirƙira hujjoji a lokacin, suna danganta maganganun Barnabet da ƙarya, gami da cewa kisan gillar an yi su ne don dalilan ibada  ko kuma sun yi alƙawarin yin al'ada da za ta bai wa mabiyan cocin rai madawwami .  

Kafafen yaɗa labarai sun ci gaba da haɗa kisan gillar iyalai 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa da "Cocin Sacrifice" a cikin watanni bayan kama Barnabet. Ɗaya daga cikin rahotannin ƙarshe irin wannan shine a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 1912, lokacin da aka sami William Esley, matarsa da ɗansu mai shekaru huɗu da aka kashe a gidansu da ke Philadelphia, Mississippi . 

## Hukunci da ɓacewa
Shari'ar Barnabet ta fara ne a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1912. Wata tawagar likitoci da kotu ta dauka aiki ta ayyana Barnabet a matsayin wacce take da hankali, inda ta ce "ba ta da tarbiyya, jahili ba kamar yadda aka saba ba kuma ba ta da hankali sosai, amma ba ta da kwarewa ta yadda za ta nuna wautarta ko wawanta ". Lauyanta, John L. Kennedy,  ya kira ikirarin abokin cinikinsa abin da ba za a iya amincewa da shi ba kuma sakamakon yarintarta mai cin zarafi yayin da yake kuma tambaya kan ingancin hanyoyin binciken da aka yi amfani da su don daidaita jinin dangin Andrus da wanda aka samu a tufafin Barnabet kwanaki bayan haka.  A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, an yanke wa Barnabet hukuncin kisan Azema Randall kuma an yanke masa hukuncin rai da rai a gidan yarin Jihar Louisiana .  A ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1913, ta tsere daga gidan yari na 'yan awanni, amma an kama ta. A lokacin da take tsare, an san Barnabet a matsayin fursuna mai kyau kuma ta yi aiki a gonakin rake tun daga shekarar 1918.  An saka Barnabet a cikin jerin sunayen waɗanda suka tsira daga cutar a shekarar 1920, lokacin da ta bayyana a cikin bayanan gwamnati, tana da shekaru 25.

Duk da haka, a ranar 28 ga Agusta, 1923, an saki Barnabet daga gidan yari bayan an yi imanin cewa wani tiyata da ba a bayyana ba ya warkar da ita (ba tiyatar lobotomy ba ce, wadda ba a san ta ba a Amurka sai bayan shekaru goma).  Likitan gidan yarin Sterling da wani fursuna, Wyatt H. Ingram,  ne suka gudanar da wannan aikin, wanda ya "karanci aikin likitanci tun lokacin da aka tsare shi kuma ya zama likita da likitan tiyata",  bayan an daure shi a shekarar 1909 saboda satar dala $100,000 ( equivalent to $3,583,333 a shekarar 2025 ) a matsayin jami'in amintattu na banki.  James da James suna jayayya cewa, "da ace hukumomi sun yi imanin cewa ita ce ke da alhakin wadannan munanan kisan gillar, da wuya a sake ta bayan 'yan shekaru a gidan yari. An mayar da ita 'yantacce nan da nan saboda hukumomi ba su yarda da labarinta ba." 

Bayan sakin Barnabet, babu wani bayani game da inda take. 

## Wadanda abin ya shafa
An zargi Barnabet da kashe iyalai bakwai, jimillar mutane 35. Wannan ya haɗa da kisan gillar da aka yi wa mutum biyar a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1911, a Rayne, Louisiana, inda ta yi iƙirarin kashe wata mata da 'ya'yanta huɗu, amma babu ambaton irin waɗannan mutuwar a cikin bayanan mutuwar Acadia Parish ko kafofin watsa labarai na zamani. An kuma yi iƙirarin cewa kisan ya faru ne a ko bayan "Sabuwar Shekara ta 1911", majiyoyi sun fassara shi daban-daban a matsayin 31 ga Disamba, 1910/1911 ko 1 ga Janairu, 1911/1912.  

Kisan ya faru ne a cikin gidajen waɗanda abin ya shafa. An yanka ko kuma an yi wa kowane wanda abin ya shafa duka da gatari, wanda shine dalilin mutuwar kowa banda Norbert Randall, wanda ya mutu sakamakon harbin bindiga a kai. Ana ɗaukar makamin a gidan da aka kai harin, domin an saba ajiye gatari ko ƙugiya a waje ko a cikin rumfunan waje don yin itace . Kusan dukkan waɗanda abin ya shafa 'yan asalin Afirka ne, ban da Elizabeth Casaway, wacce farar fata ce.  Yawancin waɗanda abin ya shafa an kashe su ne a lokacin barcinsu, amma ana kyautata zaton a lokacin kisan gillar dangin Dove, 'ya'yanta mata Jessie da Ethel sun yi faɗa da maharin(masu kai harin) saboda sun juya kayan daki da yage a wurin.  Iyalan, waɗanda ke zaune a yankunan da baƙar fata suka fi yawa, galibi ana samun su kwanaki bayan mutuwarsu ta hanyar dangi da maƙwabta, wanda hakan ya sa jaridu a wasu lokutan ke lissafa kwanakin da aka gano gawarwakin a matsayin ranar da aka kashe waɗanda abin ya shafa. Ana yawan rubuta sunayen waɗanda abin ya shafa ba daidai ba, musamman a cikin rahotannin farko. Wani labari ya yi iƙirarin cewa waɗanda abin ya shafa Meme Andrus da Norbert Randall 'yan'uwa ne. 

* Janairu 24, 1911, a Crowley, Louisiana : William J. Byers, matarsa, da ɗansu; an kashe mutum 3 
* 24 ga Fabrairu, 1911, a Lafayette, Louisiana : Alexander Andrus (30) da Meme/Mimi Andrus (ɗan Felix; 29), da 'ya'yansu biyu, Joachim (3), da Agnes (watanni 11); an kashe 4 
* Maris 21, 1911, a San Antonio, Texas : Alfred Louis "AL" Casaway (51) da Elizabeth Caseway (née Castelow; 37), da 'ya'yansu uku, Louise (6), Josie (3), da Alfred Carlisle (watanni 5); an kashe 5  
* 27 ga Nuwamba, 1911, a Lafayette, Louisiana: Norbert Randall da Azema/Asima Randall, 'ya'yansu uku, Rene (6), Norbert Jr. (5), da Agnes Randall (2), da kuma ɗan'uwansu, Albert Scyth/Sise (8); an kashe mutane 6  
* Janairu 19, 1912, a Crowley, Louisiana: Marie Warner (24) da 'ya'yanta uku, Pearl (9), Garret (7), da Harriet (5); an kashe 4   
* A ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1912, a Tafkin Charles, Louisiana ; Felix Broussard (40), Mathilda Broussard (36), da 'ya'yansu uku Margaret (8), Louis (6), da Alberta "Sisie" (3); an kashe mutane 5   
* 18 ga Fabrairu, 1912, a Beaumont, Texas : Harriet "Hattie" Dove (wacce aka haifa Garrett; mai shekaru 39) da 'ya'yanta uku, Jessie Quirk (18), Ernest (16), da Ethel (12) ; An kashe mutane 4 

A wurin da aka yi kisan gillar Broussard, an bar wani saƙo a cikin fensir, yana cewa "Lokacin da ya yi binciken jini, ba ya manta da kukan masu tawali'u", wani juyi mara daidai na Zabura 9:12, kamar yadda aka rubuta a cikin littafin Uncle Tom's Cabin, da kuma "Human Five", wataƙila a matsayin sa hannu.  

Ana jayayya kan wanzuwar dangin Wexford guda shida a Crowley gaba ɗaya, domin za su wuce adadin waɗanda aka kashe 35 da aka sani a kotu da kuma mafi yawan kafofin watsa labarai.  Babu wani rahoto kai tsaye game da kisan, wanda aka fara ambatonsa ta  a watan Maris na 1912, a cikin wani labari mai ban sha'awa wanda ya ƙirƙiro bayanai da dama game da wurin aikata laifuka waɗanda ba a ambata a cikin wasu rahotanni ko 'yan sanda ba, yana mai cewa kisan gillar Wexford ya faru "watanni biyu da suka wuce".  "Wexford" wataƙila cin hanci ne na "Warner" don haka an ambaci "kisan gillar iyali na Wexford" ta hanyar sake bugawa a wasu jaridu daga baya.  Duk da haka, McLaughlin ya ambaci abubuwan da ke cikin labarin a matsayin gaskiya a cikin rubutunsa. 

Wasu kisan kai da ke da alaƙa da Barnabet da "Cocin Hadaya". A game da kisan gillar Opelousas, an kuma yanka iyalin da wuka, yayin da iyalan Burton ke da sandunan yanka a bayansu:  

* 13 ga Nuwamba, 1909, a Rayne, Louisiana: Edna/Edmee Opelousas da 'ya'yanta uku (4–9): 4 sun mutu 
* Maris 27, 1912, a Glidden, Texas : Ellen Monroe (46), hudu daga cikin 'ya'yanta goma sha huɗu, Willie (16), Dewey (12), Jessie (11) da Alberta (8), da kuma Lyle Finucane (37); mutane 6 sun mutu  
* A ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 1912, a San Antonio, Texas: William Burton, Carrie Burton (née Evers), 'ya'yansu biyu, Sonny da Leona, da kuma ɗan'uwan Carrie Leon Evers; mutane 5 sun mutu  
* 12 ga Afrilu, 1912, a Hempstead, Texas : Alice Marshall da 'ya'yanta biyu; 3 sun mutu, 3 sun ji rauni 
* 23 ga Nuwamba, 1912, a Philadelphia, Mississippi : William Esley/Walmsley, Sallie Esley/Walsmely da 'yarsu 'yar shekara huɗu; an kashe mutane 3

An kai hare-hare guda biyu, wadanda aka kai wa iyalai masu launin fata daban-daban a gidajensu a San Antonio, a shekarar 1912. A watan Mayu, an kai hari ga wani iyali mai mutane biyar, amma babu wanda ya mutu. A ranar 16 ga Agusta, James Dashiell ya harbi wani mai kai hari a gida bayan ya ji matarsa Lula (wani suna Fitzgerald)  tana ihu lokacin da mai kai harin ya buge ta da gatari yayin da take barci, lamarin da ya raunata hannunta da ƙafarta. Dashiell da 'ya'yansa uku ba su ji rauni ba. 

## Sauran kama-kamen
An tsare mahaifin Clementine Raymond, da kuma 'yan uwanta Zepherin da Pauline, bisa zargin hannu a kisan gillar, amma an sake su duka saboda rashin shaida.   Ta hanyar ikirarin Zepherin, an kama mutane uku a matsayin wadanda ake zargin membobin Cocin Sacrifice ne, wani mutum mai suna Ute Thomas na Port Barre a Eunice, da wani mutum mai suna Mac Thomas tare da wata mace mai suna "Duce", dukkansu 'yan Lafayette ne, a New Iberia.   Zepherin ya yi zargin cewa Mac Thomas ya yi aiki a matsayin direban guduwa kuma ya shiga cikin kisan Andrus, yana mai da'awar cewa shi ma ya koma wurin da aka aikata laifin don a yi amfani da "bututu" a cikin wani al'ada.  'Yan sanda sun kama wani mai wa'azin Cocin Mai Tsarki na Almasihu mai suna Thompson, kuma an zarge shi da "juyar da mutane da yawa zuwa 'ƙungiyar hadaya'". 

Kwanaki uku bayan kisan gillar da aka yi wa Opelousas, 'yan sanda sun kama iyalan Washington, wadanda suka kunshi miji da mata George da Amurka, da kuma 'yarsu babba Estelle, domin su ne masu gatari da aka yi amfani da shi wajen kisan. Estelle Washington da Opelousas sun kasance "masu adawa da soyayya" na wani mutum na gida kuma kwanan nan sun gurfana a kotu bayan da aka zarge Washington da kai hari ga Opelousas. George Washington ya bayar da alibi.   A ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1909, 'yan sanda sun kama Houston Goodwill a matsayin wanda ya aikata kisan gillar Opelousas. 

A watan Fabrairu, 1911, an kama 'yan'uwan Jackson daban-daban saboda kisan gillar da aka yi wa dangin Byers. 

Kai tsaye bayan kisan gillar dangin Andrus, an kama Gaston Godfrey mai shekaru 27, wani fursuna ɗan asalin Amurka a Pineville Asylum wanda ya tsere kwana ɗaya da ta gabata, amma daga baya aka sake shi. Ba a gano wani wanda ake zargi ba, wanda shi ma baƙar fata ne. 

An kama Sosthene Guidry a ranar 24 ga Maris, 1911, kuma an tuhume shi da laifin kisan gillar iyalai uku. Ba a fayyace shari'o'in ba sai dai sun faru ne a "Satumba 1909" a Rayne, "watanni kaɗan da suka wuce" kusa da Crowley da kuma "kwanan nan" a Lafayette.   Ba a san alaƙar da ke tsakanin dangin Guidry waɗanda Clementine Barnabet ta zauna da su ba, kodayake ba za a iya cewa ba, domin "Guidry" sunan mahaifi ne da aka saba gani a Louisiana.

An kama Eliza Richards a ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1912, bisa zarginta da sanin wadanda suka aikata kisan gillar dangin Broussard. 

A ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1912, a lokacin da ake ci gaba da kai samame a duk fadin jihar kan wadanda ke da alaƙa da Cocin Sacrifice, an kama mutane biyu, wadanda aka bayyana su a matsayin Snyder da "Snap", a Glenmora . An ruwaito cewa dukkansu membobin Cocin Sacrifice ne. 

A farkon shekarar 1912, an kama Jim Fields bisa zargin aikata wasu daga cikin kisan gillar da aka danganta da Barnabet a Texas. Kisan ya ci gaba a lokacin da yake tsare a gidan yari. An gurfanar da Fields a ranar 17 ga Mayu, inda shari'arsa ta ci gaba tsakanin 20 ga Mayu da 27 ga Mayu. An lura cewa Fields ya sami kariya mara kyau daga kotu, Gus Miller da Chris Grobe, domin wannan ita ce shari'a ta biyu da Miller ya shigar kuma an yi wa Grobe uzuri saboda "rashin lafiya mai tsanani". Charles K. Quin ya zama wanda zai maye gurbin Grobe na biyu na ƙarshe kuma ana yaba masa da samun Fields ba shi da laifi ta hanyar jaddada cewa duk shaidun da aka samu a kan wanda yake kare shi sun kasance na gaskiya. 

A ranar 3 ga Afrilu, 1912, an tsare Joseph Thibodeaux bayan an zarge shi da zama "likitan hoodoo" wanda ya sayar da "jakunkunan conjure" ga Barnabet. Thibodeaux da farko ya musanta sanin komai game da hoodoo, amma bayan da Barnabet ya gano shi a matsayin mai siyarwa, ya yarda cewa yana "yin aikin magani har zuwa wani mataki kuma yana warkar da cututtuka da ganye, saiwoyi, da kuma sihiri".  

A ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1912, an kama wani mutum da laifin sayar da allunan da ya yi wa lakabi da "Paradise Pills" a Lafayette kuma yana zargin cewa ya san da kisan gillar gatari. Wanda ake zargin ya bayyana sunansa a matsayin JS Anderson, amma an gano shi a matsayin SW Goodman, wani malamin Baptist wanda ya tsere daga hannunsu a sashin Huntsville da ke San Antonio, Texas. 

A ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, 1912, an sake kama Zepherin Barnabet aka kuma tuhume shi da "yin jira da kuma daba masa wuka da nufin kisan kai" saboda raunata Walter Caffery a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1912. An kuma nemi wasu mutane biyu, ɗan'uwan Zepherin Noah Barnabet da Severin Giroaurd, saboda yunƙurin kisan. 

### Mutuwa masu alaƙa
Saboda karuwar fargaba game da zargin "Ax-Man" a Texas, an kara sanya ido sosai tsakanin hukumomin jihar da kuma 'yan asalin bakar fata, wanda hakan ya haifar da karuwar mallakar bindigogi, a matsayin kariya daga hare-haren gida. Sakamakon haka, an samu mace-mace da yunkurin kashe mutane da suka shafi ayyukan "Ax-Man" a fadin jihar tsakanin 1911 da 1912. A Smithville, wani matashi Max Warren, wanda ke da tarihin tafiya a barci, makwabcinsa West Duval, wanda ke gadi a wajen gidan a daren. A Gonzales, an tilasta wa wata mata fita daga gari saboda jita-jitar cewa wata "wani bakon mai wa'azin Negro" ta yi ikirarin tana da alaka da Cocin Sacrifice. A yankunan Acadian na Louisiana, an sami karuwar bukatar "kyawawan" kariya kuma a tsakiyar yawan wadanda suka kira kansu "likitocin hoodoo", jami'in 'yan sanda na sashen Lake Charles Ira E. Barker ya harbe kuma ya kashe AE Johnson, "mai sayar da bindiga mai walƙiya" daga Opelousas, bayan da Johnson mai maye ya zama mai fada a lokacin tambayoyi. [

## Kimantawa ta zamani
Masu sharhi na zamani sun saba shakkar hannun Barnabet a cikin kisan. A cikin littafinsu na 2017 The Man from the Train, marubuta Bill James da Rachel McCarthy James sun yi jayayya cewa wasu, amma ba duka ba, na kisan wani ɓangare ne na manyan jerin kisan gillar da wani ma'aikaci mai tafiya mai suna Paul Mueller ya aikata, tare da wasu da kwafi-kwafi suka aikata. Banda gaskiyar cewa ta sayi jakunkunan sihiri daga wani takamaiman mutum, sun rubuta, "babu abin da Clementine ta ce game da kisan gillar (a) da wata ƙungiya za ta iya tabbatarwa, ko (b) tana da gaskiya game da shi. Yawancin abin da ta faɗa ƙarya ne."

## Duba kuma

* Axeman na New Orleans
* Billy the Axeman
* Jerin masu kisan gilla a Amurka
* Jerin masu kisan gilla ta hanyar adadin waɗanda abin ya shafa

## Manazarta