The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-16
BLACK FIEND AT WORK!
re Lies in Wait and Makes nurdcrous
Assault!
His Persistent Attempts to Commit Rape!
The Arrest, Synopsis Of Evidence. and
Fareial Sentence of the
Buggy Court!''
A Warning =!


rape, the most determined we have ever
heard Of, was made on Sunday night,
in this city, by young negro man
named Jordan Walker; but happily all
his efforts, made in different parts of the
city and without warning, were unsuc-
cessful. The annals Of crime, doubtless,
nowhere show such studied and pcrsis-
tent pursuit Of a villainouS purpose, as
was exhibited in this instance by a
young negro hardly more than twenty
one years Of age. His plan was bold,
systematic and we'll calculated to result
in the ruin Of his intended victims, all
of whom, numbering five or six, were
white, and some OF them cstimablc
ladies with husbands and children.
His first visit appears to have been
to the residence of Mr.. $. Marx (who
was absent in st. LOUSY where he
aroused the inmates, one of whom was
Mr.. Loeb, IL clerk in Marks store, and
told them to hurry at once down to Mr..
f. CROSS; that his child was dying,
and Mrs. MS services were badly
needed. This lady, accompanied 10y
young Loeb, hastily proceeded to see
the dying child, as they thought, but
arriving at Mr.. CROSS house, they
found the inmates asleep, and no one
even sick. They then went to Henry
CROSS house, thinking the negro had
made II mistake i'll the names. Here
they found all asleep and well. They
then started home, but Oh their way
the negro met them, and told them to
60 to Mr.. Kings, the father-in-law of
Mr.. Marx that he was quite sick, and
had sent for them. They went there,
and found all well. AS they We're re-
turning home, they met the same nc-
gro near Grace Church, and Mr.. Loeb
The negro ut once struck the young
man, with some hard substance, on the
head, knocking him scnseless. Mrs.
Marx ran home as fast as she could, not
more than thirty steps, and closed hcr-
self in.
Some one, in their absence, had been
to the house and endeavorcd to get q
young lady stopping there to admit
him. She had become alarmed and re-
fused to open the door. That this person
doubted, since the young lady rccog-
nizcd the voice as the same that called
to the family at first, requesting the
visit to Mr.. CROSS. This occurred
about 3 O'Clock Sunday night.
Jordan Walker, about the same hour,
went to the house of Mr.. schallcr, on
Grand street, and there told that a child
was dying ut Mr.. Layton'- and that
Mrs. Schalier was sent for to set up
with the child. Mr.. Schaller, when his
stay and go with her, said, Jordan
I will go with my wife, Jordan I'M
mediately left, firing two shots as he
went out of the gate. Mr.. Layton did
not have sick child, and did not send
for any one.
Col. Halls house was visited by some
person during the night who pretended
to bear Il letter from the Colonel [now
in New Orleans, to Mrs. Hall: but adj
mission was not granted the messenger,
who, it appears, had been cndcavoring
upon previous nights and other pre-
texts to get into the house. Some one
also visited the residence Of Mr.. AIealy,
and had partly raised the sash in Il vim
dow of Mrs. Miller's room, in doing
which 4 noise was made that awak encd
her, and her calls for help caused the
intruder to fly, who went out Of the
front gate leaving it wide open.
1t appears that Jordan Walker used
his greatest energies in his hcllish de-
sign, ut the house of Emma Clifton, Il
house of ill fame near the depot. lie
went to this place, about midnight, in
his character of messenger, and told
Emma Clifton that Il man up town had
killed another, and sent him to bring
her to him. \ lodgcr volunteered to
go with the woman to the place and
sec what was wanted. Not finding the
man wanted, the two returned. Jor-