PARISH FARMER DIES OF WOUND
Rayne Tribune December 2,1932
News Article from Adadia Parish
Submitted by Winston Boudreaux, 2006

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PARISH FARMER DIES OF WOUND
Rayne Tribune December 2,1932

COLUMBUS BERGERON ARRESTED BY PARISH OFFICERS AND HELD IN JAIL

Lucien Faul, 40 year old Acadia parish farmer of near Church Point, is 
dead and Columbus Bergeron, another farmer, is being held in the parish 
jail in Crowley facing murder charges as the result of a shooting fray 
Saturday night.

It is said Faul was shot in the head about 11 o’clock Saturday night at 
the home of Olan Faul on the Orelien Thibodeaux Farm one mile south of 
Church Point and died at 7 o’clock Monday.

Bergeron was arrested Monday and esconsed in the county prison. It was 
announced at the inquest held at 10 0’ clocks Monday morning at Church 
Point by Sheriff Walter V. Larcade and Coroner Z.J. Francez that the 
investigation brought out the fact that the shooting resulted from an 
argument and according to all the witnesses that neither of the two men 
was intoxicated or had been drinking.

Faul was given medical attention by Dr. J. Parrott of Church Point, 
following the shooting, and lived until 7 o’clock Monday morning. 
Details leading up to the killing were not given out by the investigating 
officers.