The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-08-19

does take place it must begin in the
army. BY themselves the people are
| rowerless. The Emperor may and must
| gain a great victory. else the army
itself. may turn against him.
Many papers of the United States
| arc taking part in advocating the one
| or other nation. Now, we wish well to
both. and would be glad that each
might reach its present ambition. Let
France take Belgium and all west tf
the Rhine, and let Prussia take Ho'-
land and all Germany The French
people would then be one nation, and
SD would be the Germans. As to the
leaders Of both nations, King William.
Bismarck. the Emperor and Olivier, we
are of opinion that they are accident
ally great only, and that the two ma
items are not well represented in their
leaders"
I'VE We're panied to learn that Il
recounter between Elias O'Neill, Of this
Parish, and Fred Tally. of Shreveport.
took place on Tuesday last, at Shreve-
rcrt. which resulted in the death of
Tally and the serious wounding of
O'Neill. O'Neill is under arrest await
III. the legal investigation of the affair.
and we. therefore. fOrbear giving the
circumstances as they have reached us. :"
Elias O'Neill was tried and acquitted
on a charge that was preferred against
him as Il result of the above reported
Homicide. Presumably it must have been
proved that he shot in self-defence.
Later a son of Fred Tally assassinated
Mr.. ONeill OH Market Street, Shreve-
port. \ shotgun was made use of. and
the shot that killed Mr.. O'Neill also
DESTROYED the sight of one eye of Dr.
Levi H. Fisher. as the two were at the
time walking down the street side by
side The Younger Tally was tried for
his crime and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. Later he purchased his freedom
after the Radicals gaines the reins
Of state government.
Referring back to the Banner Of .Au-
gust 49, 1870. extracts from which were
made for this department last week. we
tnd the following published under the
heading . Drowned"
Tuesday evening three freed people,
& man, woman and boy. were drowned
in the channel of Rodcau Lake. at the
Bellevue ferry. At low water the lake
becomes simply IA bayou, and ut the
ferry the road OH the west side skirts
this bayou some distance The ferry
man. a freedman named Sol Franklin,
was carrying some passengers mp this
channel to put them opt beyond a GER
tain had slough. when ne saw these
freed people in a one-horse wagon COM
ing to the ferry. He hailed them and
told them to wait for him.
When he returned he found the
horse standing In the water with the
fore wheels of the wagon attached to
'.in.-l,aving swum the bayou. On some
floating bedding just below an infant
OF about eight months was lying. nearly
the water only partially COW
ering it. The infant and horse were
rescued, hut the other occupants Of the
wagon were nowhere to he seen.
This all occurred near nightfall. |
Early Wednesday morning many of our
e;tizens. White and black, repaired to
the scene of the disaster and instituted
4 search. which resulted in the finding
Of the bodies of Il nl;pl, woman and
hid of some two years of age. The
nan was fshed from the bottom at the
ferry crossing; the woman was found
some distance below, Heating. attached
To an old buggy seat by a rent iii her
clothes. The child was found still fur
Their down. also floating
On examining the mans clothes
letters We're found showing that he was
Il servant Of Judge w. Il. Egan, Of
Shreveport, going to Mt Lebanon. HIS
name was Cal. The names of the wo-
nan ;nd children are unknown.
"A key half full of wl,iskey and an
empty fottle We're found floating at the
ferry. and therefore it is supposed the
:ilan at least was drunk. and that lie
heedlessly drove in the bayou to ford it,
An inquest was duly held and the
verdict was in accordance with the
above statements.
The infant is near the ferry. nursed
by a freedwomall.'