St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-21

TH0S. Il. LEWIS.
GLOVER And POWDELL
TALK IN TRADK EPISODE
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They then jerked Glovers gun from
his pocket. Then somebody struck
me on the head, and / don't know
anything more about it. | had no
gun. / got eleven scars on my head,
when they struck me. / recognized
but two men, Budd and Marine. I
found myself at a negroes house
shortly after, where I suppose / had
made my way. The negro woman
washed my head. | then tried to
get back to town, and found myself
on the railroad track. B. F. Bryant,
a telephone man, says he heard me
hollow, and came to me. He brought
me to a doctors, in town, where I
had my wounds dressed. It looked
to me like there were ten or fifteen
men at the track"
On cross examination he said he
had met Glover in a boarding house
in Shreveport. Also knew Glover
when he Glover worked as a clerk
in the Casino Saloon in Shreveport.
He admitted that he had trouble with
the fire chief 0'Brien of Shreveport,
and that the chief had discharged
him, but he said he had been misrep-
resented to the chief. The lawyer for
the defense charged that the reason
Of PodWelPs discharge from
the department was that he had
failed to pay his board bill. Podwell
admitted that he had not yet paid all
of his board bill, but had paid a part
of it.
He was asked about a money trans
action, in which he was charged with
giving an order for his wages, about
the time he had quit his job, or been
discharged. He said he had not sold
his wages but had borrowed the
amount, and that the man from whom
he had borrowed the money had since
been paid in full by him.
He said he did not remember going
to Mr.. Melville MeSpadden, on the
night of the race-track affair. He
only remembers going to a niger
house. He said Mr.. Bryant, the
telephone man, carried him to a house,
but he didn't know where. He de-
MED asking Nh. McSpadden for a
pistol, but" said Podwell, "a man
without a head can't remember much.
They had knocked me silly"
He said that he and his partner
entered the closed carriage because
they placed all confidence in their
landlord, Mr.. Marine. He denied tell
ing the District Attorney that Wat
son and DeviIliers were in the crowd.
THE District Attorney just asked
about my head, how | felt, and did
not ask me for Names"
Podwell said that he didn't belong
to church, said his prayers whenever
he felt like it, drank whisky, but did
not gamble. He said that he remem-
bered the robbery Of the Holland
house. but denied that he committed it.
Admitted that he went under the name
Of Griffin while ferreting out the whis-
key cases, and said that he had read
in the newspapers that he was sus-
pected of the robbery. He said that
the expense money for himself and
Glover were paid by the prohibition
lists through Chief of Police Hayes.
At the evening session, which was
convoked at 2 o'clock, Glover was
heard. He corroborated the testi-
mony Of PodWell.
Glover, tall, atheletic, rather hand
some, was a bunch of wrecked nerves,
from his appearance. He became
ugly as soon as he assumed the stand.
He used foul and ungentlemanlY Ian
guage, and while his tale was un-
shaken as to details, he did not Gre
ate a good impression on the audi
enee.
He is 26 years old, and halls from
junction City, Ark, but was born at
Homer, Claiborne parish. He said
he had come here to Turn up the
whiskey cases" He recognized Willie
Watson, j. Adam Budd, Bill Lewis,
Mr.. Marine and Howard DeviTliers,
in the crowd at the track. He
said that there we're about eight
men on the inside and fifteen on the
outside. There were several shots
fired, but none by him. when they
began hitting us with clubs, / ran in
between Devilliers and Watson, and
made an opening, and | filled the
hole" He hid out in the bitter
weeds, wandered about for some
time, and made his way into town. In
coming to town some one hailed him,
telling him, Z am your friend
Glover replied TO he'll with your
friendship-Pye had enough Of that
tonight"
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