St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-07-08
THEFT OF HIDES
TRACED TO
NEGROES
Early Morning Visit to Junk
Dealer by Two Negroes
With Bullying Sacks

Butchers have been missing green
hides taken from beeves at their
slaughter pens, where they had been
packed in barrels. Birch & Burns
have also had hides stolen. Sunday
morning about $3.50 o'clock, Mr.
Emile Frederick was returning from
the wake of Mr.. Warren, when he
noticed q negro with a heavily pack
ed sack on his back walking down
Jahncke Avenue. He followed and
watched him, and saw another negro
coming as il to join him. This ne
gro he stopped and questioned. The
negro said he was out early because
he had been to wake. Later, BaJ
Sampson, a negro, found Sam Ruffin
sitting on the gallery of Horace
Ale1ius' place. Alexius is a dealer
in old junk. He asked him what he
was doing there, and not being salts
fed with his answer he told him he
had authority to arrest him and took
him in charge. In the meantime
Night Marshal Lloyd had gained in
formation that led him to believe
that some of the stolen hides had
been sold to Alexius, and he an
Deputy Lacroix took Ruffin to a room
and questioned him. As a result
Bob York and Nelson George were
also rounded up and all three were
brought together and questioned
with the result that they were locked
up in the parish Jail charged with
stealing hides.
Six Of the seven hides were recov-
cred at the Horace Alexius place.
Two Of the hides were identified b,
A. ]. Planche and two by Mr.. Frye
1t is supposed the negro seen by
Mr.. Frederick was one Of those who
left the hides on Mr.. Alexius' gal
lery. Mr.. Frye has missed five hides
Counting the two he recovered, hi
still has three missing. II things.
prove up the way the evidence indi
Gates. there will be an end to steal
ing hides.
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about six feet from ground. Water
came to within one foot of gallery
floor up to 10 p. m, after which it
began to recede and passed away as
rapidly as it came, the streets being
clean Of water before o'clock in
the, morning. Water marks in the
Farmer Office showed twenty-four
inches OF water had stood in the
building. Damage not over $4,000
Besides the Charropin family, four
teen teachers of the Summer Normal
School were removed from that resi-
dence In boats Friday afternoon.
Teams moved boarders from the
Blattner place. Mr.. and Mira. Blatt.
ner and several boarders refused to
leave and had to perch On window
stills and any high place they couid
find, while the water came up to the
beds. Mr.. Limongi, the Mutually
place an1ksother residences toward
the river We're flooded until the fur
niture doated around. Other fami
lies on Boston streetsgoved out be-
fore the water came inlo yard.
In the lower part Ct Old Coving-
CT Eea- the T0lson place there were
exc ting scenes. Mr.. Nell Barrinzer.
..;.'ut '.3O p. M. move + fanstly
rom his aome, which tne1 1ad three1
and one-half feet of water in it, to
the Weaver residence. He hal to
carry his four children and his wife.
one at time, through water reach
ing to his chest. He then Joined q |
rescue party, after he had recovered
from the fatigue of his trip through
Water. Sidney Fuhrmann brought
g skin on his motor truck and r. r
Planche and Joe Woods rescued the
Bear family. They were Joined ~ |
NJ. BarTinger in IN attempt % re- |