| ing of August 20, he entered the post office armed with a Navy revol-_
| ver and waited until Beale entered and picked up his mail. While a
Beale was leaning against a countrer reading a newspaper, Guidry walk-
ed over, spoke to him pleasantly, drew the revelver and shot and kille
him. Immediately arrested, the sentiment was very much against him
becaue of his reputation as a libertine and he was convicted and sen-
tenced to die even though correspondence between Beale and his wife
intimating an affair was introduced in evidence, The State Supreme
Court affirmed the conviction but by that time sympathy had swung in
Guidry's favor and the Governor received many pleas for a commutation,.
After studying the evidence, he declined to interfere further and on
July 25, 1877, Guidry was hanged from a scaffold erected in a square
behind the jail in Lake Mharles, He made a brief speech from the
scaffold in which’he said that he felt justified in Beale's murder
aa would do it again, He then inspected the rope and asked that it
be llengthened, He said that he had no fear of dying but wuld prefer
being shot like a man to be being hanged,
ROME WEEKLY COURIER, Rome, Ga., 8-8-1877
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La,, 7-22, 7=253 7=2651877
28 Louisiana 630
| ing of August 20, he entered the post office armed with a Navy revol-
| ver and waited until Beale entered and picked up his mail, While
Beale was leaning against a countrer reading a newspaper, Guidry walk-
ed over, spoke to him pleasantly, drew the revelver and shot and kille
him, I mmediately arrested, the sentiment was very much against him
becaue of his reputation as a libertine and he was convicted and sen-
tenced to die even though correspondence between Beale and his wife
intimating an affair was introduced in evidence, The State Supreme
Court affirmed the conviction but by that time sympathy had swung in
Guidry's favor and the Governor received many pleas for a commutation,
After studying the evidence, he declined to interfere further and on
July 25, 1877, Guidry was hanged from a scaffold erected in a square
behind the jail in Lake Charles. He made a brief speech from the
scaffold in which’he said that he felt justified in Beale's murder
and would do it again,’ He then inspected the rope and asked that it
be llengthened, He said that he had no fear of dying but wuld prefer
being shot like a man to be being hanged.
ROME WEEKLY COURIER, Rome, Ga., 8-8-1877 :
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La,, 7-22, 7-25; 7=2641877
28 Louisiana 630
ing of August 20, he entered the post office armed with a Navy revo!
ver and waited until Beale entered and picked up his mail, ‘hile
Beale was leaning against a countrer reading a newspaper, Guidry walk-|
ed over,: spoke to him pleasantly, drew the revelver and shot and kill:
him, Immediately arrested, the sentiment was very much against him
becatie of his reputation as a libertine and he was convicted and sen-
tenced to die even though correspondence between Beale and his wife
intimating an affair was introduced in evidence, The State Suprene
Court affirmed the conviction but by that time sympathy had swung in
Guidry's favor and the Governor received many pleas for a commutation.
After studying the evidence, he declined to interfere further and on
July 25, 1877, Guidry was hanged from a scaffold erected in a souare
behind the jail in Lake charles. He made a brief speech from the
scaffold in which he said that he felt justified in Beale's mrder
and would do it again, He then inspected the rope and asked that it
be lengthened, He said that he had no fear of dying but wuld prefer
being shot like a man to be being hanged,
ROME WEEKLY COURIER, Rome, Ga., 8-8-1877
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La,, 7-22, 7-25; 7-2651877
28 Louisiana 630
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| GUIDRY, Jules
| Guidry, a Creole, was born in St. Landry Parish, La,, on Dec, 3, 18h,
In 1870 he married a beautiful young orphan girl named Delia and they
became the parents of &wo children, a boy and a girl. In time, Guidry
became unfaithful to his wife and after he had seduced the wife of a
prominent eitizen of St, Landry and caused a divorce in that family,
a number of citizens called on him and asked him to leave the parish,
He moved to Calcasieu Parish, settling in Lake Charles and, disregard-
ing the advice of his foster family, Mrs, Guidry followed him with
the two children, He worked for a time in a mill and managed to
acquire some property and Mrs, Guidry took boarders into their home,
one of whom was a young Englishman named John Beale, When Mrs, Gui-
dry's foster sister came to visit them, @uidry, who had began woman-
izing again, seduced her and she became pregnant, He wanted to dis-e
pose of the child after it was born, but the girl's parents came for
it and their daughter and returned them to St, “andry, Shortly after
wards, Mrs, Guidry took her two children and returned to St, Landry
where she filed for a divorce from Guidry, On #ugust 16, 1879, Gui-
dry, who was then employed as a’mail driver, noticed a letter address-
ed to his wife from Beale and stole it from the mails, When he read
it, he found it to be a love letter and became enraged, On the morn~
| GUIDRY, Jules
Guidry, a Creole, was born in St. Landry Parish, La,, on Dec, 3, 18h).
In 1870 he married a beautiful young orphan girl named Delia and they
became the parents of &wo children, a boy and a girl, In time, Guidry
became unfaithful to his wife and after he had seduced the wife of a
prominent eitizen of St, Landry and caused a divorce in that family,
a number of citizens called on him and asked him to leave the parish.
He moved to Calcasieu Parish, settling in Lake Charles and, disregard-
ing the advice of his foster family, Mrs, Guidry followed him with
the two children, He worked for a time in a mill and managed to
acquire some property and Mrs, Guidry took boarders into their home,
one of whom was a young Englishman named John Beale, When Mrs, Gui-
dry's foster sister came to visit them, @uidry, who had began woman-
izing again, seduced her and she became pregnant. He wanted to dis-
pose of the child after it was born, but the girl's parents came for
it and their daughter and returned them to St, “andry.
wards, Mrs. Guidry took her two children and returned to St, L
where she filed for a divorce from Guidry. On ‘ugust 16, 187%, Gui-
dry, who was tken employed as a’mail driver, noticed a letter address-
ed to his wife from Beale and stole it from the mails, When he read
it, he found it to be a love letter and became enraged. On the morn=
GUIDRY, Jules
Guidry, a Creole, was born in St. Landry Parish, La,, on Dec. 3, 18h.
In 1870 he married a beautiful young orphan girl named Delia and they
became the parents of two children, a boy and a girl, In time, Guidry|
became unfaithful to his wife and after he had seduced the wife of a
prominent eitizen of St, Landry and caused a divorce in that family,
a number of citizens called on him and asked him to Leave the parish.
le moved to Calcasicu Parish, settling in Lake Charles and, dteregard-|
ing the advice of his foster family, Mrs, Guidry followed him
the two children, He worked for a time in a mill and managed ee
acquire some property and Mrs, Guidry took boarders into their home,
one of whom was a young Englishman named John Beale, When Mrs, Gui-
dry's foster sister came to visit then, fuidry, who had began woman-
izing again, seduced her and she became pregnant, He wanted to dis-
pose of the child after it was born, but the girl's parents cane for
it and their daughter and returned then to St. “andry. Shortly after-|
vards, Mrs, Guidry took her two children and returned to St, Handry
where ehe filed for a divorce from Guidry, On tugust 16, 1879, Gui-
dry, who was then employed as a'mail driver, noticed a letter address-
ed to his wife from Beale and stole it from the mails, When he read
it, he found it to be a love letter and became enraged, On the morn-
