Written by Gene Barron On April 20, 1908 Sheriff John W. Taylor and his Chief Deputy, James M. Underwood were called to Bernice in response to a shootout. The shooting occurred when Charles J. Morton, along with his wife, Anna, and their son, Charles Hester Morton, stepped from the coach of the northbound Rock Island … Continue reading A Shootout on the Streets of Bernice
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The Carroll-Cox Shootout & Assassinations
Written by Dr. Tim Hudson Brothers James R. and Albert A. Carroll, sons of John Carroll, Sr., who died while defending Vicksburg on 23 June 1863, settled in the Cecil Community north of Marion in the 1870s and began farming. The Carroll brothers both married and raised their families there in the 1880s. In addition … Continue reading The Carroll-Cox Shootout & Assassinations
Monroe Shootout Claims Life of Union Parish Louisiana Man
April 15, 1894 THE TOWN WAS PAINTED. When the Smoke Cleared off Three Men Were Dead. Yesterday afternoon, Henry Gulledge and J. O. Johnson, both of whom live in Union Parish, came to Monroe on business. After getting through with it they drank freely, and set out to paint the town red, visited Ruby Bells, … Continue reading Monroe Shootout Claims Life of Union Parish Louisiana Man
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