The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-07
GREA EST SHAM EVER PERPE-
TRATED ON A PEOPLE.
GREAT GALL AND NERVE
OF the Captain Bob Cook-Glover Ag-
gregation : Audacity in Superlative
Degree-Wherein the Law Has Been
Violated by the Perpetrators.

Bilked Disappointed deceived: de
frauded-Webster's Unabridged.
On thursday, July 4. A. D. 1907, ant
IN the one hundred and thirty first OF
American independence, five thousand
people, residents of Shreveport. were
bilked by the Captain Bob Cook Glover
aggregation.
1t was getrich-quick scheme de.
vised to catch gudgeons. In this in.
stance the gudgeons were not Suckers
the kind which, according to Barnum
are born one every minute of the da,
and night of twenty-four hours. bu,
citizens patriotic who had been misled
by advertisements into the belief tha!
they would be entertained to at least the
value Of the money demanded to see the
show
The people who were attracted by
advertisement to this cheat had no cause
to suspect or to believe they would have
been bllked, as demonstrations of bat
ties on land and on sea have been sue
cessfully presented in large cities to the
edifcation of thousands.
The majority, if not all, the people
who were induced to this false pretense
and fraud were firm in the self-assur-
ance of protection by the city authorities
who should not countenance or permit a
fraud. 1t will be conceded that the city
authorities were equally suckers, but
when the fake had become manifest, the
duty of the mayor was plain He
should have directed the police to ar
rest the aggregation
This was the only course to pursue,
aid it is surprising that there was no
appeal to the law, particularly in this
instance Of bold and bald-faced sue
cess in obtaining money by misrepre-
sentation.
The Captain Cook-Glover aggregation
were and are yet amenable to punish
ment for four infractions of the law:
Operating show without license
ObStructIng public street.
Obstructing public bridge.
Obtaining money by false pretense
The first three offenses are triable in
the City Court and the fourth in the
District Court
Why was not Glover arrested?
Who was backing Glover?
Who was to share the profits with
Glover?
Is Glover to be the 'scape goat?'
The people bilked have the right of
complaint, and the victims should not
cease their efforts until the whole
scheme has been laid bare and the par
ties connected with the Battle Of Man
la fake are exposed
1t is being urged in extenuation that
the promoters of this Battle of Manila
were disappointed in their plans, which
mscarried at the eleventh hour, which,
if true, they are self-indicted, as they
accepted snoney from the people when
they were conscious Of the failure of the
proposed entertainment, which was a
fake, as rank as the rankest that could
be conceived
At the gathering of indignant citi-
zens" in the court house square Friday
night the mayor was one of the several
gentlemen who denounced this bilking
of the people. The mayor announced
that Glover had no right nor privilege
to rope off the bridge" Why then has
the mayor failed or neglected to have
Glover arrested for plain violation of
law?
The mayor announced that Glover had
failed to procure license. Why then
has Glover not been arrested for this
deliberate violation of law?
The mayor announced that if Glover
refused to turn over the proceeds to be
equally divided "among the Genevieve
Orphanage, Manual Training and the
Home for the Homeless, as suggested,
that he woul prosecute him."
The mayor has no authority for such
Glover, as already said,
should have been arrested for the four
violations of law pointed out by The
three of which are triable in
The City Court.
If Glover will not disgorge willingly,
ne must be made TO refund the money
obtained through his fake. According
% the most conservative estimates he
md his assistants collected about $IIoo
from the thousands held up at the
bridge, The expenses attending the
Battle of Manila is summarized:
Equipment of Spanish and Amer
ican fleets and the Spanish fort I25 90