The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-11-09

resisted such overtures. 49l isgn's ~
4 Migrants and Tramps' Iad.a,.
Y +}i'l house, 7H9g 50
The Detroit Free Press says sbsa..
evening officers Ira Mack and Sss. .
were called upon to investigate 81 "a
rookery on the southeast corner ~ =
Aubin Avenue and Antietam, SIR
from whence sounds were cor1inv =
dicating terrible melee. The ofs..
were met at the door by sInaiI asrsa 49,.
Dunlap, who made all manner Of thrs.t.
and when he saw that rssiStA
useless darted back and Was lost in ~
darkness. The air was sickeninC -. -
bats blinded by the sudden CLEAN oftss
officers lanterns darted wildly aerc..
the room until, stunned by fsnc1i ~
sudden shocks against the smofs' -
stained walls, they fell helpless e t ~
filthy floor. i1is1 lisad
So soon as the officers had aae..
toned their eyes to the darfnna2s
sight was revealed that was besSFIY IA
almost horrible. Inone corner a ~
room, curled up on large chest-.hs
only article of furniture in the room-
was a weak, besotted old man aSmad
Burns, who, while he vainly stsuetI6
to assume an erect position, eniited
groans of pain, intermingled with tsrri.
BILE cursing. Near the back door, w6ich
stood open, lay an unfortunate feuaaIe
warrant whose only known. mama Z
/" Bricktop," who has just been released
from the House of Correction. She Va
lying upon pile Of rags and scrsps Of
carpet in an insensihle condition tifh
the blood oozing from numerous neNly
made wounds in her face, while 81 6er
side was nearly naked baby, wsili6r
piteously as it tried to awaken ts,de.
graded mother.
After having taken the child IL the
house OF a citizen living near By, tie
officers returned, placed the old man.
Burns, in more comfortable position.
and then set about dressing NBrick.
tops" wounds, during which operation
she recovered her senses, and 'bAtwem
torrents Of abuse showered npon the
heads of the officers, she told how Dun.
lap and she had engaged in q fight II
which she was beaten, but not aiW0sa
did she have to say in condemnatioa Iof
her assailant.,
After having relieved :. Bricktop's the
officers continued their exploratoab.
Not piece of furniture was to b. seen.
not a single article of clothing wss
found, while the room was bare Of even
he smallest particle resem bling gf00a.
ALI was rags, rubbish and ivermiatsiaAt
asst a rickety, narrow stairway MAS
found, and with squads Of rats scamper-
ng before them and clouds OF eoBHsbs
settling over their faces the offcom
CROPPED their way no stairs. Here IN
equally disgusting sight greeted them.
Like the room below, the chamber
vas barren of furniture with tie
exception OF badly broken cool.
ng stove and two dilapidaasl
chairs. Rags were plentiful, hoNevsr,
he floor being fairly covered with them,
while lying around the room in syerJ
conceivable shape were thirteen PSF
IONS, all soundly sleeping. There Nsrp
boys IA and Is years Of age, stout, but
lepraved young men; there were fye
the youngest, Annie Lefoy,
oeing IA years old, while her compan-
ons were Eliza Miles, Hannah Fuller
md two elderly persons, who refused
% give their names. There they were,
ust above the nearly tragic escsns
which had just been going on down
stairs, and all of them quietly sleeping,
exhibiting by their semi-unconscious-
less such thorough familiarity with
'uch scenes that their occurrence III no
way disturbed them. When awakened
~ the officers they quietly arose and
eft the house, as though heartily glad
1t leaving it with the prospect Of moro
comfortable quarters at the HcuseM
Correction. es,.1ts;f