St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-11
SLOT MACHINES MUST.
Go FROM ST. LANDRY
GRAND JURY ORTTIEs TO DANISH SLOT MA
CHIMES GAMBLING
FROM PARISH

j It is our purpose to have thorough
4 investigation and full inquiry made
Il into this matter to the end thai
i there may be no escape by those
j who are guilty. When and by whom
| these Investigations shall be made
i it becomes unnecessary to state, ,hut
we can assure your honor that WE
will do all in our power to suppress
those dens that are sapping the man
j hood of our young men and are can
GERS on the body social.
In this connection we call upon
the municipal authorities to enact
ordinances suppressing gambling
and to see that such ordinances are
strictly enforced.
Our attention has been called to
the dangerous condition of the
/ bridge accross Bayou Gourtableau
in the village of Port Barre. We
understand that a dispute between
| the parish authorities and munich
pal authorities as to which is eharg-
ed with the duty of maintaining
this bridge has arisen. We are not
] charged with the duty of solving
,, this controversy. We recommend
that unless necessary steps be taken
to make this bridge safe to the
| travelling public it be closed and
| its use condemned.
We have examined the condition
Of the public buildings. The sanit-
ary condition of the Jail can be
greatly improved. The cells oceu-
pied by the insane are in a very bad
sanitary condition and require i'm
mediate attention.
I We would suggest that the win
doWs of the Jail should be entirely
screened to the end that persons on
the outside may be unable to pass
any object to those confined within.
Having completed our Iabors we
now beg TO be discharged.
SPECIAL REPORT
Our attention has been called by
Hon. Henry Lastrapes, Jr., Clerk of
Court, to the condition of some of
the conveyance books in his office
and in his custody. These records
are in a delapidated condition and
require immediate rebinding. We.
would earnestly request that our
police jury give their immediate at
tention to the condition of these re-
cords and take the necessary steps
to preserve the same.
O. L. GREGORY, Foreman.
Following are the true and not
true bills:
True bills: Gurley Wimberly, as
sault and battery; Sam Williams,
petty larceny; Laurent Guidry and
Thomas Rogers, grand larceny; Joe
Martin, trespass; G. NJ. Super and
Murphy Edenborn, grand larceny;
Eddie Williams, burglary; Charlie
johnson, murder; Celeste Zacharie,
burglery; Lawrence Jones, murder:
Carlton Holmes. murder; Louis
Richard, murder; Tommy Williams,
murder; jules Thibodeau, violating
labor contract; Gustave Thomas,
murder; Leonce Devilliers, 3i-86:
Absome Mitchell, murder; Louis
murder; Martin Thompson, petty
larceny; John Roy, petty larceny; !,
Wiley Hudson, 3t-86; Robert Will
liams, murder; Hugh Bihm, shoot
ing with intent to murder; Marshall
Bowman and George Hanchett,
trespass; Oge Guilbeau, cutting
horse tail; Hy. G. Voorhies, embez-
clement; Levie Fontenot, 2o9-1ot4;
Charlie Kimball, 2it-i909; Noise
Pitre, wife desertion:
NOT A TRUE BILL
AuGslien Beard, 3i-s6 and as
sault;; Austide Sicily. assault to
kill; A. simien, act 2if-i909; Albert
zGormier, slander; Camille Martin,
Albert Cormier, Gustave Richard,
Clifford Frank. maliciously cutting
fence; Mrs. Marie Guilbeau, lar
ceny and assault and battery;
Granderson Thomas, Wounding less
than mayhem; Walter Parker, en-
bezzlement;; Leonee Tujaque, as
sault and battery; Rosa Hawkins,
burglary; ]. A. Andrepont, assault
and battery; John Gum, lying in
wait, armed with dangerous wea-
pon; A. J. Deville, murder;