Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1882 — A BLOODY COMPACT. [ARTICLE]

A BLOODY COMPACT.

Suicide Followed by a Murder. A recent telegram from Little Rock, Ark., says: “Several weeks since an old man named Isador Cazat, for thirteen years stationary engineer at the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad machine shops in Argenta, oppo ite I his city, was discharged for a frequent neglect of duty. Since, he repeatedly said he intended to suicide, and about 2 o’clock this afternoon he rose from the dinner table at bisre-idence on West Markham street, bad > h s family good-by, put the muzz e of a pistol to his temple, fired, and fell dead. An hour later his son, Deno Cazat, about 27 years old, but who was not at home at the time, crossed the river to Argenta, determ ned to avenge his father’s death. He entered one of the ma hine-shop offices and inquired for Master Mechanic Richardson, who had discharged his father. R chardson was absent, but George F. Barnes, his clerk and timekeeper, was there. Cazat began cursing him as the cause of his father’s discharge, drew his p'stol, and ordered Barnes to get on his knees and beg pardon. Barnes expostulated. Then Cazat excla’med he would kll him anyhow. He counted, “One. two,” and wnile pronouncing the word “three” thr st the j istol into Baines’ face. He then counte I “one, two,” and fired as the victim. sudden L’s ooped in an effort to dodge; the b let struck Barnes n the forehe id, c lining out at the right eye. Ba - nes die 1 sho> tly after’eceiving the fatal shot. C izat fled and hid in a clump of willows near the river’s edge, where he was arre ted and brought over to this city. Barnes wa,- - a youn ; married man. There is no doubt that it, w s Caz t’s intention to kill both Richardson and Barnes. A ht ange fea’ure of the affair came out in the testimony of Mrs. Cazat before the Coroner. She stated under oath that an agreement had been entered into in her presence between her hutband and son that the former shou’d commit suicide and the latter kill Richa:dson. She b lieved the compact was the result of a frenzy and idle, but it was stiictly carried out. Barnes’ remains were shipped to his f rmer home in Bunker Hill, HL