Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-23
THREE PEOPLE SHOT
IN PITCHED BATTLE
Two Others Are Wounded When
Factions Clash in
Louisiana.
USE GARAGE AS BARRICADE
Special Forces Patrol Streets in
Effort to Prevent Further
Outbreaks.
USE GARAGE AS BARRICADE
Try Associated prasr1


BOGALUSA. LA. Nov. 22-Threc
white men were shot to death and two
wounded In pitched battle at ga
rage mere today in which 4 small band
or men attempted TO prevent forty
hvc special police deputies from ar
resting negro labor leader. suspected
Oh melting negroes and two white men
VINO had carried shotguns to protect
MIN while parading him down the main
street of the city in which the worlds
largest sawmill is located
The dead are Lee Willis ms. president
of the Allied Trades Council Of Boga
lusa, and owner OF the garage, ], p.
Bouchillon. and Thomas Gaines, car
pcnter.
wounded are: S J. o'RourKe. carpen
ter, and ono of the men for whom n
warrant for arrest had been sworn.
and Jules Leblanc. special policeman n.
ana u former captain in the United
state Army. Saul Dechus, tho negro
VINO had been sought by the officers
and who is president of the negro
union. escaped from the garage with
four white men during the shooting
James Williams, brother of the slain
leader, was arrested and charged with
assault with intent TO kin.
Advance In Face OF Fire.
Bogalusa is quiet tonight and the
special officers. forty-fvc in number,
VINO are members OF the Self Preserva-
ton and Loyal League, and who made
a determined advance on the barri-
caded garage despite the fire from shot
guns and pistols. are making every eff
fort to maintain order.
The fight at the garage is n result of
the paradinE of the negro the office RS
had been searching for since last night
they boarded passenger train last
could not find him or any suspected
radicals. Today the officers said
Bouchillon and o'Rourlse, armed with
for whom warrant had been sworn.
down the street to Williams garage.
The chief of police had sworn. in the
nnckr for special officers and they
w. c. Magee and Jules Leblanc. with
warrants for O,Rourke. Bouchilion and
Dechus, started toward the building.
but Just as they entered gate lead
ing to the garage, were fired upon. Le-
Blanc was hit in the arm.
Refuses to Give Up Men.
Williams, the labor leader, then
STEPPED st into the doorway. ohicer' say,
made an attempt TO carry his shotgun
to his shoulder. lie was instantly shot
to death.
The pitched battle then ensued
Rouchilion was killed when his gun
failed 10 fire while he was standing
The garage was rushed by the de-
terWined officers. and only the body OF
Bouchillon. with pistol with dis
charged cartridges in IL and 4 shotgun
AT his side, and James Williams was
found. Bouchllon fell i'm the center
OF the garage. In the last few days
the Loyal League. which includes sew
eral members OF the American Legion,
has been active in attempting to stamp
out radicalism. Wednesday thirteen
members, all of whom were OF the
American Legion. escorted out OF town
Edward O'Brien, a white man. reported
Of approving the shooting of former
soldiers in an .Armistice Day parade
at Centralia, Wash. by l. w. WIS.
Tie same men served a warning on
Dechus. the negro suspected Of being
an agitation. to leave BoEalusa ycster-
day. A;iidavits charging Jules Lc-
Blanc and eleven other members Of
the committee who escorted O'Brien
to the train with unlawfully wearing
the United states Army uniforms were
sworn out mere Yesterday by William
l.. Donnells. general organizer of the
United brotherhood of Carpenters and
Ioiners. before the United states com
missioner.