Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-22
CRIME.


such crime, too! so atrocious. 40 TEND
ish. many of them SO utterly devilish,
that We can hardly imagine their
perpetrators possessed OF the ordina-
ry attributes Of humanity. In a pa
per before us, Of August 5th, 1865,
we find the follow ing. merely heads
Of accounts Of crimes:
Terrible tragedy in Beaver street
Fatal encounter between city
weighers-One of them shot through
the heart-1ntcnse excitement-Ar
rest Of the murderers
On the same page of the sam. pa
per we have the following:
A wholesale Peter Funk-His
golden Speculations-A cheap way
to effect large loans-Magnifcent
swindle Of house in Broad street
A swarm cf hapl.ss creditors-Ihe
law-His magical facility in maIu-
featuring notes-Cool impudelrce Of
first class bankrupt-One Of his
victims staggers into Lrunknrd's
gra~e--Sudden reappearance of an
old divorce diplomat-A swindl-r'S
brother Economically springing from
poverty to afluance." Again:
"Fiendish murder in the nin"-
teen,h ward-A mans head nearly
severed from his body--Arrost Of
the allsdged mu,I,rer-1,hc core
ner's inquest And again:
-: Robbery on the Hudson River
! Railroad 50, 800 stolen by thieves
-Apprehension of the desp-r.r!ors.
Robbery Of a ribbon s'"r'--
$1,000 worth stolen"
Then we have such little affair a
a batch Of robberies,' the high
waymen," Operations in Wrschrstrr
county" desperate charnct-rs,'
i"spurious money ahoat," horse
thieves" "a chapter Of suicides,
attempt to shoot an officer, - 'shoo'.
ing ARRAY" "important arrest, Ms.
Fatty Welsh in limbo" another
false pre,ence case" We viii name
only one more: An atrocity withou:
a name--horrible outrage by a father
on his daughter
The same paper contains a; l"as:
twenty other accounts of crimes, bu,
what we have given will do TO show
the reader that We truly live in an
age Of crime. The like was never
before known. in this country 4,
least. We also notice that the Eng,
lish journals chronicle an unusual
number of crimes Of late, some OF
them Of the most atrocious character
g.. Instead Of leaving this country 70
locate i'll some foreign cline. i, would
be we'll for mechanics 10 look around
them and see whether they cunuot
make themselves comfortable in this
country \ better field for the " urk
ing classes, ,ve 30 not believe can b.
found auyw here. True the late dis.
astrous WAY has ruined many. sill
We believe there is money enough, as
will be discovered SO soon az things
quiet down n little, 10 start anew
The country, particularly the South
offers untold advantages. Most o,
our towns and cities have suffered
more or less in damage u property
and in too many instances Who'll.
towns have been destroyed In 4
progressive country like ours, such a
wrecked state Of affairs will not BE-
permitted TO remain long. The heavy
taxation now being levied on the
people, will naturally cause real estate
to charge haads, aud such as are for.
tuuate, must, necessarily, take til,
place Of the unfortunate But a few
short years, We hope, will see thing,
rs they once were, and all getting
along prosperously.
/ Our own little city, Shreveport
/ stands much in need OF few mon.
led and enterprising men; some OF
{ tue latter We have, bat very few o,
the former, and we judge from APP,
pearauces that i: sufficient improve,
ments could be put up here. the pop.
ulation and business of this plac.
would be, in a short time, say year
not less than one-third of what i,
now is. We know of no point tina,
offers better Inducements. As q
manufacturing site, its peculiar situ,
alton and advantages are unsurpassed
which can be proven by experiment
! In Tho ,rnu Of Il ,u.llincrS ". L nru, ~