The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-10
POLICE VIGILANCE.

POLICE VIGILANCE.
ANOTHER PERSON CHARGED WITH
MURDER VISITS NEW ORLEANS.
(which Makes Three i'm the short Period Oi
sixty Days, ana Not single
One Arrested.
The erds OF justice have often been defeated
too often for the good Of a community ambitious
OF being classed among the law abiding. This
condition Of affairs owes It's origin TO many causes
Pricr TO the war when the administration Of ia
dicial affairs was controlled by men whose only
ambition WAS record OF merit our city may well
have felt proud Of its reputation. Subsequent to
that event, however, which turned the scale in
favor of negro enfrancbisement and carpet-bag
supremacy, our community became morally a
chaos. With victorious enemy came mem
BAD, VICIOUS MEN s-..
whose Only end ives gain, and whose inspiring
anpulse was 10 govern, not in accordance with
law and justice but through method which
Lucifer inaugurated in heaven and which ended
for him on the other side Of Paradice
Even almost to tho present day has this con-
dition of affairs held full sway. Our pubic cof-
fers have been pundered, our widows and or
phans have been despoiled. Murder and rapine
have held their OWE, and stern justice, in the
face OF an imploring community, has sat with
placid countenanoe and plant hand, the friend
OF thieves and murderers.
The political complexion Of every community
must meet change. We have abided our time
and IL has come. We had anticipated that the
radical difference OF opinion between our former
oppressors and those to the manor born, which
has ended in restoring the governing power to
our own people who have struggled for noble
principles--we had hoped that it would bring
forward into office men willing and anxious TO
exert their best endeavors in behalf of the peo-
pie whose servants they are. In many respects
we have not been disappointed. But have wej
been as fortunate as regards the efficiency Of CDR
polioe2
The police records Of New Orleans are perhaps
one Of it's most interesting features, painfully 30
for those who have suffered, and while we must
depreoate the sad necessity which compols us to
recall what IL past. yet in the
INTEREST on JUSTICE,
whose servant as public journal we are, IL
would not be consistent in us to decline our share
OF the work we have planned for others.
Probably during the past eight years no city IN
the Union can recall 30 many cases of murder
which have gone unpublished. Men have been
shot, stabbed and done away with for graver
reason than an angry word, and the perpetrators
OF these crimes have escaped with impunity, re-
turning after lapse Of time, occupying them
selves in the daily vocatons Of life, unmolested.
a case in point was the shooting in 1876
OF ONE ROBERTS,
which occurred during the political campaign.
Notwithstanding the facts elicited at the coro-
osa sy.xy,y -
rest the perpetrator Of the deed. The police au-
thorifies In those days, and their mercensries,
wore only adjuncts Of huge political machine,
and only professed to be the guardians OF jus
tice.
The facts connected with the murder, which
occurred on the night Of the 9th Of June, 1876,
at the wigwam Of the Ninth Ward Central Cub,
on Dauphine street, between Desire and Elmira,
are as follows:
The meeting was q special one, called by Mr..
Ferdinand Dudenhefer president, who took the
chair Some one in this room opposed to Duden-
hefer asked that he step down, as articles OF inn
peachment were pending against him. This
motion was voted down on the ground that no
articles had been presented. The charges were
then presented and read, when a motion WAS
made and carried to appoint committee of
seven to investigate the charges. The appoint
rnent OF committee did not suit the opposing
faoticn, who desired to hear the charges then and
there, with o view OF impeachment.
The meeting adjourned amidst the greatest
excitement. Roberts, the deceased, who was q
quiet, industrious man, WAS standing on the
platform near Dudenhefer when party ap-
preached the platform. and addressing himself
to Roberts, Faid, II can prove you voted the Re-
publican ticket at the last election for So"
Roberts replied that whoever said he had lied.
The words had barely escaped his lips when q
man with black mustaohe, who afterward
proved to be
JEAN BoIsDoRE,
pule revolver from his pautaloons pocket and
Sired, the bullet taking effect in Roberts right
temple. Roberts fell as soon as he WAS shot, and
was carried to his residence, on Craps street,
where ne fingered until the next day, aud died.
At the time Of the shooting no one present
seemed to know, or rather, cared to give the Dame
OF the assassin. But at the coroners investga-
ton, MIR. Dudenhefer gave the name, ahd testi-
lied that it was Boisdore, and that he had seen
him fire the fatal shot. Numerous witnesses who
were present and saw the shooting did not know
Boisdore by name, but described him, and said
shat they would be able to identify the man. The
immediately started out to arrest Boisdore, but
he was not to be found.
1t Was learned that he had left town on the day
after the killing, since which time he has man
aged to evade arrest Some months ago evil
IDENTIFY thinking that tho matter had been forgot
ten, he returned to New Orleans and but few
days ago was seen in grocery store on Louisa
street. in the Third District. by several pc rsons,
one of whom mentioned the fact to brother OF
Since the era of the
PURcHAsEp PARDoNs OF KELLOGG
we have organized a police OF our own but
sipgulary enough. Gas in two other similar cases
reported in the DEMOCRAT within the past sixty
d&ys,l the new guardians Of the peace of this
community ere still ignorant of the presence of
Boisdore in New Orleans.
This condition of affairs ia certainly not encour-
vging for the future, and at any rate, it is not
destined to cast any lustre upon the boasted in
telligence and shrewdness Of the superior officers
OF the force and its detectives.
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