Acadia County Louisiana Archives Photo Document.....Inquest Of Thomas Laughlin's Murder February 15, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Melanie Perry melanieperry0614@bellsouth.net December 8, 2006, 12:21 am Source: St Landry Parish Courthouse Photo can be seen at: http://usgwarchives.net/la/acadia/photos/documents/inquesto246gph.jpg Image file size: 242.5 Kb Thomas Laughlin, 11/29/1943-01/31/1887, is the son of Madison Laughlin and Anna Tabitha Green and husband of Sarah Rasberry. The following was abstracted from the February 5, 1887 issued of the Times Democrat: "A telegram from Rayne to the Times-Democrat, dated Feb 1st says: Tom Laughlin, while crossing the Long Point Bridge, just twelve miles northwest of this place, was assassinated by some unknown party or parties last night. Sheriff Duson went to the scene of the murder this morning." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/acadia/photos/documents/inquesto246gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb