The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-10-20

bearing on the case whatever. Sheriff
Currie, who had been constantly on the
job since being notified Of the finding
of the dead mans body, never lost hope
ard proceeded with what evidence he
had obtained to locate and bring tC
justice the guilty parties.
Finds That Borrowed Gun Was Stolen
From Mathews.
About three weeks prior to the time
Of the murder Mathews borrowed q
pump gun from Walter Bailitf, stating
at the time that someone had stolen
his Marlin rifle, and later someone
stole the gun borrowed from Bailitf
After learning this fact Sheriff Curric
began a search for the stolen property
It also developed that a gun had beer
stolen from Berry Davis who lives
I near RinggoId, and the gun that was
found on Mathews bed was identified
as Davis gun. So guns were to play
an important part in locating the muir
derers, and the search for the thieves
was diligently carried out, and from all
indications at the time it was destin-
ed to be fruitless search. But Sher-
. if 'Currie is not the type that gives
up and persistence won out IN this
case just as it has in manly others for
him. He fought down the influence
caused by the belief of many that it
was a hopeless undertaking and he con,
tinued to work increasingly night and
day. In the meantime he had heard
| of a man in Red River parish, possibly
20 or - mile below the place where
the murder was committed that hat
bought or traded for some guns, and
after having located the man he found
that the guns had been bought or trad
ed for and obtained the names OF the
parties selling them. This was Ell
couraging evidence and he continue
his search with the assurance that he
was on the right road. The party hay
ing the guns stated that they were
bought from Tom Mozart and Claud'
Streeter, who resided about 8 mile:
south Of Ringgold in Red River parish
On the 18th Of this month Sheriff Cur
RE located and arrested Claud
Streeter who admitted taking part il
the theft and acknowledged that ht
participated in the murder and rob
tt-befy Of Mathews and implicated his
brother and Tom Mozart, on whose
farm the Streeters resided. That
night in his room at the Ringgold he
tel, Sheriff Currie obtained a comics
sion from Claude Streeter, which was
signed in the presence Of several wit
nesses and B. F. Albums, notary pub
lie. On Wednesday, the 10Th, he al
rested Alfred Streeter and Tom Nc
Cart. Alfred Streeter, who is the ell
der of the two, made a written confess
sion also which was obtained by Sher.
if Currie and merely coroborated the
confession Of his brother. giving his
tory Of how the plot to rob Mathews
originated. Both Streeters in their
confession accused Mozart Of bein,
the instigator of the crime, stating h1
had told them that he knew where they
could get some money. The younger
Streeter, according to the confession
Of he and his brother, stated that he
did not want to kill anybody to get
money, and at the time, it is stated.
Mozart accused him Of being a coward
Later they state that Mozart approach
ed them on the subject again and it
was agreed that young Streeter take
the money off Mathews after he was
killed, and the elder Streeter and Ne.
Cart were to do the killing, and &C..
cording to their confession the murder
was carried out as planned. 1t is al.
legged by both Streeters that that the
money which was found on the dead
man was turned over to Mozart for
him to make the division, that the to-
tai amount was $500 and few cents
and that he, Mozart, gave them $1,000
each and said that he ha&a large fam