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"NEGRO WOMAN KILLED WITH AX"
Negro woman killed with an ax - Three children will also die as result of attack.
"NEGRO ARRESTED"
By Sheriff Fontenot for Rayne butchey - family of five brained in San Antonio last week.
"NEGRO FAMILY MURDERED"
Norbert Randall and family murdered
"NEGRO FAMILY KILLED IN CROWLEY"
Negro Family Killed Tag. Mother and Three Children Brained With an Axe - Similar to Crimes Committed Here.
"BRUTAL MURDER OF NEGRO FAMILY IS DISCOVERED IN WEST CROWLEY"
Mutilated remains of Walter Byers, his wife and son found in a cabin this afternoon - heads had been crushed with an ax - crime was evidently committed several days ago - no clue to the murderers.
"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.
"NEGRO WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT."
Ghastly Crime Discovered in a Hut in Western Part Of The City - Family Of Four Had Been Brained With An Ax - Coroner's Jury In Session But There Is No Clue To The Murderer
"FAMILY OF FOUR NEGROES MURDERED; ESCAPED LUNATIC IS SUSPECTED."
Fugitive from Pineville Asylum believed to have butchered victims at Lafayette - similar to recent Crowley assassination.
"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.