Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-03-23
THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA.
a Depiorabie Alias.

was SDOI dI TIE boSSIGF Gnu VI hcu
river bridge by Mr.. +. \. Daughty, of
Bossier 1t appears that Mr.. Chambers
had leased IL plantation of some 400
acres, and had contracted with Mr.
Daughty to plow mp the same, at so
much per acre. Mr. Daughty had re-
ceived part of the amount promised,
and having completed the work asked
for the balance due him. Chambers,
replying, said he would pay him as
soon as the ground was surveyed, SO
that he could know exactly how much
he owed hun. This enraged Mr..
Daughty, who reached up to Chambers,
who was on horse back, and slapped
him, Chambers returning the blow.
Daughty then drew from his breast q
pistol and fired, the ball striking Cham
bers In the stomach. Chambers got
down from his horse and fell, when
he was carried into the back end of
one of the Bossier stores and placed on
a cot. He then sent for Mr.. LeTeret
Stripgfellow, cashier of S. B. Nc
Cutchen's oank, and told him what had
passed. Mr.. Chambers lived nearly
two hours after he was shot, and died
while being brought home on cot.
He seemed to realize fully his condi-
tion, and asked his friend to break the
news gently to his wife, grown daugh-
ter and son Il years old. Mr.. Cham
bers was first engaged in the
hide business in this city; after
ward for some years cashier
of the First national bank of
Gainesville, Tex, afterward moving to
Velasco, and returning from that place
to Shreveport, where he has been en-
gagged in farming operations. Mr..
Daughty is well known here, where he
was for many years engaged in the
grocery business. Immediately after
the shooting he came across the river
and surrendered to Sheriff Young, but
would not talk about the affair. He
has wife and large family, who are
highly respected. Mr.. Chambers was
brother of Frank Chambers, of the
firm of Rogers, Peet SF Co., New York.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Says a dispatch from Shreveport:
The shooting and killing of Charles
Chambers by T. A. Daugherty, on the
Bossier side of the bridge that spans
Red river, has been the topic of con-
versation since the deed was commit
ted. The other morning the commune
ty was startled by the announcement
that Daugherty was found dead in his
cell at the Jail, having committed sui
eide by stabbing in the neck with
knife. Daugherty was alive at 10 o'clock
when the Jail deputy retired. The
next morning he was found lying on
a cot with his face down. The body
was in underclothes only. feet bare and
besprinkled with blood. There was a
cut about inches long on the right
side of the neck where the jugular
vein had been severed. He had used a
small blade of barlow knife, with a
dull, jagged edge. He had two
ounce bottle of morphine in his cell
and enough in his pocket to have killed
several men.
A Sweeping Reduction.
A mass-meeting called by the plant
ers met at Lake Providence. Col. Buck
ner presiding. The result of their
deliberation was the appointment of a
committee to meet the police jurors
then in session, which recommended
the following sweeping reductions
in the parish officers salaries.
which reductions were uneni-
mousiy adopted by the police jury:
Salary of district attorney, from
$3.50 to 500 per year; treasurer, from
$500 to $500; clerk of police jury, from
S240 to Si2o; parish physician, from $3.50
to SIS; printer, from $500 to $3.50; feed
ing prisoners, from 10 cents to 25 cents
per day; witnesses, from so cents to IS
cents; jurors, from S1.50 and mileage to
81 and no mileage; police jurors, from
s3 and mileage per day to s1.5o and
mileage. They fixed the salaries of
the justices of the apeace and con-
stables in each ward to SIS
each, except the salary of the
justice of the peace of the Provi-
dence ward, whose salary was fixed at
$50 per year. 1t was the sense of the
board that the assessment on real es-
tate should be reduced, and they re-
quested the assessor to meet them at
their next session and fix 1t. They all
want it to be reduced at least one
third. 1t is thought that these sweep
ing reductions will save from S., 900 to
50, 600 per year to the parish.
Ogden and the Bounty.
Congressman Harry W. Ogden of the
Fourth congressional district of Louis
lana was in New Orleans recently.
Says the Picayune: Talking with a
reporter, Mr.. Ogden said that the peo-
pie in his district were glad the bounty
had been granted By congress There
was no opposition to it, he said. and
the press up there was unanimously in
favor OF its payment. He hoped, he
said, it would prove great benefit to
the planters and people of the city and
surrounding country. He was sure it
would be of great value to the entire
state"
ETiesidence Burned.
While DIR. Sortor, of Alto, was in Ray
vile the other night practicing his
profession. his handsome residence was
consumed by fire with the contents,
excepting the piano. The fire is said
to have originated in the servants
house. No insurance.; loss, 1000.
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