New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-23
Tic Arrest Of William 4 do ms.

! We have already announced the arres.
! OF Mr.. Adams. charged with the murder OF
Judge Crawford and District Attorney
| and the measures take,: by his friends to
| obtain his release. The Ouachta 7t!egrai,h
OF the twentieth instan! says:
= party of citizens from Columbia
brought: 10 this place last Saturday negro
woman named Jane Woods. who SAYS she
was picking cotton III tire field near where
the assassins Of Messrs. Crawford and Har.
Tis executed their horrible deed. Jane, be-.
fore the inquest. denied seeing or knowing
any OF the parties, but it seerns she confesses
tc having made this statement because OF
fear, and is willing. II protected. TO identify
one OF two OF the men engaged in the mur.
der. She states that the men hitched theii
horses off the road. and after dong the kill.
ing passed along an old road near where
che Law concealed. She had concealed her.
carried to Delta from here. While on the
ears a young man named William Adams
came aboard at Rayvllle. on his way to
IlckSburg TO have some machinery re.
paired. Jane Woods. seeing Mr.. Adams,
declared he was one Of the party who com.
mired the murders. Adams was arrested
by Sheriff Dinkgrave. who was on the train.
and carried to Delta for preliminary trial.
which was still pending on Wednesday.
Mr.. Adams friends are sanguiue of his
acGu!ttal. He is a young man of consider.
abie energy. and has impressed us as avery
quiet. energetic and rather influential cltl.
zen. who would not be expected to engage
IN any such crime as that charged upoD him
by Jane Woods.
Says the Delhi Chronicle Of the same date:
Mr.. William Adams. who resides in the
southern part of Rchland parish. near the
scene of the Crawford Harris tragedy, was
arrested by Sheriff Dink grave. of Ouachita.
on the train coming east, ust this side OF
Rayville. where he got on. last Monday
morning. charged with being one of the
murderers Of those men. Being IN Rayville
at the time. we saw Mr.. Adams ride into
town with some gin or mill irons that ne
was taking 10 the machine shop in Vicks.
burg TO be worked on. He took the train
with them. and 1t is stated that when he en-.
:ered the car where Isaac Crawford, Dink.
grave and colored woman We're, she recog-
niZed him as one OF the n-urderers. IL and upon
this recognition he was arrested and taken
~ the Delta Jail. 1t was a mere accident.
or prGvIdential one, that ne was arrested as
ne was, for Dlnkgrave was on! = accompany
.pg Crawford home from Monroe as pro-
lection 20 him and the above witness.
We VII. never believe that William
Adams would be guilty OF such a crime as
this unit! it is proved on him. We know |
lie would fight. but can not believe lie would !
take the cowardlv advantage OF hiding with |
a crowd OF rutfians by the wavsidc to mur. |
der men. We can bu: think that if he had !;
wanted to kill man he would have AZ. |
tackled him openly ana il a crowd. But /,
we may be mistaken in these strange times:
it is hard to tell what man is unit! he de.
velops. All the interes. We feel in This
matter is that the guilty parties. no matter
whe they are. may be byought TO justice.
The Richland Beaeo" says:
We learn from Mr.. Adams friends that
ne will be able 70 prove himself entirely
Innocent of the charge. aud We shall be
siad to hear of his ac.uitta! If the test.
nony be sufficient to justify the same. But
when such an outrageous violation OF the
avs of God and man be perpetrated. as was
n the above case. 1t is lght and proper that !
Every one upon whom the least suspicion rests (!
should be subjected to rigid examination.
and i! is 20 hoped that al. who are in any.
wise connected with this band of outlaws
nay be appreheIded an. brought TO trial.
Two oi the men, we learn. have been cap
ured and lodged il the la. of Caldwell
,alisl.