Hide Article Text (OCR)
a.r-teBRUTE’S WORKe3.)•I-ASSAULTED WHITE WOMAN AND THEN KILLED HER ANDTHREE CHILDREN.fieHACKED THEIR BODIES TO PIECESi*Two Hundred Men A**e in Pursuit With Dogs and His Capturs IsCertain — He Will BeLynched.Hearst News Service.New Orleans. La., Nov. 13.— Two hundred men with dogs are searcb-irg for the negro who killed Mrs. Edna Opelous and her three children at Rayne, La., this afternoon.The murderer was tracked into a pine thicket and his capture will be the work of but a few hours..Airs. Opclous and her three children were killed following the negro’s assault upon the mother. Her body was backed In pieces nnd the children were mu'dated beyond any passiblerecognition.The husband,coming home, discovered the tragedyand organized a possd from Crowleyand Rayne. The dogs picked up th*trail and the negro will be lynched when captured.Mrs. Opclous was a daughter of a famous Louisiana family. The city of Opelousas was named for her husband’s family.
Newspaper Details
Sedalia Democrat Sentinel
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Thu, Nov 18, 1909
Page 16
Full Page
Clipped by
Rosenberg L.
TX, USA 20 Mar 2019
Other Publications Near Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia Democrat Sentinel
Sedalia Evening Democrat
Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia Sunday Democrat
Sedalia Daily Democrat
