St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-21
oPFL0UsAs La. sATURDAY. AUGUsT2l, 1909.
GLOVER AND PODWELI.
TALK IN TRACK EPISODE
The Two Anti-Saloon League Detectives Tell A
Different Tale from Told by the De-
PENDANTS In the Case

two men. He was armed with docu-
ments purporting to absolutely dis.
credit the two men. Podwell be
charged with having been discharged
from the fire department. of Shreve-
port, because he had beat his board
bill. He also charged him with
shady financial transactions. Pod
well said he had been misrepresented
to the chief Of the department, there
fore bis discharge.
Against Glover he leVelled more
serious charges. Among other
things he charged Glover with having
been arrested and indicted in his
home town, Junction City, Ark, for
hypnotizing and petty larceny.
Glover denied this. Then the
attorney produced a letter from a
Mr.. Brown, bank president Of
junction City, certifying to the fact
that he had signed Glover's bond.
WELL" said Glover, after reading
the letter, I don't remember this, but
Mr.. Brown is friend of mine, and a
truthful man, and he would not tell
that which is not so"
The attorney also charged Glover
with running negroes off a plantation;
with having testified in a blind tiger
case in Shreveport, when he was not
present in that city on the day of the
alleged violation; with having COM
mitted an ofense at Silver City, New
Mexico; with having impersonated a
member of the Conductors Union, and
with a bogus card, obtained free
transportation over the Opelousas,
Gulf & Northeastern Railroad. Glover
denied all of these charges, but the
lawyer claims that he will substanti-
ate them on the trial Of the case,
and that he has all Of the evidence
necessary to do SO.
The detectives gave a very differ
ent tale from the one given by the
defendants in the case. According
to them they were lured to the race
track, their landlord, Mr.. Marine,
acting as decoy to get them into the
carriage that brought them out to
the place. According to them Mr..
Marine told them that a mob was
coming to wallop them. About ff-
teen minutes after imparting this in
formation, Mr.. Marine came to them
again, and told them that a carriage
would soon be there to convey them.
out Of danger; then the carriage
came. they got into it, were driven
to the race track, presented with a
typewriter document, and forced to
sign it. Then they we're assaulted.
Glover is positive that Willie Wat
son, who was convicted on the same
day Of the alleged assault for selling.
whiskey, is the one who struck him,
and who shot DR.. Richardson. The
parties there, who by the way sur
rendered to the authorities the day
after the assault, say positively that
Watson was not present; that Mr.. B.
K. Wallior is the one who struck
both detectives" when they at
tempted to shoot Mr.. Budd, who was
negotiating the pretended sell out"
PodWell, when called to testify,
said substantially:
Il reside in Minden, La, and am
"a years Of age. I am a native of
Texas, and have lived in Louisiana
four years. My occupation is either
with railroads or telephones. / came
here with Geo. Glover on July {, to
assist him in the blind tiger cases.
Only met Glover q short time before
our coming here. On the day Of the
assault at the race ck-the day
of the trial Of the first blind tiger
cases we heard all day that we were
going to be mobbed. At 8 o'clock
that night, Mr.. Marine, proprietor Of
the hotel at which we were stopping,
came up and told us that a mob was
coming. Fifteen minutes after that
he came again, and told us to 20 by
way of the back steps and get into q
carriage awaiting us there to bring
us away from the mob. We went.
The curtains of the carriage were
down, and we could not recognize
those in there. / didn't recognize
anyone until we reached the race
track. There were in the carriage
Glover and myself and two men and
d driver. We were seated on the
front seat, and the two men on the
back seat Of the carriage. There
was one other carriage, which fol-
lowed us to the track, and several
carriages in front of the hotel.
When We reached the track, some
fellow came up to the side Of the
carriage and took the curtain down,
and then Glover said It looks like
YOU all run Us into d mob, instead Of
nut of one. TO which one of the
parties said Put up that gun and
keep quiet and get into that house.
One fellow showed me into the house.
Then piece of paper was thrown at
us. and We we're told to sign II.
When We asked III to what tue paper
contained, i fellow said Never mind
what Ii ii, put your fist to 4.
fslovaw s;kyraa IS assd khan signed ik.