St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-04
Governor to Keep Lid @"
In the Parish Of Jefferson

In the f6
New Orleans, Dec. Gov. Hall
.Fproposes to sit on the lid" in JET
.herosn parish for while. The Bo-
asalusa company Of the States mi
sglitis went into camp in. the public
asquare in Gretna Tuesday morning
ITO remain indefinitely. subject to
saorderS."
~ Martial law has not been pro-
s,claimed in Jecerson parish, and
whether it will be proclaimed. and
the length of time state troops will
tbe kept in the parish. depends en-
.firely upon developments. The gov
ernor proposes to definitely break up
gambling in the parish. and to In
saugurate an era OF law-enforcement.
TO accomplish this he is prepared to
70 to whatever length may be nec-
essary.
While the governor has refr&ined
Ssfrom discussing his plans for publ
lcation, his position with reference to;
s1he Jefferson parish situation is we'll
understood among those close to him
He holds the attitude of the civil Of
locials of the parish has been one 0f
both disregard and defiance Of law.
The events Of last Saturday climaxeA
- long series of incidents Of sthis
character. The successful militia
raid Of lottery shop Saturday, prov
ting that open gambling was going on
lsin the face of his previous efforts ats
suppression, determined the governor
supon the policy Of stationing the
troops in the parish to put the lid
on" and keep 1t on. II this move
proves sufficient, martial law may not
be put into effect.
Learning Tuesday that the gambl-
ing paraphernalia used in Jefferson
4 parish dives might be transferred 70
New Orleans and an effort made to
operate under cover in the city tenn
: porarily until the storm had blown
spsver. the governor promptly commu-s
nicated with the local police. Com
lAiostoAer Newman and Superintend-
ent Reynolds called on the executive
at the st. Charles Hotel in the after
noon. The cooperation Of the New
Orleans police department in run
ming down any such attempts was
promised. A definite tip that the
psraphernalia of one gambling honse
had been taken to Algiers. under Gov
! y sof night, Monday, and ths4s 1t
Y svns planned to pen . game hare, !
= Was among the reports taken TO the
governor.
uMlisation of the troops in ns0retna
e md and seize all gambling S0ac4-
Hohernalia in the parish apparently 1:
aenoeAer part Of the progrxm. s6ei1-
9le rof q number Of shot machines
INesday night was a move along this
While the Bogalusa company Nas
: - ablishing itself in camp. Jefferson
: eorm elements and the goveraor'
ese eensidering custer aprpCesdings
: mast the officials of the. parish. :
Tue law was looked up to- ascertain
ns methods of procedure. souster
aies against the district attorney
nau sheriff can be made by the dis |
H1act attorney or on petition Of fstwen-
Us4ve citizens. The governor ecan |
oceed direct only against district
MSes and judges of courts of !2p-
1:i. The custer move had not PASS
- the preliminary stages Tuesday /
night. however.
Or. Chas. = !. Gelbke, anti4Afarrero
naaer who was accused of accepting
anyand. hush hush money in the
ssnd jury report Saturday, prepar-
- Iuesday to eue the district attor-
grand jury, Paul Ristroph, Jos.
nyAnd. and all others concerned Tor
ssander and libel. He has engaged
- Clair Adams, former district at-
fsiaey OF Orleans, as his attorney.
rive more money slot machines
vefe added to the States collector
- gambling paraphernGlia colleeted
0n the gambling places in Jeifer- I
, oh parish when detachment of the
eafusa troops strolled 4 mile and q
sn down the shell road to -Ames-
~ ehortly after 8 o'clock Tuesday
sas9at and raided a ehed in the rear
- Gus Fazenda's saloon.
privates and Lieutenant Shat
'ter and Leblanc made the raid. No
tance was offered them and no
..1eets were made The raid was
euted under instruction OF Gov
Nl noT Hall to Adjutant General Nc
re' : who in turn instructed Capt.
= Gears to "go get EN-" The
IpAln detailed his two lieuteuants,
ao selected squad Of half 4 dozen
ma. So quietly ala <ha AoAsil ~.