"ARRESTED AS SUSPECT"
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"ARRESTED AS SUSPECT"
Subject
On the request of the authorities here Chief of Police Harris, of Jennings, arrested and brought over here Sunday. King Harris, colored, the pastor of what is known as the Sacrifice Church in Jennings. Harris was arrested as a suspect in connection with the Norbert Randall murder here in November because it is believed that the Sacrifice sect is something on the order of the "Council of God" sect of New Orleans. It is known that on the night of the murder this Harris held a meeting in a house about one half block from the Randall home and Randall and his family are said to have been at the meeting.
While the officers are confident they have two of the persons implicated in these horrible butcheries of whole families, in jail, they have believed there are others, which belief a similar murder Thursday night in Crowley of another family, confirms and leads to the suspicion that the murders may be the result of some fanatical belief or teaching. This is what lead up to the arrest of the preacher Harris, and they hope soon to solve the mystery of these atrocities.
While the officers are confident they have two of the persons implicated in these horrible butcheries of whole families, in jail, they have believed there are others, which belief a similar murder Thursday night in Crowley of another family, confirms and leads to the suspicion that the murders may be the result of some fanatical belief or teaching. This is what lead up to the arrest of the preacher Harris, and they hope soon to solve the mystery of these atrocities.
Description
In Randall Family Murder, Pastor Harris of Sacrifice Church, Jennings Is Brought Here.
Creator
The Advertiser
Source
James D. Wilson Personal Collection
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Date
1-23-1912
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Language
english
Type
newspaper
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Coverage
Lafayette, Louisiana
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Citation
The Advertiser, “"ARRESTED AS SUSPECT",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed May 5, 2024, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/33.