The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-03-06
THE GRAND JURY.

THE GRAND JURY.
Report OF Their Findings at Session
Convened February %, on the Cal
Of Hon. T. F. Bell, Judge OF tn
District Court-True Bills 36t
Lynching Observation-Disclosures
datiOns Offered.
Shreveport, La, March 4, 1877
Hon. T. F. Bell, Judge of the Firs
Judicial District Court of Louisiana
We, your Grand Jury, respectfully
submit that we have examined 81
| charges, found 366 true bills, ig
| nored charges and continued 5 fo
further investigation.
In view of the fact that Distric
| Attorney Mabry has kept up will
his current work by filing bills o.
information where in his judgmen
the evidence justified; our work fol
this term has been materially re-
duced and our principal investiga-
tions have been on homicides. W.
regret to report to your honor tina
we have not been able to secure Suf-
ficient evidence to indict any ont
for the murder of Charles TysoT
and Charles Bell.
Tyson Lynching a Disgrace.
We consider the hanging of Tyson
which, in our judgment, was done
by white men, a disgrace to oul
parish and State, and the guilty par
ties are not worthy to be counte-
hanced by the law abiding citizens of
our parish. The brutal murder OF
Charles Bell is equally as deplorable
and a blot upon the fair name OF
Caddo Parish, and the cowardly as
sassins who committed the crimes
hiding their murderous deeds with
the darkness of night, should be run
down by our officers and good peo-
pie and caused to suffer the full
penalty of the law. We deem it the
duty of all law abiding citizens to
lend their every effort toward fer
reting out the guilty party or par
ties of these two murders. 1t mat
ters not how humble or what the
color of our citizens may be, they
should be protected from the low
and blood thirsty assassin, especial
ly when no cause or reason has been
shown for the cowardly acts. We
feel that the day for the commits
sion Of such crimes belongs in the
darker or uncivilized periods and
stand as a burning shame and dis
grace to the white manhood of our
parish.
Blind Tiger Ordinance.
We respectfully recommend that
the Police Jury offer a reasonable
reward for the arrest and convic-
ton of the parties in each case.
We are pleased to state that from
our investigation the prohibition
law is not being as fagrantly vio-
lated as in the past in the City )f
Shreveport, and we think the new
blind Tiger Ordinance" of Judge
Fullilove is the most effective
weapon the officers have ever had
to fight these organized violators Of
the law, and consider that the peo-
pie of Shreveport owe Judge Fulli-
love great consideration for the
passage and enforcement of this Or
dinance and only wish that the Po-
lice Jury had the legal right to pass
such law. We recommend that our
senators and members of the Legis-
lature take up this matter, to the
end that the police juries be en-
powered to enact similar ordinances
for the suppression of the violation
of the prohibition and gambling
laws. We find that the so-called
"clubs," both "literary and social
are doing a thriving whiskey bust
ness, to the detriment of the COM
mon ''bootlegger." but yet in VIOLA
ton of law, and while the evidence
before us has not been sufficient II
indict those connected with and
running these clubs and orders, we
have sufficient evidence to convince
us of the fact that the existence OF
the same and respectfully recon-
mend to our officers and citizens to
secure evidence to bring these vio-
lators to justice and put stop tC
these violations and evasions of our
law.
The Prohibition Law.
We find that the prohibition law
is being violated outside the City oi
Shreveport, by others outside of the
clubs, and we have found several in
dictments against some of the guilty
|parties.
We desire to commend Sheriff
FlOurnOy and his office deputies fol