Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-11-06
MURDER,
Baton Rouge CapitOlion.

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hearing that u woman had been
murdered on board a small trad
ing boat and her body thrown
into the river.
We proceeded to the jail and
were led to the cell, where we
found the accused, a young
man, lying down, wrapped in
some blankets. Upon being
awakened by the Deputy Sher-
if, Mr.. Harvey Collins, he re-
piled to our inquiries, substan-
tally as follows:
''My name is Alonzo Wells !;
I have two brothers living in
Bay ou Sara, where I have been
residing for about ten years.
Have been working in the
swamps and at the coal yard at
times. 1 am % years of age
and was born in Virginia. l
took part i'm a disturbance of the
peace at Bayou Sara, the other
day, and afterwards embarked
on the trading boat, below the
town. I was in liquor last even
ing and made my way abode,
where I laid down and slept
till betw cen - and 1 o'clock
this morning, when the Sheriff
came and I opened the door for
him, when he and others arrest
ed me. 1 don't know anything
about what took place while l
was asleep" He accounted for
several bruises as having STUN
bled while drunk and his swo-
len hands by the tightness of
the handouts"
We proceeded with our in
vestigation, and gathered the
following particulars:
On Friday evening, the own
er Of the trading boat, a man
who gives his name as w. +.
Rounds, was drinking around
town and was finally reported
to the police as being drunk
and disorderly and as having
flourished a revolver; upon
which information he was az
rested by Chief Hillen AMI
lodged in Jail, where small re-
volver and some sixty dollars
in money we're found upon his
person.
After Rounds had sobered up
some, in view of his representa-
tons that he had his wife on
board the boat, and that he
wanted to get back to her and
make preparations to sell some
fish at market, the next morn
ing, after which he would re-
port to the Mayors Office to an
swer to the charge against him,
Chief Hillen concluded to re-
lease him at about the hour of
1880 o'clock 2. M.
1t appears that Rounds went
down to the place where he had
left his boat moored, and found
that it had disappeared. Sus-
pecting foul play he looked up
the police and reported the cir
cumstances. Thereupon Rounds
made an affidavit against
Alonzo Wells, and warrant Of
arrest was placed in the hands
of Sheriff Bates, who with his
accustomed promptness and
zeal, accompanied by Adminis-
traitor of improvement IS, John
r. Powers and Chief Hillen,
proceeded to the river front
where they soon discovered the
boat lying against the bank,
united, at some little distance
below the place where Rounds
had left it in the evening.
Sheriff Bates and his compan-
ions reaching the boat in a
skitf, knocked at the cabin door
when after an interval of time,
Alonzo Wells appeared dressed
in underclothes and was there
upon taken in custody. They |
found a pair of boots, a pair OF
trouses, a pair of drawers, after
wards identified as the property
of Wells, lying soaking wet, on
the floor, leaving stains ofblood
in places. A shirt was found |
also, covered with blood. The |
trunk and other receptacles had
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