The Lafayette advertiser. [volume], January 09, 1897, Morning, Image 2

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THE MURDERERS
OF JIARTIN BEGNAUD
INT !AIL.
TWO XOUNC FRENRITCWEN NAME[
ERNEST and ALEXIS BLANC.
22nd - - - - -- titt i ! ii h c i ~ ~
i Our wnilt ' It~u~a,; to: zn'f a
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"'.'.not i te &lu ttiI u p lu g I ti li tle`it iit ,1 -
its of me one the il, if- 'Ii 1ii!.
fr enlit dtt m a ito Itt m t,. pt! jsl,,ti of +th\
allrhged tiritti him. thvis ItiXclt yt ilS Ii
1, S.l b it thu l i~t 11i 1 rip ~ nclin i
L s romI ia ;ui il :, 11' c u t.n nit' 1"
ui,jftn slclinr) tiinttii till nh Ii itott
11r. - , - 1. ,
e , two men thus far in
nocentt have ini in Parish itune i for
nine long tonatiil5 1lothing saturateC1 t
with blood, and an instrumient t :si: t 111- .
swer to the desci ptiho of that usied. it has
been asserted hld been found anong tte out
effects of ono. of these accused, caul e. 1 0l1u
ever so mnttty mere et eoeIeras Ili ret m.
Even the grand jury had funod a true lLe
bill against these two parties. With the wer
lapse of time, every tLhing connected with ,al
the crime became shrorids in n myster),
every one seemed to be at sea when all frie
of a sudden. the inserutable hand of ao not
all just and all wise Provilence. guided C
back to the scene of their crime, the two a,
asuassius who had been travelling far and as t
wide over the world. 'J
Friday night last. the 1st of January,
two frenchmen, brothers. by name Ernest ma
and Alexis Blanc. arrived at the small
station of iSuott, and betook t hnmselves rt
to the plantatiob of ('ol. A. 1. linudre aux in
where they had worked last year. These
young men having workedt ttogethr oi tin
this plantation, their sudden ut eart lien
shortly after the assassination raised 11
many d~tubts against them.
After much va:n research to fin I out of
their whereabouts, the task of locating o
them was given up. (I
Upon leaving the Parish they furnish ft
ed as pretext that they hbi received $50. w
from their tutor in France. and is theirs it
was It bard lot at best here, thought to t<
ameliorate their condition by going to tI
New Orleans where they were proilis- f
ed employment by a frieid living on Tou-.
louse Street. However, upon inquiry, it t
was ascertained they had never been to
the place indicated.
As above stated, their sudden set off
was looked upon its mysterious, and ma
ny were the conjectures raised against
them.
They not even took the trouble or pre
caution to sell their share of the crop
' Two or three days prior to their de
parture these young men called at the
office of Dr. Salles to have a day fixed
for dental work, remarking that the price
was no object to them, and that they
wished to have first class work ant ma
terial. The dentist was somewhat sur
prised at this mark of liberality on the
part of men be' knew to be in humble
circumstances. However, lie made an
fppointmrnt with them, but the Doctor's
clients failed to shtiw up, huving the
while takelt french -leave of absence.
t Janmtediately atpon at rest, they were se
parated, tine being placed ill the Corpo
tation jniI, the other in the Parish jail.
I This took place on ntday itight. The
day followhig, ex-sheriIT ('nmpit'!I, now
an Atty at-law Sheriff Broussard, and
Simeon Begnaud, called at the Corpora
thon jail for tn interview with Alexis
Blanc (youngest of the two.)
Campbell pr ipounded the following
gueution; What htve yot been doing
oil,':lllilt
l t! t s t t li t1 w ) rus lii iiXadtt
the to i ttit. Loutt,t wiihet'i wei seuettni bn
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>!.,"t « 1,i Itv~ , in hi' utit Il 'c.-c t
l cre Ap fr thl $.ili I'. ith ha ittA newtst tfi
ofjilet1: C\itutkt-tci !itti l k t ht ilit \ its l yit g
twO en utit^1, lotritsct .rn ;tikttattit"ltti Qiii ceit
of t i i s weo rl tlttr, i til i s Itit 11 l:
°ti,11} 30We hadc inezitith uil' h di;itttIitu h
fit I *,% inin. i)F ll h v " 1't i, a t
Sitt:Iil t-itl iee: you aditi! t liti tt~l Si~lt I' i~tst.
o teti na11y. eie i 1 i)) ~iikl' ~
l sing obi d;} any brer"s off a !lata
tion we iail u1 ..y bouts of ! it are, and tlhi
etml.aii el Ibis sl+ue 1im~e rediu g crt
TIhr ugh the t ou(te sv of Mr. Charles of
meanix a uci!Lhi ,r, we sceiured the loan hu
of :i loik treating of tha, d aring deeds
of . eset .Jamiis. From reeding this book
origin lted the idea ant our 0111 p1 las
for the murder. Seeing how poor we
were, and h-w diiticult to otherwise bet- i
ter our situation, we mUVle uit our minds Itr
to eoulate the examples iuculcated by pt
the bolok.
With this delertiaination we bet a ,out ac
followii, as near as possible the pri
. cepts therein laid down, and which are r
t to the effect that, as Conuri l day Inibo
rers, it were hardly possibhl to arrive at
anm-h in this world, less we resorted to
I the conuniiSit n of crimes.
For two nights we laid in wait round
iabout the store of M artin alegnand with
st the idea to take his money, but met with
obstacles on both occasions.
The third night having repaired to the
spot again, we fouiii the ltore c"lsesl,
with Martina Begnaud in the saltoa of
e his brother cnly a few steps froum his store
aie we could with ease see all that was trans
piring in the above saloon while we lay
aconcealed in some tall weeds that
grew in the vicinity of the store.
cy From our place of concealment we
"a- could see all such as were leaving the sa
ar- loon, but Martin Begnaud was the one
he we waited to see lehte. At last this lat
Ide ter was !bft alone in th" saloon with hi!
brother, and wias soon on his wa to his
an store. Our intention had been to overtake
r's and walk in with him. but he was in the
the store erc we could teae~a the boor, which
hc at once b 1tted we feiate io laa'aa miss
ed our chalice tg ºin, w etii one of us said.
se suppose w a ask him for a package of
po0 tobacco.
I Upon knocking at the door, Begnaud
rhie asked who wia there. the answer was,
o Ernest rad Alexis toliiiaC. Beegnaiaib
oatnedei the door.A5 you bail just comne in
soil we ,thnugbht likely yoii muigti 01pe1 the
ra door to give us a puakaktge of tabacco.
('ertainoly anaswered lIlegnaliati liaugailng
IS xaul opening wide the aoor. Come in. Tile
toauacco wUs near e ntola h ihe
Iu bk . O eitninhdt1SIt ihu n ez tId of him at this juinctiare. I~t1tnaigald.j unhsbc et hau.
hatying escape us.
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to lh b I Iioily tile ian-triulwtit. atl
It luige it Oil'' the lieua , it we dt i ,i
Itep akid meit vwithi non rc-i1tni-e. A
deii ~igh ohr gr ii was heiri, ildii s
filg the d or mato keeled ocr. lt in. A rail
hof ed Itlfly ,i' I pog-hut io uevI il toi
jlnei t, 10 i ti e ti ever the -tloll I eInt . Wi e i
deepa sank rowi the it.re-ist:hwe. A
iiund I A Fter hi' rio, the tIle ahic w vel a
use'' in carrying away the try nwv.
L the Thv N iC trninent uthed ii waN a three
ii rerd titiler fa* iile i i i the pr aii es
lt e O I. rthree , welic we j ei-loarp pl I
tO"ked to a keen ed e t
irWt After the crime, the fte as well n
bet-the 1itx containing the leae the cnuie -
di iidscreted undera-b liing in the vard
arees Of Col tondreiux. This lox we
loan buried Ales itof th de eloiioi.imts.
leeds byr three werk, we laid our plafns
for this cri nge.
Lbook lve in and lenton having aeen
ply ietn-el an1 iiid alreste for the cri:tie,
ir we toe deeil d to rselves safe frwm all it
e bet pictio, and decided tie leave the ciout
roinds ery.
d by, (amophell and 1oganaud having ap
prised Alexis of the cnnfession made
R1011by his brother. he alo made a full
ar.t ct nfeshiT n, sae ingh he found oit c ire to
r live loAglr ad that nonble nod sor
b ere rove hadi heen hi. only Portion since
1lbo- In had taken lI;'nand~'s hmoey.
rive at' Ernest and Al xis have been true-
rted to portedl to New Orlean~s, fo" Taft' k'ep
ing', anti will he tried here this next
round Febr~a iy.
d with The file has been found in the place
wt wh
Jules Mouton. Orren Hopkins.1I
Come See Our
NEW STORE.
Every article we have is
brand new. Our prices are,
low. We carry an assortedl
'stock, Consisting of Gro
ceries, Dry Goods, Notions,
Hats, Caps, ºshoes, Crock.
~ery, Hr 1a etc. etc.
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.S1:M1-ANNUAL lTATrFMENT tiF TrHt -
ItNiti ION 01 '111.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana
at the close of business.
DEC. 3Ith. 3896.
RESOURCIS.
Loans and dtscounts........... ..
O tertl.dis ....... ........ ... .... -- - .
Bank li tt o.
(. hh t ke:t Fastt .n ..................... t, too
luntmtue and Furnitores.... ... . , C6;.e
U S'ndi to set ire t rculanun.. 2 ;o1
l'retttttt s o U. S 1Iuds............. 1 12
s oDr Redemption Fund...
Cash it cafe ............ 16,698 o
Cash Items ....... ...... iv .75
1oe f;m :Iank........... 31,410 ' 53o.4 24
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t api l Stok... .......... . . ... 50,,,
Utnderiderl Pr ftO Net ...
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knowledge and belief,
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