St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-04-17
Rad Negro Had Been Masqusradlng ~ Iisb
Ol Tie Law While BuFglarizIng Stores.
had PLANNED TO MURDER
officer Watches nIn ior Three Months Before
BE Finally Lands HIN. LIVedIR Opelousas
and Worked III tiFand COtsau Section,

Henry Williams, alias Snow The
gullud Detectiye, who had been act
ing the part Of detective in the Grand
goteau section Of this parish for the
past three months, turns out to be q
deep-dyed william, d thief and q would
be murderer
Not only has he been himself pull
ing oil the hurglaries which be was
supposed to he engaged IN ferreting
out, but it develops that be vas
about I'd plan the murder and robbery
Of d Bellevue merchant, having broach-
ed The subject 10 other negroes, who,
since Shows incarceration, told the
tale.
Snow" is Mississippi product,
and has been ID this country about
three years. he lives near the race
track, Id 0pelOusas, where bis concu-
bine, Clara Lampkins, has been acting
the role of commissary sergeant for
bis stolen stores.
Snow has been habltating 10.
Grand Coteau for the past three
months, living with Mr. Obrien Elmer,
The constable of that ward Mr. HI
mer states that be- knew All along
that Bis Negro protege was i scoun-
drel and The real perpetrator Of the.
many rObberies going on ID that sec
tion, and chat be aYe him bunking
room tor the purpose If catching 10
with him. e cay tie negro ii the
slickest ha has apaE haa any dealing
With, and that il taxed him ID tIle
utmost to catch him.
The stores Of j ID. Smith at Sun
set, 4. BurIeigh at Bellevue, and
Roman Castillo at Sunset, and the
sansst postofiee have been success
siYel robbed. I'll every instance
Sn0Wa was put on the traii, and would
report tnat The thieves were tool
shreWd. Il was noticed by NE. El-f
mer, however. that On the nights offE
she robberies Snow had either come
q Opelousas or gone elsewhere bel
gould retire ID bis bunk III MI. |
nets crib at d late hour on another /
occasion the hairs Of a white horse I
we're noticed on Mr EImers harness,
md as that gentleman does not own
horse Of that color ID was suspected
hat Snow had used them IA fact
! afterwards developed that fhel
White hairs were The property of John
)ges gray mule before had I
lsed her on Mr. ElIaer's buggy.
Mr. Elmer put more vigor ii his
Investigation of Snow doings, see
BE- that The negro vas carrying the
sarne rather high and The cisizens of
bat section were suffering too heaY-
Il from his depFedstions. Finding
lothes which Snow had given other
legroes to be some Of the stolen
FOODS, be came 10 pelousas Monday
.nd, together with City Court
table Guidry, went 10 The negro
louse and arrested him. a aeareh
1 the house found gundry groceries
I'D trunks Of clothes, which have
ince been identified by the various
aerchants from whom the articles
Tere stolen.
il the house was found d bunch 81
keleton keys which viii ft almostl
ny lock, and which upon trying them
ID the stores robbed were found 10
pen them. They we're also tried 81
eyeral other stores ID Sunset and
srand Goteau, and ii no instance did
hey fail To open j lock.
When Snow was brought bo the
,arish jail, and while he was protest
ng his innocence i vas noticed that
e tried to get near Dir Elmer, and
hat gentleman believes that his idea
Fas to snatch bis pistol and break for
liberty