The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-07-01
MAYOR AND MARSHAL OF Az ,, y
CanIA REPLY TO MR.. WlMBEhhf
Arcadia La. June 30, 1920.

Arcadia, La, June 30, l92o'
~ tho citizens Of Bienville parish ST. 7
~ On ~ last Saturday afternoon m snooc u
WI, vi, 1SII made a public speech = c;
IN iS' the Town of Bienyille IL, IN w MarabaI
IN nno 1nr that John Boddie, Mar Mars, a.
a uvd myself had made a statement ais con NJ
anu al or mlyS' parker accusing his son. u;
l l,oris T0 Nv. " Of Arcadia We have no 10
sne to make, for the stat Iea bim
apolo 'sIa to the Governor and told nl ~
VT We the time, that Mr.. Wimberly o, was on NJ
a. Rat tn Rouge and we would m a. mo Va as
ll,a tomant in his presence the same ua al
IN his absence and that II ne hi ueo otice
IN MS n,,S %D call MIR, Wimberly in his ONCE
and az LET him hear what we nat t,a ~ 90" as
anu III ,e' statement t was substantially d.
follows: Tenant was
substantially as folloW nnri, 1919, Mr.
,;s NJ Wimberly came 10 'ne h;s
Lorrls NJ, 4o " him that he had sent ms
sna, a to Monroe to get him Two see auS HIM
ne es wine for his own use ana a .at off Of
OF w III n ltl him when he got on .o ID
not to DOt that night The marshal t taa
the 't tbat it was not violation OF t M
MN tl"i hiring two quarts Of Q! w. WINE t,oin '
law , To u't the negro got off the tram IAN
that night he had fourteen + p,n' Quarts
t tma' ,,narts Of whiskey and TWO q0"''S
Iof wine. IAN 70 come
wo decided to get a man 10 s sonro
. v" srcadia to assist in running 9os WI =
~ tho A hootleggers and the mar rs a1,a s1
e omr the services of "Dr. R0ck T na,t
c cur Is sD q result, caught Gold Ioot n,
a 1nss p Brown, Mr.. Wimberly,s COOK CO., Ar Az
: bert Henderson, Ester sinful enr hoo n,
e %n,r,oa and win Minter, all for , boo.
,asains s in two cases each and AlO ea =,
, lessmS and Kelly Crier, in one cas- as
e eaeriff ant the marshal rounded up al al
! s shesa negroes and put them in jail; MI
ll'1 push Wimberly represented eacn on
! o. thorn thorn and they claim that he did s.
t wt;hont any fee whatever, Some =, o
: tham wanted to plead guilty, as the'
had had been caught; but they cla am sao I
5 rs that Wimberly would not let .ne -
t do So, They were all tried, cohVicIe'
and fined the limit of the law, MI
: Wiz took an appeal in eaen cas-
: from the Mayors court to the pls sun,
d Court hut a day or two later, all ines
r negroes, except Ike Grimes, came !.
/ the marshal and acknowledged tnel
n guilt and paid one fine and the oIli se
+ still hangs over them on the promis
e that tbey wouldn't bootleg any NOR
d whiskey, and so far as we know, a.
these negroes have kept their promis
g Except Gold Tooth Jess Brown WI
d continued to make trips to Mohf'
= after whiskey.
'e On October 18th, 1919 "Gold Tooth
e less Brown was again brought DeIol
S me on the charge of operating a BIN
G Tiger" and entered plea OF guilty
y charged and stated in open court th,
is the whiskey belonged to Boss M
N ! Rush Wimberly) and Mr.. LORI
Vt Wimberly. He stated further that
:. had gone to Monroe on different occa
: ions to get whiskey for them and wou
4 come back on the night train and g
off at SimsbOro and that Mr.. LORI
D Wimberly would come to Simsboro
! Ibis automobile and bring him to A
/ cadia.
Later on the same day, Mr.. Bold
\ land | were standing in the front 90
\ Iof the courthouse and Mr.. Lorris VII
berly came up and asked ii Jess nj
Y been tried and Mr.. Boddie said, "f'
y lhe plead guilty" and he said tn
whiskey belongs to you and Mr.. WI
Y berly." Mr.. Lorris NJ. Wimberly d
D mot dispute his statement but simp
turned and walked off and so far as
y know, Mr.. Lorris NJ. Wimberly b
d never denied the truthfulness OF &c
Tooth" Jess Browns statement, and t
: first time we ever heard Mr.. j. Ru
a Wimberly denying the truthfulness
Y said statement was in his speech
< Bienyille last Saturday, June 26, l92'
The reason we went to the Govern
Y was because 1t was up to him to appo1
n "a District Attorney for this District
: FIJI the unexpired term Of Honorable
y IL. Land resigned, as the people Of Il
~ district had no voice in the choice
1 District Attorney to fill this unexpil
y term, and we felt that 1t was our du
d las sworn officers of the law to prest
\ The facts to the Governor as they we
1--WE did not ask the Governor to
point any special lawyer to fill t
VI vacancy, but simply asked that he
I yestigate the matter and appoint so
good man that would assist in
V enforcement OF the law. as under
conditions we didn't think Mr. j. X,
Wimberly would do so.
" These are matters that we have
: discussed publicly and did not intend
do On hut Mr. Wimhprly ODpned