The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-22
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1T is A SHAME.

1T is A SHAME.
1t was shame, say the friends OF
the Shreveport prohibition law violat
ors, how they were treated 1t wa;
also shame how they flouted and VIC
lated the law.-Monroe Star.
1T was shame" 1t is shame. In
these convictions may be applied the
moral of the story of whose OK is gored
The first cry of shame was heard
when man named Lindenbaum was
convicted of selling liquor in violation
of the law. His offcnse was premedi
tate. 1t was defiant. 1t was menda-
cious. He had not only boosted that he
wouldl disregard the law, but solicited
negroes to come into his dive and buy
his whiskey. He received mild sen.
tence, which should have been greater
considering his conduct, but Judge Full
lilove, before whom he was convicted
exercised all the clemency, in his power
in a sympathetic response to an accident
in Lindenbauni's family, his boy having
broken an arm by falling from wagon
Notwithstanding this limitation of the
sentence, there has been many denur-
Citations of the court, and for the pris-
oner there has been invoked the maud
lin sentiment which is intended to de-
feat the law and the end of justice.
It is shame that any white mar
should be assigned to Jail or to the
public roads, but men of intelligence
who violate the law deliberately and
audaciously can expect little, if any
clemency from the law observing COM
munity.
If instead of selling the intoxicants
as he did deliberately, Lindenbaum had
been precipitated into an alteration and
had worsted his antagonist in the ell
counter, there could then have been Of
fered some plea of extenuation, some
prctext for his liberation, but in his
case there is wanting every particle
which would suggest clemency.
The Caucasian is fully agreed in the
declaration that it is shame that Lin
denbaum and others convicted recently
have been sentenced to work on the
public roads, but what of Watson-W.
NJ. Watsotl-who was a driver for a
laundry, then leased the hotel near the
Union Depot
Has anybody heard or suggested any
sympathy for Watson7
Watson was convicted of selling in
toxicants without a license, as others
have been, and he was assigned to the
public roads, where he is now working
out the decree of the court.
Until convicted Watson was a man
who was believed to be straight, and
he was highly esteemed by the member
ship Of several fraternal orders with
which he is connected. unfortunately,
Watson believed. as others, that he
could beat the law, but he was caught in
! web of his own making. On being
convicted he did not squirm nor did he
appeal for an annulment of the SEN
tence BY reason of his nationality or of
his religious proclivity, or his social
connections. And yet, in no sense of
encouragement or intent of reflection,
those who know him and have known
him for years and been his associates,
would say. If necessary, that w. M.
Watson is Is good white man and as
much Of . gentleman as any white man
sentenced to the public roads for viola
ton Of the law, applying to the sale of
i,ltoxicants in Caddo parish.
To WatsoG's credit be it said he ac-
copied the judicial decree manfully, as
became m American citizen. He has
been working and conforming to all the
rules Of the good roads camp and has
Jared well on the bill Of fare provided,
which is clean and wholesome.
Has anybody heard anyone suggest
soft feather bed for Watson, or ice
cream and cakes for Watson7
Z IS shame that a man like Watson
should be required to go on the roads
and work out sentence, but the Cau-
casian could not consistently waste UNI
necessary sympathy on him. He in
vited this trouble upon himself, and he
Is fcapine an experience he will never
forget. Watson's offense was premedi-
lated. u Others engaged in the near
beer traffic; he had obtained the re-
q,ifcd license from the United States
government, and with this authority he
presumed he was safe and could make a
littic money and not Be caught.
Btt he was caught. and he is on the
roaSis
While an effort is being directed to
tl.e stimulation Of sympathy for the men
lscfly convicted for their deliberate
violation Of the law, let there be some
seasiln entality for Watson and others,
Whose cdhvictions preceded the decree
q ~ court sssigning Lindenhaum and