The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-19
Crimes and Casualties.


ma, was injured late yesterday after
noon when an automobile in which he
was riding from Mitchell to Sioux City.
:. d.. overturned, throwing the Sena-
tor out on the ground.
NJ G, Pace and Joe Allen, of Little
Rock, Ark, are confined in the Web
ster Parish Jail on charge Of stealing
an automobile in Little Rock last week.
The youths were arrested at Stamps.
Ark, and returned to Minden, where
they had deserted the car.
Warner ROehl, Of San Francisco,
who reported to the police that he had
Teen swindled out of $4,000 in a cop
per deal. was the victim Of confidence
men who had piled their trade in st.
Augustine. Fla, Chicago and other
cities. detectives of Chicago declare.
r. J. Carothers. of Nashville, Tenn.,
was seriously injured Tuesday when a
| ten-tOn pile driver. which was being
| conveyed on heavy transfer wagon
| from the business district Of Alexan-
dria to be loaded OH car for ship
ment to New Orleans fell from the
4 wagon.
Extradited from New York city,
where he was arrested at the instance
Of Shreveport police, John +. Moran,
late Of tile Canadian Army, returned
to Shreveport Sunday, in custody o1
Detective Price. to face charges Of de.
frauding the American National Bank
Of that city.
Ire(lell Wheeler, resident of Smith
field. n. C., testified in court last Fri
day that lie had traded wives with an
other man and had given half pint
OF wliskey aud p cents to boot. Tht
testimony was given In a case IN whici
four other white men are charged will
a conspiracy to kill.
, Two names were added to th,
; already long list Of convictions TO
. violations of the Reed liquor Law
amendment in the Federal Distric
. Court at Shreveport yesterday whel
T. L. BOssier and w. 0. Neeley wer
assessed fines of 500 and costs b!
Judge George w. Jack.
Ban Duff is held in the parish jai
ut Vidalia on the charge Of having as
sassinated his father-in-law, Lotto
. Blunt, well known planter and stOc
: grower of Concordia Parish. The bod
Of Mr. Blunt was found near his home
at cOncOrtlia Bayou. and bore evidenc
! that he came to his death by gullsht
wounds.
The blowing up of an explOsiy
/ plant in Rartlesville. Okla. yesterda
z wrecked the building and injured tw
g men. one probably fatally. John Ker
q was severely burned about the hea'
and will probably he blind If he live
Is q. f. Nichols was burned about Il
q body The men had just left the bull
!, ing when the explosion took place.
l. Nora Ruth Livingston, six years oil
J. and Rebecca Craig, five years o!d, We
a literally riddled with small shot ye
n ter(lay about eight miles from Nj,
y shall, Texas. when Il siEgle-barrel she
gun. with which tw5 boys were pla
N ing. was accidentally discharged. do
rs tors declare tie injuries are serior
d. The boys did not know the gun VI
III loaded.
is Charged with criminal negligent
Id A. II. Lewis was arrested In Shire,
Mt ,Ort Tuesday for running over Nj
o. Dolly Miller. twenty-five years o
with a motorcycle. The accident I
in Cured Monday afternoon IN the II
f. block OF Texas Avenue. Mrs. Mill
NJ sustained broken Leg and Is confin
by in a shreveport sanitariunl. 1t Is "a
- she was crossing Texas Avenue VIII
re she was struck by the motorcycle.