The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-29
\ CONFESSION, SO-CALLID
4 COnVict'S Letter Stirred ~ Tenn
pest in Tcapot'-An lnlestiga-
tiOn b! the Grand Jury-A "Much
Ado" Ended.

lllr murder OF George Hanson. has
resulted in nothing.
II was on thc morning OF Ociobcr
,. 1897. that George Hanson was
found dead under lhp musir hall and
skating rink on Douglas island. lie
had hccu roWardly bulthcrcd.
hi lhr trials which followed on in
.irimenls hy the Grand JURY. Henry
tH4h was heidi The first Jury failed
to agree and a moislrial was ihc re
suit. The niry stood eleven fer
conviction and one for arauitla.
/ IN HE second trial The itny
reached verdict compromiSpd 10
maIlsIauchter. ON appca. ln fhc ,,ll-
prcmr Court the case was rpmanded
for lrial on lrchnjraIilv.
4 Since then there have been re-
prafed efforts lo discrpdit The Grand
.Uu.v's findings a. well as the YER
diet of lhc trial hv inI1. IN irving
lo shift the. crime ON nprsons who
were not connected with The case.
! When if was haraIdpd recently in
The extreme of sepsationaIism that
/ Willie Brown had confessed on
!Whal was claimed 10 be his death
bed and had impIicafed others lhe
tCalicasian did moi credit The rpnort
I'm the intensity OF this sensation
IIi NasprocIaimed by Ihe local press
That the man. held for the crime.
! had been eHonpraIrd and am apoIogv
io The uubIic was suggested To saw
the leasl. This was a most exlraor-
ldmala and ridiculous positiou for n
rrpulabIp press 10 take.
AS has been deycIoped The con-
fpssion. so-called, was no confession,
while the sensation had its origin in
liht@hrain of a convict David T.,
Rainey Of Union parish. who is do
ing time for horse stealing.
The sensation as Traced is the re-
suit of some rambling remarks ut
tered bv Willie Brown when in n
delirium from fever. Rainev heard
the ramblines of The sick man. who
had read and heard the case dis
cussed, and this mas rested III his
mind. which he rambled III his de-
llrlum.
On recovering, Brown was told OF
his raNlngs and Immediately there
after left the camp where he had
been employed as a guard. HIS
leaving added strength to these
rambtlngs. lie did moi name any one
nor did hGeonneet any one with The
IcrIlne.
II HAS ''ee'l SnoWn ,, 'nat al tue 'llli'
- ~ i'i''l''ei !" il''' olo" u was ',o'
:" '9''i 'N't'oi + ~ ia'ei years ie
"'H !" S''''i'l'' at i't"''St''1 uoi-
= ''i'' '''''' /" 'h,i'' t'"'iiru hoi sa'l
WIZ was eiiip'oSed o'i t'ie li'l,'S' 1T
was never street rdr coi'auctol
i,'i ""n ~ 'N'i N''o" u % i''u
''ii'''ii' iii' i".'i'i - oai' ~ 'i'o mus
rel'"'dl'ie 'i''Aeiis ~ li'S pdllSii
ro'ht<uoupee' oi "ii'e'i ne Is po-
i''' JliVl
Nhen Norman Eddie was arrested
III Senattle, Washington State, and
charged with murder he came read
lly' II was evidenced beyond any
ldoubi that he had no connection
with the crime.
AS to Bessie smith, the woman
Eddie married. It was demonstrated
that the watch she had was given to
her by /. j. Dugan III 1906 before
he went to the pen. He had been
convicted Of killlng'Gonstable Watts
1t may be said positively that
Hanson's watch has disappeared
since his murder. A letter from g
convict who was in the pen woulC
indicate that he watch had been hiC
over pier Of the bridge crossing
the bayou
The woman Dugan and Miss
ICalahor were held on suspicion be-
cause it was believed they were or