"NEGRO WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT."
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"NEGRO WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT."
Subject
Another horrible crime in the coontown section of the city was discovered at noon Friday when the dead bodies of Marie Warner, a colored woman about thirty years old, and her three children were found in a hut in the "Promised Land." All four had been slain with an ax and the bloody implement was found in the house but no clue to the murderer has so far been found.
Marie Warner and her children resided in a two room hut between Sixth and Seventh streets, about two blocks west of Western Avenue. The children were Pearl, a girl aged nine years, Garey, a boy aged seven, and Harriet, a girl aged five. The woman had been separated from her husband about four years and it is understood he is living in Beaumont.
The hut in which the family lived is divided into two apartments, one in the front facing on the street and the other in the back. There is an entrance both in the front and in the back and from the latter it is supposed the murderer gained admittance, as the back door was found open when the investigation was made today.
It was a little before noon Friday when the discovery of the crime was made. Harriet Crane, mother of the murdered woman, called at her house but found the cottage apparently empty. She crossed the street to the home of a negro named Dorsey Berdsong to inquire where her daughter was, but Berdsong was unable to give her any information. They went back to the hut together and found the back door open, but both were afraid to enter. Finally a negro named Bob Robinson was induced to enter the hut and found the mangled remains of the four occupants lying on a bed in the front room.
From the appearance of the house it would seem that at least some of the occupants were killed in the back room and their bodies moved to the front room. All four were found lying across the bed, face downward, in the front room. There was no indication of a struggle and it is supposed that were killed in their sleep.
A blood-stained ax, found in the room where the dead bodies lay, is the only evidence that has so far been discovered. Dr. M.L. Hoffpauir, deputy coroner, is holding an inquest this afternoon and has empannelled a jury composed of L.S. Cornett, G.A. Harmon, A.O. Sigur, T.O. Guidry, and Jeff Frito. The sheriff's force and the police department are also actively at work on the case.
Marie Warner and her children resided in a two room hut between Sixth and Seventh streets, about two blocks west of Western Avenue. The children were Pearl, a girl aged nine years, Garey, a boy aged seven, and Harriet, a girl aged five. The woman had been separated from her husband about four years and it is understood he is living in Beaumont.
The hut in which the family lived is divided into two apartments, one in the front facing on the street and the other in the back. There is an entrance both in the front and in the back and from the latter it is supposed the murderer gained admittance, as the back door was found open when the investigation was made today.
It was a little before noon Friday when the discovery of the crime was made. Harriet Crane, mother of the murdered woman, called at her house but found the cottage apparently empty. She crossed the street to the home of a negro named Dorsey Berdsong to inquire where her daughter was, but Berdsong was unable to give her any information. They went back to the hut together and found the back door open, but both were afraid to enter. Finally a negro named Bob Robinson was induced to enter the hut and found the mangled remains of the four occupants lying on a bed in the front room.
From the appearance of the house it would seem that at least some of the occupants were killed in the back room and their bodies moved to the front room. All four were found lying across the bed, face downward, in the front room. There was no indication of a struggle and it is supposed that were killed in their sleep.
A blood-stained ax, found in the room where the dead bodies lay, is the only evidence that has so far been discovered. Dr. M.L. Hoffpauir, deputy coroner, is holding an inquest this afternoon and has empannelled a jury composed of L.S. Cornett, G.A. Harmon, A.O. Sigur, T.O. Guidry, and Jeff Frito. The sheriff's force and the police department are also actively at work on the case.
Description
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
Creator
The Crowley Signal
Source
James D. Wilson Personal Collection
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Date
1-27-1912
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Language
english
Type
newspaper
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Coverage
Crowley, Louisiana
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Citation
The Crowley Signal, “"NEGRO WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT.",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed May 5, 2024, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/36.