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"NEGRO HELD IN JAIL AT CROWLEY FOR BUTCHERY OF FAMILY OF FOUR"

Lafayette Sheriff arrests suspect in revolting case - five witnesses detained by officers - Jealousy believed to have been cause.

Tags: 1911, Acadia, arrested, Barnabet, butchery, Crowley, daily, Lacoste, Louisiana, New Orleans, Parish, picayune

Tags: ax, brained, Crowley, Fontenot, Guidry, Lafayette, Louisiana, New Orleans, picayune, Rayne, September, Sheriff, Times

Fugitive from Pineville Asylum believed to have butchered victims at Lafayette - similar to recent Crowley assassination.

Tags: 1911, Alex, Anders, Anges, Asylum, ax, butchered, Crowley, daily, escaped, Felix, Gaston, Godfrey, Lacoste, Lafayette, Louisiana, New Orleans, Ninie, picayune, Pineville, Poachim, Sheriff

Tags: 1911, ax, brained, Byers, Crowley, Louisiana, New Orleans, picayune, Times, Walter

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