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* NEW IBERIA. LOUISIANA, SATURDÀY, DECEMBER IOth, 1921.
Established 1885
NUMBER 41.
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tiàHDKT OAPTUBES THE FOUR
MAL* AMD MAKES MOOED AS
THE STATES BEST OFFICIALS
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in New Orleans
of the four
robbed the Riviere
last Thursday
lour days after the
nuW"it tw ^ and their
i far^ District Court
ition in the State
on Wednesday
much praise for
Parish of Ibe
: ever
: in the State
r—almost by. his
succeeded in get
clues and >hieing
big city in search
_ has eved made an
! reputation as our de
! negroes, Sidney
k B m Wilhe Wiffiams,
Marshal, George Sew
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committed in
of the State,
asking quea-j
Mr. Lan
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money cannot buy.
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dry cracked him over the head
with the butt end of his gun
and then the Sheriff disarmed
him and applied handcuffs to
his'wristB.
All of the men then were
rounded up and when they
reacted they could not get away
admitted that they were
and confessed, asking
t they be given an immediate
hearing before the Court, think
ing light sentence would be im
posed. After District Attorney
VuiUemot read the charges and
they all plead guilty, Judge Si
mon imposed a sentence, confin
ing each in the penitentiary for
twenty years and not less than
eighteen for good behavior.
The severe sentence was an
awful shock to the villans and
lone remarked to the others:
"we should never have pleaded
guilty.*' Two hours after
Sheriff Landry handcuffed all
four of them and then boarded
a West bound train for Baton
Rouge with his prisoners and
reached there the same after
noon.
It will be remembered the
crime was committed about 11
o'clock on Thursday night,
1st A number of
heard the crash of the
in the show wipdow.
Sheriff Joe Rodrigue
to the store with Mr. Lan
hounds and they followed
thé scent as far as the Catholic
church. The perpetrators of
Çiime were thought to have
». ^ ^ buggy. and left,
this thé officer was mistaken,
as they had all hid in the church
yard and were back of the
high board fence at that time.
dry's
The negroes after visiting the
Catholic cemetery then made
their way on foot as far as
Jéanerette and then boarded a
train to Berwick^ where one of
the watches was sold to a ne
gro mail carrier for a couple of
dollars. The next morning,
Sheriff Landry and Deputy
Sheriff Lenits viator got busy,
looking for more clues and
learned that some men were
seen near the cemetery. Mr.
Viator went there to see if
anything could be found in the
way of jewelry that possible
might have been dropped to the
ground »while they were in hid
ing. It was then that he dis
covered a number of èmpty
jewelry cases and paper boxes
and while looking around he
found a small piece of paper
•with the name of Justina Liv
ingston, 217, Hopkins Street
badly scribbled upon it.
Landry then visited this wo
man's house and began to ques
tion her about the men. She
denied that any one had her ad
dress, or that she had the ad
dress of any strange man.
Another negro woman showed
upon the scene and contradicted
her replies and Sheriff Landry
then insisted that she had the
names and addresses of some
of the men whom had boarded
and roomed at her house.
Realizing she was trapped, she
finally yielded and handed to
the Sheriff the name of Monroe
Marshal and a street number at
New Orleans. Mr. Landry
thinking the women knew more
about the crime placed them in
jail and awaited a couple of
days to give the burglars a
chance to return to New Or
leans as they had statal to the
women that they were" going to
Beaumont from here. On
Sunday morning Mr. Landry
made 'the trip to New Orleans j
to trace his men and in com
pany with detectives Robert}
Acomb and Louis Kueppie
started out to look up the ad
Mr.
dress of Monroe Marshal. In
stead however, of it being his}
own address, it was that of a
small grocery keeper in that
City. They were told by the
man in charge that he knew no
such character as Morris, but
that probably he could be found
in a nearby negro settlement.
Making the rounds of that
neighborhood, the Sheriff
stopped at a cabin and located
a man, asking him if his name
was not Willie Williams and he
replied no, Monroe Marshal.
He tallied with the description
of the man wanted and readily
confessed his innocence. Fin
ally being pressed very hard by
the officers, he then of
fered to assist in finding the
others implicated with him in
the burglary. He was then
handcuffed and taken to num
erous pool rooms and at four
o'clock that same evening every
one of them rounded up and
were placed in prison for safe
keeping. The next morning,
which was Monday, the officers
took them to different pawn;
shops where they had sold tlïc
jewelry and recovered twelve
watches; one pair of cuff but
tons; several belt buckles, t
number of gold rings and some
gold watch chains. The ne
groes stated that when they
threw the heavy brick into the
plate glass window that a num
ber-of the watches were so
badly broken that they had to
throw them away. Wednesday
night Sheriff Landry again
reached New Iberia with his
prisoners and on Thursday
thef were hauled before the
Court and sentenced and that
same evening escorted by
Sheriff Landry to Baton Rouge
to Ho time in the State pern
tentiary.
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TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW IBERIA.
At the last meeting of the Commission Council, a committee
appeared and filed certain affidavits, together with a demand,
that the Council discharge the present Chief of. Police.
I wish to present my reason for refusing to take such ac
tions:
1st. I wish to impress upon the public that my actions in
this matter are not due to my relationship or personal feelings
towards the Chief of Police, Mr. George Duperier.
2nd. My action in this connection are due to the attitude
taken by a few good citizens, together with certain trouble mak
ers. The desire of the latter seem to be nothing else but to
hamper the work to be performed under my authority, and to
discredit this Administration.
3rd. It has come to my attention that one or two of these
men openly stated around town that they would see that the
Mayor would be recalled, and the same time a campaign was
carried on, through one of the newspapers attacking the present
City Officers.
4th. The instigators of all of this trouble did not at any
time lay before me, in my official capacity, as head of the Police
Department, any of the matters presented at the meeting of the
Commission Council.
5th. Had these parties presented this matter to me official
ly, instead of trying to discredit my office by taking it up with
Ihe Commission Council, I would have very probably taken the
steps that they demanded of the Council, provided, the Chief of
Police was guilty of the offense charged against him.
6th. According to the City Charter, the proper policing of
the town is depended upon the Mayor, having full control and
authority over the poliçe départaient. In fact direct responsible
of each officer of the City is the main reason for the setting up of
the Commission Form of Government. I am the responsible head
of the police department, and nfatters pertaining thereto, should
be presented to me in my official capacity.
7th. I have not been derelict ip my duties. As soon : as I
heard of rumors concerning Uie statement alleged to have been
made by the Chief of Police, Î called Mm before me, with a view
of finding out whether he had maite such statements. He denied'
having made them. I also pfçpepcd the affidavits to him and lie
denied the correctness of the statements attributed to him therein.
- 8th. I am responsible to all. of the people of thU City and I
refuse to have my actions directed J>y one or two individual
"troublemakers." ^ . r *.'
Respectfully,
ED. LA SALLE, Mayor.
NEWSPAPERS AND MAILS.
Postmasl r General Hays re
cently issued a circular letter of
instruction to all postmasters
and mail handlers concerning
the prompt handling of news
paper mail, two salient paraa
graphs of which are as follows:
"The newspaper is pre-em
ineptly a thing a man wants
when he wants it, and if he can't
have H when he wants it he
doesn't want it at alL But he,
is going to find out why he
doesn't get it. The Postoffice
Department is very anxious 'to
handle daily papers promptly
so that your subscribers will get
the news when it is neWS.
"We are dodging irresponsi
bility. We cannot Ve all
know that newspapers go to
on time, that they we de
ll to the postoffice on time
and the Postoffice Department
got to accept the responsi
~ getting them to the sub
scribers on time, and we are go
ing to do it M
It Is high time that something
ere being done to improve the
mail service In the matter of
handling newspapers. Within
die last few years the postal
service has deteriorated in this
respect to such an extent that
when one orders his home pap
ers to follow him while on i
visit elsewhere, he ' generally
gets them a day or two later
than his letter pa& '
j As the postmaster
truthfully says, the ne wspap ers
to press on time; they are d#
to the postofflce or to
the mail trains on time, and the
—* - jhefaHF^ m
at destination rests
the
doubled within the last few
years. That item has become
one of the most important in
the expense budget of news
paper production.
Newspapa» should go
through the mails with the same
speed and dispatch as letters;
and the instructions of the post
master general are based upon
his evident determine tiçn to see
that such service is provided.
That sort of service has not
been afforded in the past; and
if the postmaiter general suc
ceeds in doing what he has set
out to do he will he entitled to
universal commendation^—At
lanta Constitution.
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