BEATRICE, WILLIAM     A FEW DAYS AGO A NEGRO NAMED WILLIAM
BEATRICE
WAS KILLED IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH BY ED. WARE, WHOM BEATRICE
WAS
OWING SOME MONEY. WARE STRUCK THE LATTER ON THE HEAD WITH A
LOADED
CANE FRACTURING HIS SCULL, PRODUCING DEATH IN 40 MINUTES. WARE
MADE
HIS ESCAPE.

Crowley Post Signal: Acadia Parish, Louisiana

July 1898