Acadia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Hilliard, Oscar Litton October 22, 1922
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source: Abbeville Meridional, Abbeville, Louisiana, Saturday, November 4, 1922, Image 1

OSCAR HILLIARD ELECTROCUTED AT CROWLEY

Express Employee Receives Fatal Shock When Turning on Lights.

Oscar Litton Hilliard, age 22 years, an employee of the American Express 
Company, was found dead in a stable on 15th street, used for the company's 
teams and wagons, one of which Mr. Hilliard had gone to take out at about 5 
o'clock this morning. His body was discovered around 7 o'clock by L. I. 
Gauthier, another employee of the company, when he came to take out another 
wagon. Dr. Z. J. Franques, coroner, was summoned to the scene, declared that 
death was due to electrocution from a defective switch.

The thumb and two fingers of Mr. Hilliard's right hand were charred from the 
contact with the switch from which he received the fatal shock, as he turned 
on the lights. Ordinarily the house lighting voltage of 110 volts is not 
sufficient to produce death, but under certain conditions, fatal results 
have been known. In this case the floor of the barn was damp, while the 
shoes of the victim were muddy and wet, these things making exceptionally 
dangerous conditions for electrical accidents.

The body was removed to Toler's undertaking establishment immediately, where 
it was met by Chief of Police Ben Bailey, Express Agent M. Solomon of Rayne, 
and others who came over from the neighboring town upon news of the 
accident.

Oscar Litton Hilliard was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hiliard (sic) of 
Rayne, and a nephew of Tom Hilliard of this city. He had been employed by 
the local office of the Express Company about a month prior to which time he 
had been connected with the Rayne office under Mr. Solomon.

Besides his father and mother and other relatives, deceased is survived by 
four brothers, Arthur, who is a twin brother, Tom, Blakely and Dallas, and 
two sisters, Carrie and Welty, all of whom live in Rayne. - Crowley Signal.

Funeral services were held at the family residence Friday morning at 9 
o'clock, Rev. F. M. Freeman of Crowley officiating. Internment in Protestant 
cemetery. Tribune extends its sympathy to the bereaved family. - Rayne 
Tribune.

A number of our older citizens will remember the Hiliard (sic) family who 
for several years made their home near Perry. Mr. Ed. Hilliard, grandfather 
of the deceased, who died a few years ago, was one of the best known and 
highly respected men of his community and had a large number of steadfast 
friends in this section.


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