The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-09

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So. The postoffice eXanlHer gave out
the information that hypnOtism had
been used in obtaining the money.

So. The postottice examiner gave out
the information that hypnOtism had
been used in obtaining the money.
R.K. Burrows. of Fairi,anks, Texas,
SiXty-tive years old. wax killed last
Friday by shotgun which kicked :"
him in the stomach. He has fired one
of the charges from IL double-barrel
gun and was lowering it from his
shoulder when the othen4 charge was
accidentally fired, the recoil throwing
the gunstock to his abdonaen with fatal
result.
Joe Lang and Joe Goodwin, negroes
of Carroll County. Mississippi. were
arrested last Saturday In Greenwood,
that state. for having jugs.and bottles
of gosh concealed in their wagon
loads of cotton. They We're each fined
| S1O4.M by the mayor. "iesh' is u new
| distilled liquor which has lately made
| its debut in Carroll County. and sew
| eral stills turning out the product are
being hunted for by the officers.
Five bandits entered the Union Ave-
nue. Bank of Commerce in Kansas City
last Friday morning. locked the cash
ier. president and three other employ
Gees, together with two lepoSitorS. In
the vault, and escaped with $500 in
cash. motoring out Of town closely pur-
sued by the police. who riddled their
car with bullets. But the bandits
changed to another car and We're last
seen entering North Kansas City,
across the Missouri River.
Four white men confined in the Ra.
pides Parish Jail ut Alexandria sawed
their way out Sunday night and es
capped. Four other white men who
We're confined in the same cell declined
to try to escape. one Of them being
under sentence of death for murder
and another under life sentence fol
criminal assault. Those who escaped
were: Robert White. charged Will
robbery: VIII Clinton. assault; w. +
Adkins. arson, and Lawrence Hancock
alias Buster Brown" illicit distilling
The race riots at Helena. Ark. ant
the country lying south have fin;ill!
been suppressed by soldiers roundin:
up the negroes in the insurrectiOnar!
districts and the jailing of the leaders
Many negroes were killed by the sol
diers. and Ed Hicks. second i'll com
m;,nd among the inSurrectionists. mad
| IL
rising" that was prenaturely sprun
by the incident Of the buslwhackin
of officers by band I, negroes las
week. Hicks said that,f Little Roc
lawyer (white) had bea the chief OF
ganiZer of the movement. hut he coul
. not remember his name. However,
description has been given.
Official investigation Of the recei
race riots inzstnsl. .>aisottt- 1fcieaaa. AFk
have brought out the fact OH the te.
tinony of negroes. that the 9TH was
have been day of ''uprisings" in th;l
; district. i'll which the negroes were
slaughter the total white population
The arrest of ii Little Rock lawyer an
another white man has also resultet
they being two Of several white he
who were organizing the negroes. Eft
thousand rounds Of ammunition la
been accumulated; many rifles an
other arms had been gathered. and
widespread organization effected. I'll
rising" was premmturely sprung /
the eagerness of one band of neyroe
who ambushed and killed several whit
people some days previous to the AZ
pointed tine-wlich caused the al
thorities to get soldiers into the coul
try and nip further trouble in the bu
The Progressive Farmers and Hous
hold Union of America. through whit
the secret organization was effecte
is said to have branches elsewhere
the South. though it seems that Il
, main object Of the promoters was
collect funds from the local negrOe
who were told that the Governmel
was providing an armory at Winche
ter. Ark, to drill an army of 5000 Ill,
to back the rising"