Show discovery ol 01 the minutes ot the meetings 0 the colored men disclosed a conspiracy Gons piracy a building punishable with death new orleans la june SO the lunching lynching lyn ching of the two negroes baat night near shreveport Shreve pont created a sensation to 1 day as with the excitement out j it waa though would be apar 1 tl at least until ane capture of prince I 1 edwards who killed JG foster on the foster planta Uon frank better known as prophet and F D imsland were taken out of jail by a mob and up ito a tree they acro belt dangling side by side the lunching lynching lyn ching occurred on ue arkansas road about a mile and a half from the all both made a statement before death dealing that they had anything to do with flie killing I 1 li who was the head of the church ot god in that section and was aa responsible for the against the whites which led to the death of 1 foster died praying was silent as he was strong iq As smith was being led from the jail prior to ihde execution he was heard to eay lord you promised to be with me cow there were abolt armed men in the and they overpowered the sheriff and jailor taking the keys away from them A special from shreveport Shrove port however says that evidence was discovered so cl eairly establishing the guilt of smith and 03 enemies of the whites i and dangerous demerits to be left at large among ithe negroes that the people of bossier regarded ahalt execution 03 to the preservation of order in the parish the evidence obtain od toy the police showed the following facts the organization of which prophet Prop det smith was the bead had its origin in houston and was known aa the chach of the living god the members of the supreme council aa indicated by regular printed letter heads which were found were smith and who were andi prince edwards the murderer of john gray j smith when he came to louisiana established himself at shreveport Shreve pori but i was ordered away hy the chief of po 1 fee as a dangerous character after i the shooting of foster a search of his premises was instituted and the ark d the covenant a rudely constructed box with hoodoo hoo doo designs anand wath in it was found when it was touched by tho searchers the negroes greatly terrified and declared but one had advanced far donough to lay hands on the sacred box the members of the church known as princes had regular meetings at which smith presided with the designation of king the following Is a copy from the minutes of the meeting held on the foster plantation showing how business was carried on and the enmity that existed between smith and his followers and the chief of police of shreveport and foster murdered man the royal archive of the kingdom of god met in supreme council and sang dark was the night opened by reading tho thirty second chapter of after F K smith the king announced the meeting he stated that ho was advised of god to call the princes together in council to decide what should toe done with the chief of police and his force for interfering with the king of the church of god in shreveport prince webb being the first to arise said be was in favor of demanding six months affliction upon the chief prince hicks said he was in favor of the same also prince also prince johnson also prince edwards all concurred demanding six months affliction on chief lake of shreveport next case was the rockers of the building the case was decided all that rock the building must be punished with death within four days A complaint was taken against J G foster that he should be tormented until be give consent that all the saints leave the place before he was lynched last night smith confessed that he bad loaded the gun with which foster was shot many incendiary letters written by smith and his followers have been found the discovery of this evidence of conspiracy led to last nights lynch ing sheriff thompson of bossier made no attempt to interfere in view of the superior numbers of the mob |