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Deputy Collector of Customs Rittnour was authorized to seize the sloop "LITTLE DEER" of Bay St. Louis and the property of Fred Vassalli, also of Bay St. Louis.
The sloop it is charged carried Chinamen from Cat Island to the main shore and the little vessel is now anchored near the schooner "AXEL" off Carroll Avenue, with Ben Lane Posey in charge.
While Fred Vassalli is the owner of the sloop, he is not charged by the Federal authorities as being implicated in the smuggling case nor does the seizure of his vessel necessarily connect him in the alleged smuggling of the Chinamen from Mexico to Gulfport.
(On the bottom of this page is the notation "Andrew Lagnias, said to be one of the prime movers in the Chinese smuggling business, has been captured at Galveston, Texas.") (Gulfport Record, Monday, February 1, 1909, MJS VIII 00288)
POSEY,D.D.
D.D.POSEY FOUND DEAD ON ROAD EARLY MONDAY MORNING
Body of Former Hancock County Road Commissioner Found on Road in Death.
Had been killed the night previously while in trouble with deputy Sheriff Oscar Favre.
The body of D. D. Posey, former Hancock County Road Commissioner, was found dead on the public highway Monday morning near Bayou Talla on the road leading to Poplarville. Upon examination it was discovered that the body contained four wounds, all from steel jacketed bullets and that the body must have been out all night.
News of the discovery soon reached this city, and, at first the matter appeared to be veiled in deepest mystery, until later in the day it was announced here that Posey had met his death at the hands of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Favre, and that he would appear in the county seat that night at the sheriffs office , asking for a preliminary trial upon his arrival, which, accordingly, was arranged for and granted.
Posey was last seen alive in this city Sunday afternoon at a late hour, riding in his automobile in company with two colored men supposedly in his employ. He was said to have been under the influence of liquor and was quarrelsome. At first it was the general opinion that the colored men were responsible for the killing.
At the preliminary trial Monday night, before Judge M. E. Ansley, the two colored men were put on the witness stand, there being no other eye witnesses of the occurrence; Favre did not take he stand.
He was represented by Attorney W. J. Gex, while the county was represented by Hon. Emile J. Gex.
It appears Deputy Sheriff Favre had approached Posey and told him he was disturbing the peace by his language and behavior, whereupon Posey is said to have replied he built the roads and would do thereon what he pleased . Several shots from his revolver followed, according to testimony.
Favre was placed under $2,000 bond to await the action of the grand jury, Salvador Nicaise and Stanley Koch signing the bond.
Posey came here a few years ago with Road Commissioner Bell from Brookhaven or Monticello, Miss., and is survived by his wife and six small children. He lived at White Cypress, about 8 miles above Kiln, this county, and was superintending the building of a logging railroad for the Ingram Day Lumber Company, of Lyman, Miss. His funeral took place in this city Tuesday morning, interment at Cedar Rest Cemetery.
The occurrence is deeply regretted. Posey was well known, had his friends, and it is deeply deplored that he should have met an untimely death.
Favre is well known, representative of a prominent and one of the oldest and best-known families in Hancock County, and it is said he was forced to do the killing while in the discharge of his duty, however, the matter will be given full and proper weight at the spring term of the Circuit Court, at the trial. (SCE 12--1917)
Posey, David Dow - Killed in the Kiln about 1920. Buried in CRC. Was a Mason. Children, Mamie Posey, Baker Fred Posey, Myrna Mae Posey, Ralph William Posey, Kennedy Dow Posey, Ruth Posey, Dowe Posey. He was married to Jessie Conn. Their son, Kenneth Dow Posey lives in Terry, Mississippi, 1265 Fortner Road, Terry, Ms. 39170. Please notify of any information received.
5/18/90 I inquired of Mike J. Necaise, P. O. Box 56, BSL concerning Mason records on brother Posey and he received notice from their Grand Secretary that their records show Mr. David D. Posey was affiliated with Lodge 429 on 8/10/1915 from Ceasar Lodge 456 and that he died on 11/26/1917. A complete history of his demise appears on page one of the Sea Coast Echo on Dec. 1, 1917. Mr. Posey was shot four times by deputy sheriff Oscar Favre. (CHG)
Posey, Hilliary who is occupying a position in New Orleans, was at home on Sunday. (SEC 9/24/1892 & 11/12/1892)
Posey, Mr. Lloyd spent Sunday in the Bay. (SCE/10/22/1892)
The families of Messrs. Cook and Lloyd Posey, are among the latest departures to New Orleans for the winter. (SCE 10/28/1893)
Cook, Mrs. F., and daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Posey, spent All
Saint's Day at the Bay. (SCE 11-4-1893)
Posey, Tallulah, (Mrs. E. J. Bowers) dau of Ben Lane Posey. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 6, col 3).
Post - General
"The Great Mail - a Postal History of New Orleans" by Leonard V. Huber & Clarence A. Wagner - 1949
- American Philatelic Society, Inc.. 104
On July 1, 1847, the United States government issued its first postage stamps.
These stamps, the 5 cent Franklin and the 10 cent
Washington, marked the beginning of the modern era in mail handling.
At this time, the sender of a letter could send it by pre-paying the postage or by sending it collect. A complicated system of rates for various distances together with the custom of charging by the sheet made the handling of the mail a slow and tedious task. It was no wonder that the post office was always jammed with people because it took a long time to wait on each one.
More letters came collect than were prepaid, a custom that was vexatious, not to say expensive, to the receiver.
The postage stamp and the method of using it was the result of the postal reforms of a brilliant Englishman, Rowland Hill, who had succeeded in getting his country to adopt the plan some seven years before (in 1840).
While use of the new U. S. Stamps was at first not compulsory, a quantity of them was sent to New Orleans. p. 171
The Postal Act of March 3, 1851, reduced the postage rate to 3 cents on letters if prepaid although still allowing mail to be sent unprepaid at 5 cents.
By January 1, 1856, the use of stamps to prepay letters was made mandatory. (p. 174) (CS II181 VF)
"The Great Mail - a Postal History of New Orleans" by Leonard V. Huber & Clarence A. Wagner - 1949
- American Philatelic Society, Inc. p. 104
On July 1, 1847, the United States government issued its first postage stamps.
These stamps, the 5 cent Franklin and the 10 cent
Washington, marked the beginning of the modern era in mail handling.
At this time, the sender of a letter could send it by pre-paying the postage or by sending it collect. A complicated system of rates for various distances together with the custom of charging by the sheet made the handling of the mail a slow and tedious task. It was no wonder that the post office was always jammed with people because it took a long time to wait on each one.