BADGES AVAIL HIM NOTHING.
J. E. Prewitt Is Locked Up, Despite
His Many Breast Plates.
If J. E. Prewitt holds an office to represent each badge that was taken from him at police headquarters last night he should be one of the busiest men on the Western Hemisphere. Here is a list of his badges:
"Detective J. E. Prewitt" on a metal shield.
"Webster's Detective Agency" metal shield.
"Deputy United States Marshal" metal star.
"Police No. 11, Alexandria, La.," a raised shield -- very pretty.
The man of many badges walked up to the desk at police headquarters last night and told Lieutenant James Morris, in a confidential whisper, that he was a deputy United States martial looking for a negro wanted in Louisiana for criminal assault. He gave the name and a complete description of the man he wanted. Then he presented a letter of introduction from G. M. Duggar, chief of police of Alexandria, La., police force. It said nothing about his being a deputy United States marshal or a private detective at the same time.
Prewitt had apparently been drinking freely and got his dates badly mixed. He said first that he had just arrived in the city and later that he had been here eleven days. Then he said that he had been employed at the Topeka, Kas., insane asylum for the last eleven months and also that he had recently served two years on the police force at Alexandria, La.
When taken into Captain Whitsett's office to be questioned Prewitt's many badges were unearthed. Captain Whitsett also took a loaded revolver from the man's pocket. Prewitt was held for investigation.
