Browse Items · Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders

"A negro was arrested in connection with murder"

Tags: 1909, arrested, Edna, Gazette, Goodwill, Houston, Louisiana, Opelousas, Rayne, Saint Joseph, Tensas

"RAYNE SCENE OF BRUTAL MURDER"

Negro woman and three little children hacked to death - Motive for crime a mystery - Woman and her little ones were cruelly assaulted with an axe - Sheriff Fontenot arrests two negro women on suspicion.

Tags: 1909, ax, Clark, Coroner, Crowley, Edna, Fontenot, George, Louisiana, Lyman, Marshal, Opelousas, Rayne, Sheriff, Signal, Washington, Webb

"Sheriff Fontenot believes..."

Tags: 1909, arrested, ax, Clark, daily, Fontenot, George, Louisiana, Marshal, New Orleans, Opelousas, picayune, Rayne, Sheriff, Washington

"NEGRO KILLS WOMAN AND HER THREE CHILDREN"

Tags: 1909, Advertiser, Edna, Louisiana, lynched, lynching, New Jersey, New Orleans, Opelousas, Rayne, Sunday, Trenton

"FAMILY BUTCHERED"

Family Butchered - Mother killed and three children fatally injured.

Tags: 1909, arrested, Edna, Florida, Louisiana, Morning, November, Opelousas, Rayne, Tampa, Tribune

"NEGRO WOMAN KILLED WITH AX"

Negro woman killed with an ax - Three children will also die as result of attack.

Tags: 1909, ax, Crowley, Dallas, Edna, Louisiana, Morning, News, November, Opelousas, Rayne, Texas

"FOUR NEGROES SLAUGHTERED"

Woman at Rayne and her three children attacked with an ax. - Three arrests made in connection with the case after inquest is held by coroner.

Tags: 1909, America, arrested, ax, daily, Edna, Estelle, George, Louisiana, New Orleans, Opelousas, picayune, Rayne, Washington

Negro Women Killed and Children Injured

Tags: 1909, arrested, ax, Carolina, Charlotte, daily, Edna, Louisiana, North, Observer, Opelousas, Rayne

"HOODOO DOCTOR CAPTURES"

Tags: 1909, capture, Clark, daily, doctor, Fontenot, fugitive, hoodoo, Louisiana, Lyman, Marshal, New Iberia, New Orleans, picayune, Rayne, Sheriff, Woods

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