Slayings and suicide follow axe murder at Jackson street home
Perry Bernard 35, a former sailor, killed his wife with a hand axe at their home behind 2803 Jackson street and later killed himself with a shotgun in a weeded drainage ditch 300 feet east of the end of Carolina avenue. Police traced the manhunt, identified by fingerprints, and noted Navy papers show discharge in 1945.
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Jackson Street
Perry Bernard
Carolina Avenue
Edison L
Pop) Walker
Dick Taylor
Shotwell Jackson
Dixie Streets
Walker
James T. French
Parish
Bernard
Francis
Jesse Johnson
Shotwell
Johnson
Richland
Madison Parishes
Tallulah
Holly Ridge
Navy
Rescue effort ends with swimmer missing after boat overturns
An American Legion emergency truck returned to Central fire Station. Cephas was rowing Douglas Faulkner, a white fisherman, when their boat overturned. Faulkner clung to the craft until rescue, but the Negro attempted to swim ashore and disappeared.
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American Legion
Central Fire Station
Cephas
Douglas Faulkner
Faulker
Real estate transfers reported by Ouachita Parish clerk
Yesterday multiple transfers were recorded. C G Grant sold the west half of the NW quarter of the SE quarter of Sec 19 to Pierce W Henry for 500 dollars. Sherrouse Realty sold to Elizabeth Sewell lots 3 and 4, Block 34, Unit 6, Booker T. Washington addition for 200. Jordan and Mary Bass Moore bought lots 1D and 15, Block 43, Unit 7, Booker T. Washington addition for 130. Leroy Guyton sold to Frank Darden for 3, Square 14, Terminal Heights for 4000. J R Perry et al sold to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association a lot described by bearings for 5000, then deeded to James A. McNeill for the same. J R Perry et al sold to Peoples a lot west of Erin Avenue fronting 52 feet with depth 144.89, then sold to C B Foster for the same price. William A Avant sold to Peoples for 900 a unit in G O Dooley subdivision, then sold to Kirby R Johnson for the same price. M L Owens sold to William E Freeman the west 188 feet of lot 42 and part of west 188 feet of lot 41 in G B Haynes subdivision for 750. J W Davis sold to Lucille P Smith lot 12, Square 13, Terminal Heights for 150. Mrs Ira B Waldroup sold to Roland I Waldroup lot 9, Block G C C Bell subdivision of Lee Avenue for 2510.21. J R Perry et al sold to Ross Ladart a lot 156 by 145.01 feet in ...
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Coast of
Ouachita Parish
C. G. Grant
Pierce W. Henry
Township
Range
Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc
Elizabeth Sewell
Booker T. Washington
Jordan and
Mary Bass
James A. McNeil
J. R. Perry
Square
G. O. Dooley
Kirby R. Johnson
M. L. Owens
William E Freeman
G. B. Haynes
Township 17
J. W. Davis
Lucille P. Smith
Square 13
Terminal Heights
Ira B. Waldroup
Roland I. Waldroup
Drowned Caretaker Search Abandoned at Lake Bruin
The search for the body of John Cephas, the negro caretaker of the Biedenharn cottage at Lake Bruin, who drowned last Friday evening, was discontinued yesterday as efforts ended without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cephas
Biedenharn
Lake Bruin
Moccasin Toe Casual Slipper Style Description
Easy fitting slipper effect with rich grain leather uppers and rubber soles. Leather heels add a touch of style. Offered in sizes 3 to 6. Price noted as 2.49 in the listing.
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D. A. Breard Jr
Paul Fink
Josephine LaDart
James Anderson Et al
Edward D. Aulds
Bernice Aulds
Siegle
E. M. Watkins Et al
Charlie Lawson
McKaskle Street
Brownville
R. C. White Et al
Clarence
Eva Hubbard
Stubbs
Young's Bayou
Vilius Fink
Alex E. Wilenzick
Edgewater Gardens
John C. Hundley
James M. Phillips
Splane Place
Else Caldwell
Sam Awl
Elizabeth K. Hill
Plum
Arthur Harris
Grammont
James A. Banfield, Jr
Paul Thompson
Josephine Trichel Davis
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Ruston
Thornton & Minor
Monroe
Liggett’s
Sandman’s
Walgreen's
AO Soap
Ghillie
Neolite Sole
Wall Last
Monroe Creice Aseveluvae CO
U. S. Pat
Boilfast Rondo
Rayon
Tan
Jim Penney
Boye
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