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"BRUNER TAKES OFFICE"
Assume Duties of District Attorney at Crowley Tuesday, Expresses Appreciation of Responsibilities.
"TWO ARRESTS IN WARNER MURDER"
Negroes Taken by Officers in Rapides Parish Monday - Held In Close Confinement - Names of Suspects Are Not Given and They are Closely Guarded in the Parish Jail - Long Chase for Fugitive.
"TWO MORE HELD FOR AX MURDERS"
Negroes Suspected of Connection With "Church of Sacrifice" and Fanatics' Crime It Is Blamed For, Are Caught at Glenmora
"WOMAN ARRESTED"
By Crowley Officers - Held in Connection With Murder of Negro Families There
"WHOLESALE MURDERS CAUSE PANIC AMONG THE COLORED INHABITANTS"
People of the coontown are in a state of terror and do not dare to sleep - Twenty-six have been slain within the past year and no clue has been discovered to any of the crimes.
"NEGRO WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT."
Ghastly Crime Discovered in a Hut in Western Part Of The City - Family Of Four Had Been Brained With An Ax - Coroner's Jury In Session But There Is No Clue To The Murderer
"SECOND ARREST MADE OF NEGRO PREACHER IN CONNECTION WITH HUMAN SLAUGHTERS."
Pastor of Crowley Church Held by Officers Until Investigation Is Made, Head of "Christ Sanctified Holy Church" Denies Crime.
"NEGRO FAMILY KILLED IN CROWLEY"
Negro Family Killed Tag. Mother and Three Children Brained With an Axe - Similar to Crimes Committed Here.
"ARRESTED AS SUSPECT"
In Randall Family Murder, Pastor Harris of Sacrifice Church, Jennings Is Brought Here.