St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-18
Thief Gets Watches, Jew.
elry and Money, Then
Gets Hungry.
CAUGHT AT A
RESTAURANT
Cant Dogs Trail Him To
Restaurant, Then To
Cell in Jail.

i ~A"OSAA SApSA4OA4VSNu LAC SCuSdLiuU
OF having an expert burglar devote
Monday night to visiting residences
relieving sleeping citizens of Their
valuabies. Evidently the hot day
had been followed by cooler breezes
at night, for all slept soundly and
the thief leisurly took what he waat-
ed and handled nothing that Woull
make g. noise, for he even left some
clinking silver on the bureau in Mr..
Frank Comforts room, but he took
$10C Howard watch. If he had
picked UP the Sears & Roehuck caIa-
logue lying on the chair he might
have found out just what such IL
watch was worth, and then he could
have turned over the leaves and
picked out wallet with $500, where
Frank had tossed it before he climb
ed into bed. A watch valued al
500 and $35 in cash was also stol-
en- from DR.. Griffith, and he got SIX
or seven hunderd dollars worth of
diamonds from the Nunez store
These robberies were supposedly
committed between IL o'clock and
midnight.
AS soon in the morning as the
robberies were made known Marshal
Brume tried to get the Cant blood
hunds on the trail. He learned the
dogs were IN Bogalusa and he went
there after them. While in Boga-
lusa looking up the dogs, he ran
into e colored woman disguised in
mems overalls, wore wig, brown
shoes and brown hat A negro man
was assisting her to escape, and dur
ing the invest cation that followed
Mr.. Erume discovered that she was
wanted for cutting another Woman's
throat, Monday. 5s--s,
She was taken in charge. Then
Bruno returned with the dogs and
they trailed. A stranger had beah
arrested on suspicion at Mrs. Brou-
gier's restaurant where the man had
just ordered something to eat. He
had grip with him and on search
ing II it was found to contain
policeman's billy and a lot of skele-
ton keys. The man was taken out
" oA d0tO, I'LL uSSI AA dAu Sdi11Cu "
Jail. The dogs took up the scent
from the premises robbed and fol-
lowed It to the restaurant and then
went out to where the man had been
put into the auto. They were taken
to the jail and again took up the
trail, going straight to the cell where
the man was locked up. This SEEM
ed to clinch 1t.
The stolen goods were not found.
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day Of May, 1920, define the roads
which should be completed by tue
Good Roads Commission, and did
also order the sum of $4,000 0u
set aside for the purpose OF meeting
State and Federal Aid, which sum
was later augmented to $330,000.G0,
and
Whereas, the said Good Roads
Commission was specially instructed
not to let any contract other than
those on which Federal Aid has been
allotted, and
Whereas, information has come to
the Police Jury that the said Good
Roads Commiss. on has let a con-
tract to hard surface the Salt Bayou
Road in this parish in violation oi
the said ordinance, and
Whereas, the funds set aside by
this Police Jury to meet the Federal
Aid allotment will be seriously inn
paired in the event any contracts
are made other than those provided
for in the ordinance referred to, an6
Whereas, it s not the intention
of this Police Jury to ratify or ap-
prove any act or contract relating to
the building of the Salt Bayou Road,
now therefore
Be it resolved, That the Goo
Roads Commission be and they are
hereby notified to discontinue any
hard surfacing work on the said Salt
Bayou Road, and that for the present
the said road should be restored to
the condition of a first class graded
road.
The above resolution was read
and adopted by the following vote:
Theodore Dendinger, Jr., for the
adoption Of resolution.
H. N. Fendlason, for adoption.
C. M. Poole, for adoption.
J. NJ Smith, against, adoption.
R. C. Cooper, for adoption.
Emile Singletary, against adop-
tion.
w. H. Davis, for adoption.
NJ. 2. Schneider, against adoption.
] B. Howe, against adoption.
Emile Burkenstock, for adoption.
After the vote being counted it
stood six (6) to four (4) for the
adoption of said resolution.
1t was moved and seconded that
the meeting adjourn unit the 12ti
day of October, 1920, the regular
meeting day, unless specially called.
The bills will be published in .he
next issue of the official Journal, The
st. Tammany Farmer.
]. B. HOWE,
President
F. J. MARTINDALE,