The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 1, 1910
Page 1, Column 5
KILLS GRANDFATHER.
Estherwood, La., Jan. 31.-A deplorable accident, the accidental killing
of his grandfather by his six-year-old son, occurred at Morse Station
Sunday morning.
The little fellow is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Larkin. His
grandfather, Tosam Leger, 70 years old, invited him to go hunting. The
pair went off in the woods, the old man in the lead and the little child
trailing close behind. The little fellow got hold of the gun and began
to play with it, when the trigger got caught in some huckleberry bushes
and the weapon was discharged. The load entered Mr. Leger's back and he
fell dead. The butt struck the child in the face almost tearing the eye
from its socket.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 1, 1910
Page 2, Column 2
Death of Miss Emma Bouchelle.
It is with extreme sadness that we chronicle the death of Miss Emma
Bouchelle at the sanitarium in Columbia, Mo., on the 27th inst. Miss
Bouchelle has visited Monroe on several occasions and by her sweet and
loveable disposition had made many friends who will grieve at the
announcement of her death. Particularly sad was Miss Bouchelle's death,
coming, as it did, in the midst of life and happiness, without almost a
moment's warning, she was snatched from the arms of loved ones to meet
an accidental, but horrible death-the story of gasoline and a match.
Miss Bouchelle had just finished cleaning a pair of gloves, washing them
on her hands in a bowl of gasoline, the servant standing near holding
the bowl, when her brother entered and lighting a match, inadvertantly
(sic) threw it down, when to his horror, the servant dropped the vessel
holding the gasoline and in the fright of doing so threw it all over
Miss Bouchelle and in an instant she was enveloped in flames beyond the
control of her brother or the servant. Miss Bouchelle was taken
immediately to the sanitarium and everything in the power of physician
or science done to save her, but after lingering a few days, on the
27th, the pain of suffering was relieved by a merciful God.
Miss Bouchelle was the daughter of Mr. Julian Bouchelle who is
prominently connected in Ouachita and Morehouse parish and who in his
young manhood was a resident of Morehouse and still holds large farming
interest. Mr. Bouchelle has many friends who grieve with him in his
great sorrow and their hearts go out to him, an idolizing father, bereft
of an only daughter, who has gone to join the mother beyond, while to
him is left the stricken brother as a solace and comfort.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 1, 1910
Page 5, Column 3
CAPT. CRYER DEAD.
Well Known Steamboatman Passed Away Early Today
Capt. E. B. Cryer, for many years a familiar figure in this section and
one of the best known steamboatmen on the Ouachita river, died at his
home in West Monroe last night at 7:30 o'clock. At the time of his
death he was 65 years, 9 months and 12 days old. Captain Cryer was a
Confederate Veteran, serving throughout the war under General John B.
Gordon. After the war, he was a prominent figure in the Reconstruction
days and did his full share in restoring the reins of government to the
white people.
Soon after the war Captain Cryer engaged in steamboating in the
Ouachita river trade and in the early '70s was made mate on the steamer
St. Mary of which Captain J.W. Carlton was master. Captain Cryer was
the owner of several boats at different times that worked the Ouachita
and tributary trade. His first boat was the Ora, which was followed by
the Acme, Willie, St. Francis Belle and D. Stein. He also owned the
wharfboats, Kilgore at Trenton and Memphis at Monroe. His last
steamboating was with the Annie Lee in Bayou Mason.
Captain Cryer is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Manning
McGuire. Capt. Harry Williams is a stepson.
The funeral services took place at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the
family residence and were conducted by Rev. George D. Booth. Interment
took place at the old Hasley cemetery, where the remains were laid to
rest with Masonic honors.

The Monroe News-Star
Thursday, February 3, 1910
Page 2, Column 3
Death of Miss Marguerite Bernhardt.
Another sweet spirit has reached its haven of rest. This morning at
7:45 o'clock. Miss Marguerite Bernhardt, the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A.H. Bernhardt, fell into that gentle sleep that knows no awakening
until the dawning of the resurrection morning. Scarcely twenty- one
years of age, Miss Bernhardt has been a sufferer from consumption for
two years, having contracted the disease while attending school in
Washington, D.C., where, until her health failed she was making a
splendid student's record at the Holy Cross Seminary.
Besides her devoted parents, two sisters, Misses Madeline and Sybil,
and two brothers, Diehlman and Phillip, are left to mourn the loss of a
devoted sister, whose gentle, yet bright and cheerful disposition, was
as a ray of sunshine in the family circle.
The funeral will take place tomorrow morning a 9 o'clock from the
family residence to the Catholic church, thence to the City Cemetery,
where Father Mahe will conduct the last sad rites.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, February 4, 1910
Page 2, Column 3
At Rest.
The funeral of Miss Marguerite Bernhardt, which took place this morning
at 9:30 from the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Bernhardt,
was largely attended by sympathizing friends, who brought many beautiful
floral offerings as a last tribute to the young life so early taken.
>From the residence, the funeral procession proceeded to the church,
where the services were conducted by Father Mahe, and thence to the City
Cemetery, where the last sad rites were held. The pall bearers were
Messrs. Trouard Breard, Marselle Renaud, E. Rivoire, E. Moore, E.
Powers, A. O'Kelly.

Among out of town relatives to attend the funeral were Mrs. Rolleigh of
Bastrop, grandmother of Miss Bernhardt, Mr. L. Rolleigh, Mr. and Mrs.
Don McCranie of Bastrop; Mrs. Percy McCranie of Opelousas.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, February 4, 1910
Page 2, Column 3
In Memory of Capt. E.B. Cryer.
"Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down
to pleasant dreams," another brother has gone to sleep.
Like the tried soldier that he was-hearing "taps" sounded, with serene
consciousness of duty done, he laid him down to rest until the reveille.
Like the affectionate husband and father, true comrade and loyal friend
that he was his only yearnings and regrets were for those he left behind
him to yet bear the brunt of life's hard battles without his support and
companionship.
It was meet and proper that the Church, the Masonic brotherhood and the
United Confederate Veterans should each so honor at his grave, the
memory of one whom they-each and all had so much occasion to honor
during his long and useful life and who was so devoted to each of them;
and that such a very long procession should follow his remains to their
last resting place.
Looking at his grave where, in the bosom of Mother Earth, is enfolded
all that was mortal of this ever-active man, whom so many knew so well,
there come to mind and heart the following immortal words of an immortal
writer, written for their author, but also fitting to his life and
death-
"Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let him lie;
Gladly did he live and gladly die,
And he laid him down with a will.
And this be the verse ye grave for me;
'Home is the sailor-home from the sea
And the hunter is home from the hill."
Captain Elias Birch Cryer was born of English and Scotch ancestry, at
Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky, April 19, 1844; and died at his
home in West Monroe, Louisiana, on January 31, 1910.
In his nature, he was a typical Kentuckian; and was, withal, a most
loyal son of his long adopted State of Louisiana. His early education
was obtained at and around his old home; and he attended a college in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Those early schools must have been good ones; for not
only was his education well grounded, but throughout his life, he had
loved learning and literature and was remarkably well posted and
thoroughly abreast of all the world-movements, his interest in which
was, in no way, restricted, but was as wide as the race.
Even as a school boy, he became interested in steamboating on the Ohio
river. Few, if any, river-men have been better known on the great Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, and on many of the tributaries of each; but it
is along the Ouachita that, for a generation, the name, "Captain Cryer."
Has been a household word.
When the ominous war clouds broke with special violence over the Border
States, during the direful days of '61, he promptly enlisted in "John
Morgan's cavalry." To state that he was of the best of "Morgan's men,"
is but to say that he was one of the best of soldiers. He did his full
duty, faithfully, during the stirring scenes of those stirring times;
and though efficient devotion to duty, which was ever his guiding star
in war as in peace, he gained the rank of "Captain"-one of the youngest
of Captains. He knew personally and well not only Morgan, but
"Quantrell" Bill Anderson, and those other famous Border-warriors whose
dauntless deeds of prowess and heroism await but the touch of some hand
of genius to bode them forth in an American edition of the Scotch
border-Ballads-for here, too was clan-warefare, (sic) where brother
fought against brother in all the horrors of internecine strife.
Captain Cryer was a vivid narrator and no one could tell more
interestingly than he of those "old, forgotten, far-off things, and
battles long ago," when in the mood to talk of them with his intimates.
The civil war ended, Captain Cryer, like the men of his type on either
side, accepted the results in good faith, and went back to his peaceful
avocation of steamboating-the love for which never left him. This time,
he began on the Mississippi out of New Orleans and ran it for several
years.
On February 18, 1875, at Longview, Ark., he was married to Mrs. Lovinia
Meek Williams, widow of Col. Harry Williams who, with Captain Harry M.
Williams, her son by her former marriage, and Mrs. Lizzie C. McGuire,
wife of Mr. Manning S. McQuire, (sic) the only surviving child of the
latter marriage, is left to mourn the loss of as good husband and father
as ever lived for Captain Cryer's tastes were eminently domestic, and
broad as were his interests and sympathies, they all centered at and in
his home; where withal, he was a prince of hospitality, both in manners
which were courtly and in feeling that was fine. Of Herculean frame and
with a giant's strength, he never, anywhere, used it like a giant.
His married life was a poem of devotion and constancy to and from his
wife. So great was their devotion that it became the keynote of their
characters in the minds of their host of friends who, in their common
loss, deeply and truly sympathize with Mrs. McGuire and her family and
Captain Williams and his family which two families include eight
grand-children, three in the former and five in the latter. But the
sympathy of these friends especially goes out to the aged widow full of
years and tribulations, whose constant care he was, as she was his
constant care, during months and years of his ill-health and hers.
It was soon after their marriage that Capt. Cryer came to Ouachita
Parish; and during the days of Reconstruction, in many ways more
terrible than those of war Captain Cryer did, as he had done in the war,
his full duty; and aided, with all his might, in the restoration of
government 'of the people, by the people and for the people." When that
stressful struggle was ended, as after the previous one, he pursued the
even tenor of his way. Most modest of men, unassuming, never
self-seeking, but chivalrous to a degree and ever, when occasion arose,
in peace or in war illustrating that-
"The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring."
He owned and ran a long line of steam-boats and wharf-boats from his
first steamboat the "Hillard" on the Ohio, to his last, the "Sterling
White" on the Ouachita, whose names and
associations are a part of the history of navigation on the mighty
Mississippi and its tributaries. Ill health curbed his activities in
his latter days; and he quit the river some years ago, and now, that he
has made his last voyage and sailed, for the "Eternal Harbor," those
that knew him best can most truthfully say that where the sacred earth
marks his last resting place, covered with loving tributes, in the old
"Hasley cemetery" where we mournfully left him to his long sleep, there
rest the mortal remains of as kind a heart and busy brain as grave
encloses. The loss of his loved ones is also the loss of this community
in which he lived so long, his modest and unassuming but strong and
inspiring life always vibrating with sympathetic feeling for his fellow
men-"Men my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new. That
which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do."
He will not return to us, we shall not see his kindly face, or receive
his genial greeting again. He has left our earthly rivers. Let us
hope-as we believe-for him, with the age long heart- cry of the race,
that when he set sail on the Sea of Eternity, he found no troubled
waters, but-
"Such a tide as moving seems asleep.
Too full for sound and foam.
When that which drew from out the boundless deep.
Turned again home.
For though from out our bourne of Time and Place,
The good may bear him far,
He hoped to see his Pilot face to face,
When he had crossed the bar.
-From a Friend.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, February 7, 1910
Page 5, Column 3
DIED FROM WOUND.
Sam Blalock Died After Operation at Little Rock.
Samuel Blalock, who was shot in the left shoulder early Friday morning
by S. J. Byrne, station agent at Riverton, died in Little Rock yesterday
following an operation in which his arm and shoulder were removed. It
will be remembered that Mr. Blalock was shot just as the northbound
passenger train arrived at the Riverton depot, and, from all that can be
learned of the affair, without the slightest provocation. He was placed
on the train and brought to Monroe, where his wounds were dressed by
Division Surgeon Dr. L.G. George, and Local Surgeon Dr. William Schulze.
He was then carried to Little Rock, where the operation was performed.
Mr. Blalock's remains arrived here this morning on the early southbound
train and were immediately transferred to his home. The funeral took
place at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was in charge of the Masons, of
which order he was in good standing. Interment was in the city
cemetery.
Local employes (sic) of the Iron Mountain, from the highest officials
down, speak in no unmistakable terms concerning the shooting, which they
regard as a premeditated murder. A brother of S.J. Byrne, the agent,
was also present with a Winchester rifle and it is said prevented any
interference while Byrne shot down the unarmed and unwarned roadmaster.
He is confined in the Caldwell jail with the agent who did the
shooting. It is said that several other employes (sic) of the Iron
Mountain have at different times been threatened with death by the agent
because of disagreements. Byrne is married and has a baby about three
weeks old.
It is reported that a fund is being raised by local employes (sic) of
the Iron Mountain to vigorously prosecute the case, which will be heard
as soon as court meets at Columbia.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 8, 1910
Page 2, Column 3
and
Thursday, February 1, 1910
Page 2, Column 4
In Memory of Margarite Bernhardt.
Margarite was indeed a pearl. A highly accomplished girl yet modest
and gentle in all her ways. A loving daughter, an affectionate sister,
a true friend and quiet Christian. The reaper Death cut down the lovely
young creature just as she was stepping across the threshold of young
womanhood. Full of hope, looking out upon a life that had been mapped
out for her by doting parents who spared neither money or pains to fit
her for usefulness and pleasure.
God's ways are not our ways. He in His wisdom saw fit to claim her as
his own. Why then should we sigh to give her up when we feel she is
released from all pain and every ill of life. Safely housed in the
mansion of light, her sweet spirit is a beacon light shining up above
calling you up higher. Prepare to follow her and weep no more,
"I have stood in you chamber
But one was not there,
Hushed is the lute string,
And vacant the chair,
Lips of love's melody,
Whose are yet borne,
Never to smile again,
Never to mourn."
C.A.M.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, February 11, 1910
Page 8, Column 2
The funeral of W.J. Russell, the section foreman on the Little Rock and
Monroe railroad, who died yesterday morning, took place from Peter's
undertaking parlors this morning and was in charge of Stonewall Lodge,
Knights of Pythias. Interment was in the city cemetery.

The Monroe News-Star
Saturday, February 12, 1910
Page 2, Column 3
Death of Mr. Wm. Jackson.
The following clipping from the Shreveport Times will be of interest to
the many friends of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson, who resided
in Monroe for a number of years. The young ladies of the household
then, but now married, Misses Pert and Nell Jackson, being most
prominent among the social set of the town. Mr. Jackson also leaves two
other daughters, Misses Natalie and Dimple, and a young son, Julian.
News reached the city yesterday of the death in Guatemala City,
Guatemala, of William Jackson, a former railroad conductor of this city.
Mrs. Jackson, his widow, who resides in the Colonial Apartments,
received the letter yesterday from an official of a railroad
construction company for whom her husband worked. The letter briefly
stated that Mr. Jackson died in a hospital on January 21, and has been
buried now about two weeks. Death was due to natural causes, it is
said. The official stated that they experienced difficulty in locating
his relatives. Additional information would be furnished, if desired.
Deceased was formerly employed by the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Railroad Company. He was well known in this section and is survived by
his wife, four daughters and a son.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 15, 1910
Page 5, Column 2
NEGRO WOMAN MEETS DEATH
MARY FLETCHER SHOT YESTERDAY BY JONAS WRIGHT
Three Wounds in Body Prove Fatal in Short While-Telephoned Officers of
Crime.
Mary Fletcher, colored, was shot and killed late yesterday at delta and
Calypso streets by her paramour, Jonas Wright, a one legged negro. The
woman was shot three time (sic) in the body after which she ran out of
the house and into a neighbor's where she died in a few minutes. Wright
is also said to have fired a shot at the woman's eighteen year old son
who escaped uninjured.
After the shooting Wright walked down the street, pistol in hand, until
he came to Mr. Connaughton's residence where he asked that some one
notify the sheriff. Before this was done, however, Officers Tatum and
Hendricks appeared and the negro surrendered to them.
The killing, it is said, was the result of a quarrel between the man
and woman. It is alleged that he went to her house last Saturday while
drunk and tried to kill her.
Coroner Surghnor empaneled a jury and after hearing the testimony
obtainable returned a verdict in accordance with the facts.
Wright lost his leg less than a year ago while working as a brakeman
for the Iron Mountain road. He was sent to the St. Louis hospital
following the accident and after his recovery the railroad company gave
him several hundred dollars in settlement of his claim. Since obtaining
the money Wright is said to have been reckless. Wright has been shot
several times, according to a story told the News-Star this morning, and
several years ago engaged in a pistol duel with a police officer in
Alexandria.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, February 15, 1910
Page 5, Column 4
REV. JOHN GRAY DEAD.
Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria, Passed Away Sunday
Alexandria, La., Feb. 14.-The Rev. Dr. John Gray, rector of Christ
Episcopal church, died here at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon after an
illness of only a few days duration. He was 59 years of age and a
native of Bristol, R.I. He has been an Episcopalian minister for a
quarter of a century, a greater portion of his time being spent in San
Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal. He has been in the South for the past
eight years and has been rector of Christ Church, this city, for three
and a half years, having come here from Hammond La.
Bishop Davis Sessums arrived here Sunday and was with Dr. Gray when the
end came. The bishop held special prayers for him at Christ Church at
11 a.m., and just as he was concluding a messenger arrived and announced
that Dr. Gray was rapidly sinking, whereupon te Bishop hurried to his
bedside and administered holy communion. The Bishop left for New
Orleans tonight and will return here and officiate at the funeral
Wednesday.
Dr. Gray was popular with all classes and his death will be universally
deplored by every one, irrespective of creed. The foundation for a
rectory to be occupied by himself and wife had just been laid. Besides
his wife, Dr. Gray is survived by two daughters-Mrs. O.C. Clark, of this
parish, and Mrs. J. Lewis Browne, of Atlanta, Ga.-and one sister, Mrs.
Rebecca Potter, of Bristol, R.I

The Monroe News-Star
Wednesday, February 16, 1910
Page 4, Column 3
MRS. NINA GODDARD DEAD.
Her Father Established First Sunday School at Fort Smith
Holdenville, Okla., Feb. 15.-The death occurred here of Mrs. Nina
Goddard, who was born in 1833 on a steamboat at Philadelphia, Pa. Her
father, Rev. James Smedley, had been sent by the Missionary Baptist
Board of Philadelphia to work among the Indians, and in such a capacity
he established the first Sunday school at Fort Smith, Ark. Mrs. Goddard
is survived by her husband, C.E. Goddard, who, at one time while
conducting services in an outlaw community sat in the pulpit with a
loaded rifle while his companion preached.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, February 28, 1910
Page 2, Column 2
Death of Miss Mary Steere
The news of the death of Miss Mary Steere of Shreveport, Saturday was
received yesterday as a shock to many of her Monroe friends, being
remembered as the guest only a short while ago of Mrs. Gordon Michie.
Miss Steere was the daughter of Mr. F.C. Steere postmaster of
Shreveport, and was visiting friends in Arcadia when the summons came,
after a brief illness, dating from Monday last.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, February 28, 1910
Page 5, Column 2
Death of Mrs. G.B. Wise.
Arcadia, La., Feb. 27.-Mrs. Susie E. Wise, wife of Hon. G.B. Wise,
manager and president of the Wakeman, Booth Hardware Company, died at
the family residence in Arcadia this evening at 5:45 o'clock, after a
lingering illness of five months.
Mrs. Wise was first attacked with typhoid fever and after having
recovered almost from the effect of the fever several complications set
in rendering her a helpless invalid until death almost mercifully, as it
seems relieved her of her suffering.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, February 28, 1910
Page 8, Column 3
EDWARD BRES DEAD.
Former Resident of Ouachita Dies in New Orleans
Edward Bres, a prominent merchant, died last night from an acute attack
of la grippe. He was a native of Ouachita parish and was 57 years old
and was a son of J.B. Bres and Elizabeth Adams. He was educated in the
public schools of this city. He began his commercial career with the
old firm of Vose Bros., which later became Trepagnier and Bres. At the
time of his death he conducted a merchandise, brockerage (sic) and
commission business.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Alice L. Benedict, and three
children, Mrs. Harold A. Moise, Mrs. Charles McLellan and Edward Wimans
Bres, also by three brothers, Joseph, William and Alfred C. Bres, and
three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Gregory and Catherine and Moise Bres.
He was a member of Eureka Lodge Knights of Honor, and formerly a member
of the Board of Trade.
The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the
residence 2104 Berlin sreet. Interment will be in Greenwood
cemetery.-Picayune.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, February 28, 1910
Page 8, Column 3
Mrs. Nancy Alexander Dead
The Camden (Ark.) Beacon has th following concerning the death of Mrs.
Nancy A. Alexander, mother of Messrs. L.P. and S.C. Alexander, of this
city, who have just returned from Camden:
Mrs. Nancy O. Alexander, formerly a resident of Camden but for the past
several years living with her sons in Monroe, La., died while on a visit
to her daughter, Miss Myrtle Brummett at Waldo, after a short illness,
Thursday morning. The remains were brought to Camden Friday morning and
laid to rest in the old cemetery. Dr.R.F. Tredway of the Baptist
Congregation conducted the obsequies.
Mrs. Alexander was 80 years old. She was born in Jasper, Tennessee in
1830, but with her parents came to Arkansas when quite young. She was
the widow of the late Judge J.G. Alexander, for many years one of
Camden's leading citizens. This splendid "old lady" is survived by
three sons and a daughter, all of whom were present at the funeral.
They are, Conductor W.W. Alexander, of Pine Bluff, L.P. and Sam C. , of
Monroe, La., and Mrs. Frank S. Brummett, of Waldo.
The Beacon joins the many friends of the deceased in extending sympathy
to the bereaved family.