The Caucasian., 1913-12-14
From ThuYsdAv's edition..


From Thursdays edition..
On the afternoon oi April u. q9q5,
Mrs Della stroud ana her sriend,
Ed Beetles. When enjoying the pleas
ure % horseback riding, we're sud-
aenls confronted by heg husband,
Jesse stroud ~ho demonstrated
with eis wife sna insisted that she
retur0 20 eheir 0om~ without
BeelSr. Words were exchanged be-
tween stroud and Beelsg, Misc, haS-
ing aiismounted from cher sterds,
engaged in fight which telsNiNoted
in Beeler getting licked.
Following this Qirst encoNnteC
Beelsr and Mrs. STROUD resumed
tlseir vide, with stroud on his horse
hurryins towards eheIa. A. ne
|rescheN Mrs. stroud Ana Besler
there was anothes psrles Between
them, when stroud, having dis
mounted, was trying to quill Beelsr
from his horse 20 lick him . second
time. During che activity OF these
proceedings . shot was fired, ss o.
legged by Mrs. Stroud, which killed
her husband, whose body was found
afterwards On the Vivian road.
Jesse stroud was not armed, nor
was there any ondiestioN THAI Ne
had been armed.
During the firing Beelss eeceised
a shot in the lee, which led 90 its
amputation. HaSins Impressed ne
departed arom Shreveport. since
which time ne has not been located,
although as Ear Is can be Ascer-
tanned no effort mas bseD made 20
secure mis- presence as . witness for
| the state, nor did che defense seek
| to secure him a. = witness. Pos
sib. mad "a Beelsr been called
~ o witness ne would hase sA-
plainsN that when ne lefe the resi-
tdencS of Mrs stroud where ne had
. room NE out = Vuart of Sooze in
! one OF mis- pants pockets and . big
.iA-shooter in Tho other. He would
have explained that he was appre-
hensive of struggle with Stroud II
he had met him on the highway, and
| therefore was ready to meet him.
but he would have added that Jesse
Stroud being the quicker and the
better man he was soundly thrashed
for being too familiar with Mrs
Stroud. He would have related IN
detail how he and Mrs. Stroud had
some to Vivian with a little girl who
was left with a friend in Vivian, ano
he would have told of several minor
incidents Of the journay and how ne
had been licked second time, when
| Mrs. Stroud shot and killed her hus-
band, and from the same pistol free
q shot which lodged in his leg wher
he was fighting with Stroud.
| Possibly Beeler's testimony may
not have been considered material
since woman could scarcely bt
convicted in Caddo Parish for kill
ing a man.
In explanation why Beeler wa.
not secured by the State as wit
ness, District Attorney Mabry sait
he was apprehensive that Beele
would corroborate Mrs. Stroud
statement, which is that when sh
shot her hsuband she vas bein,
beaten by him. Il may be noted tina
; not one of the several versions o
this murder is in accord with tn
actual occurrence of this crime.
At the time of the homicide it wa
, said that Mrs. Stroud had killed he
husband because of his insistenc
on her returning to life of sham
81 from which he would profit, but
! that was his intent Mrs. Stroud wa
at liberty to quit him and not XII
him.
According to Mrs. StrOud's stor.
. Jesse Stroud met Beeler as she wa
f IlulllS Will lllliI OIl tAC hlcAA W -
from Mira to Vivian; that Strou
pulled Beeler from his horse an
attempted to beat him; that sh
rode down the road and then turne'
when her husband yelled at her
dismOunt the horse or he would kl
:. her; she explained that .as she "gt
4 off and when she got off she got o
shooting too" Mrs. Stroud e,
9 presses no sorrow or sympathy ft
e this killing.
II 1t was in evidence and uncontr;
d dicted that on the morning OF tf
n day preceding this murder that MI
It'll Stroud had announced that she h;
I'll once made Stroud leave with h
1 valise, but he came back, but ~
n going to get rid of him for good tn
time, and you'll hear OF it soon.
q 1t was also in evidence and III
) contradicted that when on the ira
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