Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-11-03
Mole Admits
! Tells Of the Killing

+ S0 sganssvilIe, La, Oct. "a, 1921.
Rooalusa Enterprise,
Bogalusa, La,
cirs. In compliance with
Dez -acnest by telegram October 23,
goal hr,it below the account OF the
sus1r' of Dave Bell by Ollie and
V' vs.. Rel. Of Monroe, La, had
Ds' George and Ollie Mole passage
gNThI; u. Mat from Monroe to Atcha--
q nlo Station. where he had started
ills synsnd some time with his eight
I'D son, who is living with ana
.51@ been adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
e e.ags Westfall. Bell, in company
tsyls'+ be Mole brothers, passed
w a,gb Jonesville, Sunday, October
iV ,.Sera Bell landed and bought
slins for his boat. While IN
y..a.viIle he met an acquaintance
soj'; 4 conversation with him stated
~ he had two men on board with
t IN Nth Of whom were strangers to
Iimself. but wanted to go down with
ts $50 The two men, Mole brothers,
4.t.d that they knew the country
laugh -oI which they would pass. On
w following night, Monday night,
~. 4. murdered Bell by shooting him
'ome three or four times with a ~
I'm. ..Tbar Winchester rifle. By later
..~.Trinstion it was found that Bells
.tTii was crushed, apparently with a
pow from a piece Of iron or heavy |
nj The body of Bell was then
usiphed with three pieces OF IRON and
,Sr6wn overheard, all of which oc-
.Trrad Monday night, October 3. On
n following Thursday evening Bells
Az rose and was brought to shore
Sriiay morning, October Z. In the
,eeEets of his trousers were found a
Trvas money sack stampted, $3.50
0uaehita National Bank, Monroe,
Ieg and small leather purse which
soBtained zoe in silver.
AZ soon as the body of Bell was
agred from the river, DR.. w. Z.
eopev. parish coroner, was summoned
b MAKE inquest of the body, which !
Y found to be in such state of de-
imposition that it was practically lm-
mggble to secure definite marks of
Ratification as to whom the man
vs. DR.. Coney noted the skull
wound. took the weights from the
body and secured the pocket trousers
~ vonev sack and small purse. The
hdy was buried. II
On the following day, Saturday, |
vent to where the body was buried,
az into the grave and got the shoes
df Of his feet, as it appeared to me
Dat none Of the other articles taken
from the body could be in any way
used as evidence in identifying the !,
murdered man. Later the shoes, the !
money sack and purse were identified
Is Bells property.
On the following day, Sunday, /
olled Mr.. George Westfall over the l
tllephone to know if Bell had arrived
there at Atchafalaya Station, as he t
had had ample time to have made the
tap, He, Mr.. Westfall, stated that t
Bell had not arrived. Then I de-
Gribed Bells boats to him, he say t
ING that boats Of that description had t
passed bis place and that parties /
aboard, two in number, made in t
1liries as to the route to Plauuemine. r
Y might add here that on the river '
below where the body of Bell was
iound only two men had been seen
q the boats, while above that point f
hFee men had been seen by, several
alsies This, however, / did not
earn until after / had started in pur-
'ls Of the two parties on the boats
seen BY Mr.. Westfall). k
With this bit of information, /, c
aih Boyd Smith, of JonesviIle, Sc s.
saisd the fastest motor boat here
started in pursuit of the Mole C.
hers, who, ! believed, were in pcs a
on Of the boats owned by Dave e
si We left Jonesville Sunday, t,
s,.oOef 3 1880 a. M, and arrived B
naples at $50 p, m. We learned IL
1 lo9 several parties that the Mole h
se.aels had tried to 20 through Old c,
4ief INTO the Mississippi. but their b.
-sLhs power was insufficient to Ia
sliy the houseboat through this Il
4sain against the strong current c,
ss'l,ag from the Mississippi. Find q,
nag they could not make passage b
IVY me Mississippi, on account Of the If
~ i..eat against them, they tied up. Sc
n ~ M N this day they started down al
~ Ascnaiaiaya river, that being the G
soaFse they could 60 by water. I'll
S ~ next stop we knew of was at rs
s5le' where they STAYED over r
X % the next following that was q
49, distance above Atchafalaya b
ss., Lhssy left this point Just at hC
sunday morning, going gs
49, Li.tle Atchafalaya, Grand W
alakIng their way into Plaque 70
\ bayou and went up this stream hr
~ ~ ene-half mile of Plaquemine sa
M lie. I,aey we're tied up at this "a
4 I. sl.cA vas some ten miles ahead co
ss We learned from Can't. to
de offered to carry M AZ
~ ana me to where thew wera To- n,
= I, We accepted this kind serv- NJ,
ssu., G;ap'' Brooks and drove to hi
"a y ss'l u and with Sheriff HoIlo- tn
ISt Parish, we went to the IN
J. s,n sale 2 We had been following ~
ssla George and Ollie MoIo in w,
~ !, Of the boats, where We mi mi
6onI.RSee n 4 They stated that IN m
were soS.o ooaCs from Bell as an
,gillo some twenty miles below
q q 'r. s,la mat Bell left the boats
Il n 5 sjs4En to JOnesville, saying by