The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-28
VANDALISM Y IN OAKLAND CEN
E1ERN
A TWO LEGGED JACKAL
Resentment Aroused Reward Offered
by Acting Mayor Reisor-l'hc Sever
est Penalty Should BE Inflicted pu
This iIcartlcsS Ficndish Act

\ lackal is an animal native Of Asia
and Africa. which feeds on poultry and
animals and men
1t would not have been thought that
a two-lcggcd iatkaI lived in the limit :
Of Shreveport Until yesterday morning
it would never have been imagined that
a creature in human form could have
been so heartless. so contemplate and
mean. 20 great a bastard as the ono who
deliberately desecrated the graves III
Oakland cemetery In his hell l-bcnt.
mischievous and cursed propensity, he
swept through the center Of the Gene
terry. wrecking tombstones and MONT
mcnts. regardless Of cos. Of construc
ton or the sacredness Of the mounds
over which were placed these silent tri-
butes of love.
This wanton destruction was noted
by the sexton who Immediately apprised
the police. 1t was about J o'clock when
the police and Mr.. J. NJ. Clarke with his
dogs reached the cemetery. Starting at
point in this cemetery near the corner
Of Christian and Reynolds. the dogs on
reaching the first grave desecratcd
scented the trail and followed it un
erringly from grave to grave. IN zigzag
course. following every step of the des-
ecrator. and then jumped over the fence
in the Jewish section of the cemetery to
Spraguc street. where the trail was lost
owing to the number of people who had
passed over this sidewalk and streets.
At any rate the dogs retraced their
course over the ground already Gov
cred. stopping at each monument and
slab wrecked. indicating that the dogs
were on the right traih The dogs ac-
complished all that could have been ex-
pected of trained animals and could do
no more. From Sprague street the trail
would indicate that this desecrator di-
rected his steps toward St. Paul bottom.
negroes or of boys was done ma
liciously by white man. who is SITS
pected by the police. who was not ar
rested but is being held under survtil-
lance The motive for this desecration
can only be surmlsed. This diabolism
was not executed by an inebriated man.
nor an idiot. but by one who was de-
liberate in his hellishness. who sought
the shades of night to relieve himself
of his venom and cussedness.
1t is pity the hands Of this wretch
did not blister and burn as he polluted
with his touch the marble dedicated to
the dead
What punishment could be meted to
this degenerate?
He may be held under an ordinance
of the city. providing nominal fine and
DAYS for such desecrator, and he may
be held accountable foe malicious mis-
chief.
How can such miscreant live III
peace with such diabolism on his soul?
As an incentive to secure the arrest
and conviction Of the individual guilty
of this deviltry, Hon. A. S. Reisor.
councilman from Ward Eight. and act
ing mayor. has offered reward, the ad-
vertisement reading as follows:
REWARD-$25o.
hereby offer, as acting mayor Of the
city of Shreveport. reward of $3.50 for
the arrest and conviction Of the person
or persons who damaged and desecrated
property in Oakland cemetery on the
night of July 26, 1907.
A. S. REISOR,
Acting Mayor.
$50 ADDITIONAL.
To the reward offered by the mayor,
w. F. Buckelew, patriotic and pro-
gressive citizen. offers 5000, which ag-