"Sheriff Fontenot believes..."

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Title

"Sheriff Fontenot believes..."

Subject

Sheriff Fontenot believes that he has in custody the negroes who last week murdered the Opelousas woman and her three children at Rayne. The ax used in the murder has been proven to belong to the family of George Washington, who is now in jail, and other members of the family are implicated. Several suspects were arrested today by Marshal Clark, of Rayne and lodged in the parish jail.

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Creator

The Daily Picayune

Source

James D. Wilson Personal Collection

Publisher

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Date

11-16-1909

Contributor

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Rights

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Relation

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Format

microfilm

Language

english

Type

newspaper

Identifier

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Coverage

New Orleans, Louisiana

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Files

11.16.1909DailyPicayune.jpg

Citation

The Daily Picayune, “"Sheriff Fontenot believes...",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed May 3, 2024, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/19.