Ellis Richard:

-Story about James Domengeaux (politics/voting registrations). Registered minors (girls) to vote. Crooked like all politicians;
-Bootlegging: pint of whiskey at the dancehall. Worse during Prohibition than when it was legal to drink. Mr. Thibodeaux got caught and sent to the penitentiary in New Orleans;
-People today have sense, live differently;
-"I've lived the life of a millionaire". Had everything he wanted, Would've liked more money, but he got by. Legs hurt him;
-Knew of Barry's parents from Cankton, met them two/three times;

-Freddie and Ellis Richard (6:00);
-Pionc Leger as constable. Tried cutting his throat, barely missed. Blood flew, could barely breathe and talk;
-Wes Benoit and Mayo Breaux--outlaws, dangerous. From around Vatican. Oldest of Mayo's brothers was dangerous too;
-Jerome Hernandez (Arlandaise?) from Bosco/Mire around Ray Babineaux--shot a man in Duson/Scott in the face, completely blinded;

-Ils aimaient se battre, l'animal dans eux (10:00);
-Church Point--batailleur au mouchoir;
-Higgonbotham, Bearb?, and Duplechin feud-- race, smoke from musket rifles blinded, Duphé Bearb's mother drank blood from son's ears as he died. Mme. Pierre -Bearb wouldn't let her son's blood hit the ground;
-Lived in the same kinds of houses as everyone else;
-Uncivilized area about 15/20 years, maybe a little more. No education. Fought. Like that until after WWII;

-Life with the public, wouldn't do anything else. Enjoyed doing that (15:05);
-Caught a man by the throat;
-"I was all of a man, but, of course, I'm not a man anymore, but I've still got the guts I ever had.";
-There'll never be another Ellis Richard. Lucky he didn't get killed because people hated him. They were jealous of him because he was successful;
-Car races. Pictures of that somewhere. One broke his back, lucky Ellis didn't get sued because he didn't have insurance;
-Horse Races every Sunday;
-Ellis had good horses, he was hard to beat;
-Horse sold for $3,500 to people from Omaha, Nebraska;
-Winston told Mayeus that Ellis was selling a horse for $20,000 cash;

-Miss Celestine, best horse Ellis had. Named after Gwen's momma. 26 years old. Sold her for $20,000. Truth, no lie (21:01);
-Green Flash (Hitler), 5th in the nation, 10th all his life;
-Raced against the best in the nation, and won;
-Women spending time with Ellis;
-Joe Lemoine, 21/28 year-old millionaire. Ellis' buddy and money wasn't short. Gave Ellis anything he wanted;

-"I was in trouble all my life, but I always managed to get out." (25:45);
-Man from Crowley who always got himself in trouble, got out free. He was buried, his tomb came out in a flood and he got out;
-"Had life by the tail, but I had to turn her loose.";

-Ellis could drink a fifth of whiskey, take a drink every so often and work all night long. Never got drunk, felt good. Freddie helped him out (28:20);
-Freddie was always behind Ellis, tough times sometimes;
-Bar fight. Man who always made a remark about Ellis. Ellis hit him and knocked him down, threw him out;
-Beeson Venable. Civil workers thought he had died;
-Ellis broke his own fingers, paralyzed for a week or two;
-Barry says Pianc Léger (policeman for Ellis for years) got beat by Wes Benoit (criminel, mort asteur) at a dance. Ellis had never heard that;
-Wes était un picocheur, il a essayé de couper la gorge à Pianc Léger. Heard when he cut his throat. Couldn't breathe/talk. Brought him in his house until the doctor could see him;
-Truck would go around picking up people from, Lawtell, Church Point, Opelousas, Port Barré, truckloads from everywhere to go Au Bal Chez 'Tit Maurice;
-Drunk, canaille;

-Ellis and Joe Hanks had to watch everyone. Joe Hanks would scare people and tell them he'd hit them on the head with his stick (35:15);
-Louis Thibodeaux contre Joe Hanks. Joe Hanks lui a cogné un coup de bâton. Il a dit, "Hey Joe Hanks, cogne-moi encore." Ellis told him to stop before he killed him. Ellis couldn't tell whether he was black or white, he bled so much;
-Ellis doesn't see how he didn't get killed, got in all kinds of trouble. Wasn't so bad, didn't have to fight anybody. Started to calm down, people became educated. --Was like animals at one point. Ellis was just lucky;
-Never any blacks came, strictly white people. Blacks knew better not to come, they would've gotten killed it they would've tried to get in;
-O.S.T. Club in Rayne. Ellis talking to a girl at the bar. Guy with a tie came up, heading for the door?;

-Paying debts. Never hurt anybody, kind to people all his life (41:27);
-He wasn't an angel;
-Some people thought Ellis was the chief of the mafia around here. Ring leader of people around here. Never took part in that. He was just a common man whom people respected;
-No bodyguard meeting some of the worse people in the country, people who would kill you just to see you die;
'-Black' ? hated Ellis. Ellis going to his freezer and finding them fighting with switchblade knives. Never cut Ellis;
-Joe Hanks watched like a cat watches a mouse;