Blackwater Ledger No. 67

**Blackwater Ledger No. 67** is one of the locations in Red Dead Redemption 2.

THIEVES ESCAPE ON TROLLEY.

FLEE ON POLICE WAGON.

CRIME WAVE CONTINUES.

Thieves, in the midst of robbing the Saint Denis Trolley Station, were surprised by police and a vicious gun battle ensued across large tracts of the city. Shots rang out for a considerable period and residents fled the area. Their options limited by the bravery of our police officers, the robbers managed to hijack a trolley and head out onto the streets of Saint Denis, striking fear into street goers and shattering windows and personal property as they exchanged gunfire with the law.

The trolley eventually crashed in a grand spectacle, but the culprits shot their way through a garrison of law enforcement and fled on a police wagon. The horror that was unleashed stretched throughout the city, with citizens aghast at the trail of destruction and worrying for the health and safety of their families. A special meeting of the town council has been called and officials will seek a remedy to what is being called a wave of crime in what is normally a relatively peaceful city.

### The New Fashionable Gaiety

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GARDEN PARTIES AND READINGS OF EVELYN MILLER.

American High Society thrives on a spectacle and there is no bigger trend in the dinner dances,musicals and garden parties attended by the elites of the era than that of the writings of Evelyn Miller. His musings on nature, simplicity and the rights of savages are all the topics of conversation over a luncheon or mild tea. His ideas seem to penetrate the aristocratic cranium in such a way that readers can speak of little else.

In some circles, they seem to prefer that the thoughts of Mr. Miller become social law. Indeed Mr. Miller spends plenty of time in the social strata where he is a topic of conversation - he is often seen at a garden party and was present at the famed Mayor's Ball in Saint Denis this year, while visiting the region on a sabbatical from his teaching job in New Haven, Connecticut.

While it is surely a delightful social life discussing philosophy while watching regattas or in mansions with fashionable people, it is this newspaper's opinion that at the heart of Mr. Miller's writings is a basic disdain for "others" who due to social position have not achieved his level of enlightenment. He, like others of his kind, is a dandy and fraud masquerading as a man of nature and the arts. We as a people can do better than to worship this false idol.

### The Indian Trouble

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WAPITI QUARREL WITH U.S. AGENTS.

Indian discontent has taken many forms and many say it is poised to boil over once more. The ungrateful Indian an wax poetic about a time when all land was his, and grumble about his limited quarters confined to reservations all he wants, but the facts are the facts. The United States of America has been particularly generous to the red man, and yet, they repeatedly claim mistreatment.

However, there is nothing preventing any citizen of the United States from leaving, and so too should the red man consider leaving for Europe, or Canada, more more likely, Mexico, which does not impose tax or laws on times of season in which one can hunt game.

Currently, most full-blooded Indians are quite content to accept the very generous allowance given by the U.S. Government. Yet there are still some tribes who prefer conflict as their warring nature cannot leave their system.

Take for instance, in our region, the Wapiti Reservation in the Grizzlies where tensions with the army regiment stationed at nearby Fort Wallace are growing, and some fear an all-out return to the bloody days of the Indian Wars. Colonel Henry Favours, officer in command of the local regiment, has sent a dispatch to Washington warning of a possible return to armed hostilities s the Indians have failed to abide by treaties that we signed in good faith.

Indians claim that the army is withholding supplies and medicine and that sickness is rife, all of which are falsehoods meant to further hostilities. We will stay with this story as events unfold.

### Guarma Island Sugar Boom

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FUSSAR CALLED FRIEND THE OF THE US.

CUBAN IMPORTS ON THE RISE.

Rail Baron and industrial Titan Leviticus Cornwall stood next to a ship unloading Cuban sugar from the island of Guarma and hailed a new era of cooperation between the two countries. After making two trips to the region to tour sugar plantations, and signing an exclusive purchase order with the Governor of Guarma, imports are on the rise. Cornwall had called local govenor Alberto Fussar "a great friend of America."

However, the boom is undercutting the US sugar industry and resulting in the loss of American jobs. Detractors call Fussar a controversial figure who is flamboyant at times and cruel at others and has Guarma under a quasi-military rule. His security force is reportedly feared across the island, which plantation workers often working 14 hour shifts to keep up.

### Gang Hideout Discovered

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AT CLEMENS POINT.

BELIEVED TO BE VAN DER LINDE GANG.

WAS DESERTED ONLY DAYS BEFORE.

Law agents and others on the trail of the Van der Linde gang say they have discovered the remains of a camp that no doubt served as the base of operations as the gang robbed, terrorized and killed citizens across the Scarlette Meadows area recently. The rather large area was well organized and, based on the footprint of the operation, it appears that more people are involved in the thieving organization than officials pursuing the gang originally thought.

The Van der Linde gang is wanted for a string of robberies and murders, most notably the BLackwater boat heist where close to $150,000 was stolen. Ranchers in the area report missing livestock, and one man, Thaddeus Rivington reported to police that his teenage daughter has disappeared and joined the gang, which he says serves as the only explanation as to why she wouldn't want to finish the process of discernment and joining a local convent.

### Mayor's Gala Was Grand

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WEALTHY ATTEND ANNUAL SOIREE.

The annual high society gala thrown by Saint Denis Mayor Henri Lemieux at his mansion this year went late into the night with champagne flowing, a string quarter serenading guests, and fireworks filling the night skies.

The eclectic roster of high-profile guests included the industrialist Archibald Jameson, war hero Major Hobart Crawley, the banker Gilbert Knightly, and proprietor of the Saint Denis Times Tribune Hector Fellowes. Also, somewhat controversially, in attendance was Angelo Bronte, a generous benefactor to the city of Saint Denis, but also believed to have ties to unsavory business interests.

### Bombardment of the Stars

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MAGNIFICENT SHOWER OF METEORS.

There was great disappointment felt last year when the predicted meteoric shower did not appear. Astronomers the world over wondered if the shower had been given up as lost or merely delayed a year. However, amateur astronomers have been sending in dispatches regarding sightings of meteor showers near Roanoke Ridge in New Hanover after a large meteor hit there.

These space particles intersect with the earth, combusting into brilliant showers of light, and are thought to be residual debris from the system that produced the massive meteor that recently fell and created a sizeable crate in the area. Some have flocked to the crater claiming that the space debris has healing powers, while others claim this to be unsubstantiated and ludicrous conjecture.

### Chicago Negroes Hold Anti-Lynching Service

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PROTEST AGAINST LYNCHING OF POPULAR REVEREND IN GEORGIA.

The body of Reverend Benson Floyd, the man who was implicated in the Chandler murder, was found hanging from a branch of a persimmon tree in a small hamlet in Georgia. Despite many protests of his innocence by his employer and white members of the the community, a mob convicted him by a roadside here and strung him up to hang after mutilating the body.

Floyd had been implicated by another Negro, Otto Luther, who was hanged in the Chandler murder and in a final confession said it was the preacher who had paid him to murder Chandler. Many believe this story to be a falsehood as Luther resent Rev. Floyd's chastising him for his sinful ways. In response to the lynchings, many of the 30,000 colored residents of Chicago are arranging a series of protests to be held in churches. Community leaders have called for calm and civilized discussions.