Ellis Richard:

-Marais Bouleur name. Marais/Bassière de Bosco. Le magasin à Sidney Babineaux
Could only go by horse when it rained. Platin (flat). Mire, tout la même place
-Sidney Babineaux vendait des selles à son magasin. Il croit qu'il est mort asteur. Magasin à Bosco
-Name of Bosco--heart of Marais Bouleur. Un vieil homme avait une bosse dans le dos et il restait alentour. Boscoyo/Bosco
-Fighting in the Marais Bouleur
-Marais Bouleur contre la Coulée Croche
-Chacun avait un mouchoir et un couteau, ils étaient des hommes qu'avaient pas peur de mourir
-Il y avait des batailles à coup de poignes? tous les dimanches

(5:00) Alléman. A peu près faire chier
-N'importe quoi occasionnait ces batailles
-Da la misère pour casser une bataille. Le jeune monde a pas de coeur. Du mauvais monde
-Un homme qu'est tué à Church Point proche tous les samedis soirs après un bal. Commun
-Arthur Thibodeaux kills Angélas ? from Church Point

(9:31) Du monde mal élevé, élevé comme des bétailles, pour battre
-Uncivilized people
-People knocking at Ellis' door, he always keeps him pistol with him
-Ellis never killed anyone, he had the chance multiple times, but never killed/shot anyone
-Came close. Prays to God he never would have to do it. He bluffed
-One instance when Ellis almost killed someone at Four Corners in Lafayette past Boustany's where there used to be a little café
-Garçon à Benoit? et Mayo Bourque lui a dit si il va jamais là, il faudra qu'il mourt

(15:54) Wes Benoit--dangerous man. He's dead now. Raised near Cankton/la Coulée Croche. Mère est une fille à Adam Bourque
-Working for Swift and Co. packing house in New Orleans for 1 year. Mother was sick and had to get back home
-Willing to give him a raise. They needed him until Friday. Called into office and asked why he was qutting
-$100 something/week if he didn't quit. He didn't take it. Ellis had a job over there if ever he needed. Big wig from Chicago
-Only job he had in his life

(21:38) Au Bal Chez 'Tit Maurice. Ellis tried to name it 'Richard's Casino' but it never stuck
-Father had a dancehall a long time ago, but his father never had much to do with 'Richard's Casino'
-Doc Guidry made the song 'La Valse de 'Tit Maurice'
-Knife fights near the freezer. Hear cracks. Stopped many fights

(24:54) Joe Hanks--constable, mauvais homme. People listened to him or he'd hit you with a stick on the head
-Buying Joe Hanks work shoes, good man
-Mel? Benoit was bouncer before Joe Hanks. Ellis had to let him go, he beat a Higginbottom fellow and almost killed him
-When a man knows he's right
-Living a good life. Not rich, but had enough
-Happy Fats is his one enemy. Borrowed money to buy a guitar and repaid Ellis
-He wanted to borrow more money to buy another guitar. Almost went to court

(30:43) Ellis made Doc Guidry. Happy Fats and Doc both his fans. Ellis helped both of them out and many more
-Cajun Thoroughbred book
-Marais Bouleur, flat from Four Corners to Sidney Babineaux's store in Mire
-Selling saddles and other field supplies. Forgot to mark down who had bought a saddle (didn't get paid for it?)
-Sidney had a dancehall where his bouncer killed a man. Still alive, old

(35:03) Babineaux's pretty daughter, brunette
-Parade where Ellis was given a gun
-He gave the gun to the girl and she sat on his lap the whole day on the buggy. Married to ? Bourque's brother
-Oge Guilbeau--bad little man. 100 lbs soaking wet. Fight with Harold Léger. Oscar Guilbeau (garçon à Ogé) took his eye out
-People were scared of Ellis. When a man's wrong, he knows. Bad when he knows he's right

(39:21) Ogé Guilbeau--throwing bottles and hitting someone. He took off on his horse after that
-Horse races, fights, and dances every Sunday afternoon. People would come from Alexandria, Cottonport, Bunkie, all over
-Ellis made money. He'd go to the bank with burlap sacks of money almost every Monday morning
-Un des ses amis qu'est mort juste quelques jours avant, il avait une place pour mettre l'argent avant ils le contaient
-Had an assistant, pretty lady whom he made love to
-Ellis done it all, and never left no track behind (always covered his tracks)

(44:59) He says he should've gotten killed. Never did anything to hurt anybody
-Neighbor's son (Don Faul) got killed in New Orleans
-Politics
-Pinning up?
-The Castilles, prominent people. Lock themselves up, 10/12 in family. Wanting to get paid to vote for Ellis
-$35 for bunch wasn't enough. $45, wasn't enough. They wanted more, Ellis could only give $5/10 more
-Somtimes Ellis had politcal meeting/speakers in his dancehall. They had money by the barrel
-Austin Fontenot would call Ellis and tell him how much he would need for the election