The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-22
BUCKLES GUILTY.
AGAINST. HIM WAS
DIRECT AND POSITIVE.
Re 5 Sentenced to One Years II,1prl-
,yl:riicrlt in the Parish Jall-Failed
to Confuse Officer Hull.

! ne VIE cutter, J IlGSnlSo' lldd d "a i"'
! before Hon. A. D. Land, judge Of the
, district court. yesterday afternoon. The
charge under the law is trespass. for
which he was tried His ofense was cut
ting guy wires OF the Cumberland lele-
; phone Company's pole at the intersection
| of Common, Sprague and Texas streets
on the night, February IS. The evidence
against him was positive and conclusive
| Officer Hull recognized and identified
| him beyond a doubt as the man who cut
the wires. Huckles attempted to escape
and ran in the direction of the hall, and
then Sprague street, but was headed Off
| when he turned and ran down Texas
street with the officer in close pursuit.
While being pursued Huckles threw
away his clippers which were afterwards
recovered by Officers Hull and Roscoe
The best efforts of the defendants attor-
neys failed to move Officer Hull in his
testimony, and they also failed in an at
tempt to weaken his evidence by one OF
their witnesses who was contradicted.
This effort to disprove Officer Hull was
dismal failure. Subjected to a most
rigid cross examination, Officer Hull
never faltered and his statements were
most forceful because they were true and
could not be contradicted.
Defendants counsel then called Huck-
les to testify. He related that he with
others were at the Labor Union hall on
the night, of the wire, cutting with men
who would prove his innocence. In this
they failed He denied most solennly
having c ut the wire and alleged that
some other man who had escaped while
he fell the innocent victim to the watch
flness and the activity of fearless and
loyal officer. He admitted he was Union
man. of the Electrical Workers. and had
{; ct,ssed and taken an active part in the
strike and been on committee of griev-
ance. He insisted that he was not the
man who had cut the wire
Lon Irvine was heard in behalf of the
defendant. He said that on the night of
the wire. cutting he and Huckles and
others were at the Labor Union hall,
which he left at about o:4o. In his state
ment Huckles admitted that it was Io:2o
when he left the hall, little after r.
vine had gone out. This discrepancy is
due perhaps to the difference in their
time keepers. It was about 1910 when
Huckles was in the police station under
arrest.
The defendant, Huckles, had for coun-
sci r. Smith, Esq, and Mr. ]. P.
Wells, who did all they could for their.
client, but, although they brought to bear
all their talent and ingenuity and all the
techniealities Of law, it was manifest that
they had a hopeless case.
District Attorney Land represented
the State most creditably.
The. Judge having reviewed the case
and the law. sentenced Huckies to one
years Imprisonment in the parish Jail
The limit is. two years, but he tempered
justice with mercy.
In the court room there was large
number Of representative citizens, men
who had neglected their business to at
tend the trial Of the case. Their pres
ence was dictated by spirit in response
to moral support Of the law.
Huckles received his sentence without
apparent emotion and expressed regrets
over his act. He is a young man in his
first years of manhood His face is
smooth. and when studied closely would
leave a favorable impression. We mean
that he has not vicious face, which is
so striking in some men. Being young in
years and over-zealous, he has been in
describably criminal; he has committed
an act which threatened the property and
the lives OF innocent people who had no
concern in the strike, who could have no
direct interest in the telephone company,
who were in no manner responsible for
his and the grievances of the men he rep
resented. # he could recall his act. If
he would speak. But he has been con-
.vieted, law and order have triumplled
over laWlessness, and justice prevails in
a community Of civilized citizens
SUNDAY. LAW VIOLATIONS.
In the city court on Friday Of the
eighteen cases fixed for trial the follow
ing were considered: McMims, barteh-
der at The Hotel Company Frank Ser
wish Each were fined $50 and costs,
being SIS for the city and sa5 for the
State.
s case against Tilley was dismissed
on the part Of the State. District At
torIley Land, on the advice of Chief