The Ouachita Telegraph - Thomas E. Mercer Murdered 

Date: Jul 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers 


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The Ouachita Telegraph
Friday, September 3, 1875
Page 1, Column 6

Horrible Murder.
        We have received the following letter, signed by a reliable
gentleman,
which speaks for itself.  Mr. Mercer is a well known citizen of Bossier
parish, and the circumstances of his murder are such as to indicate a
horrible and malicious assassination.  We await further developments, which
will be given to our readers, and we hope the good citizens of Bossier
parish will leave no steps untried towards the discovery of the cowardly
assassins.  The letter says:
                                                BOSSIER POINT, LA.,
                                        Friday, August 27, 1875.
        EDITORS TIMES:  Thomas E. Mercer was brutally murdered this
afternoon while returning from Minden. Three shots struck him in the face, 
passing through the substance of the brain.  His horses brought his buggy 
home, while he lay in the foot, weltering in his gore.  He had made some 
effort at defense, as his deringer lay by his side.  His right glove he had 
also drawn off.  –
Shreveport Times, 29th

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