The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
VALENTINE coNFEssEs.
Admits Having Committed the Assault
ON Mrs. HazHp-BIack Brute
Taken to New Orleans


Jules Valentine, the notorious ne
gro who was arrested on suspicion of
having assaulted Mrs. W. G. Haz1ip,
a prominent lady of this town. Thurs
day morning of last week, broke down
and confessed his crime Sunday morn
ing to Sheriff S. H. ST. Martin. So
much evidence had been accumulated
against Valentine by the sheriff and
his eo-1aborers that the negro realized
the hopelessness of his position and
made his confession Of his own will
and accord. His statement is as fol-
lows:
Two weeks before the commission of the as
sault upon Mrs. Hazlip, visited the Hazllp
home for the purpose of robbery, bnt found the
house SO well licked that / desisted. On Ieay-
ing found pair of ladies shoes on the gallery.
which approprafea nurng me cary y,s PAR
the Hazlip residence, but was again unable to
gain entrance. / returned at O'Clock, and this
time was successful. As / entered the front
gate saw light in the kitchen, and lady ap;,
parently preparing coffee. approached ana
found the door leading from the side gallery TO
Mrs HazP room open l ent aI far taas o room N
valuabies. had barely entered when ! dls-
covered Mrs. Haziip In the act of awaking, and
to prevent her from seeing and reeognIzlnE me,
hurried to the side of her bed and dealt her
hard blow in the head with the heel of one OF
my shoes which carried in my hands. AIMED
for her eyes, intending to blind and stun her,
but when she screamed heard some noise. IN
another part of the house, and knowing that
some one was coming to her assistance, beat
hasty retreat. going to the home of my sister In
Bend, where arrived at about o'clock, and
where was arrested at 8 O'Clock. My only
object in entering the Hazlip home was robbery
and had not feared that Mrs. Haz1Ip would
awake and see me. would not have struck her
In addition to the above, Valentine
IL. !, I, rIr,,,f vaIf lan
residence of Capt. Jos. Constantine, IN
Fanbourg Ia Pipe, on two occasions.
once in November, 1903, and again IN
August of this year. He refused to
state what booty he secured the first
time and declared that on his second
visit he was frightened away before
he had stolen anything. He confessed
to burglarizing the Texas and Pacific
depot at St. James about two months
ago and house in the rear of Don
aldsonville month or SO later, but
steaofastly declined to state what he
had secured. He made these COMES
sions without sign OF remorse Or re-
pentance, and is undoubtedly one OF
the coolest and most desperate cr1ml-
mails at this section has ever known.
The assault on Mrs. Hazllp aroused
so much feeling hat the news OF Valen-
tines confession was not made pubic
until Monday afternoon, the sheriff
fearing that violence would be done
his prisoner when it became known
that the black brute was the guilty
party. Monday morning Valentine
was taken to New Orleans by Sheriff
ST. NJ artin, Chief Deputy Hanson and
II. A. Terrio and placed in the parish
prison in that city for safekeepfng.
Valentine, statement that he used a
shoe in assaulting Mrs. Hazlip will
probably save his neck from the hang
mans rope, the maximum penalty for
this offense being imprisonment for
life. # the fact could be established
that the negro assaulted the lady with
dangerous weapon there is very
little doubt that he would be sent to
the galloWs, a fate he richly deserves.