Newspapers: Celia Smith Kills Becky Allen; Concordia Parish, LA The Ouachita Telegraph - Celia Smith Kills Becky Allen Date: May 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, May 6, 1871 Page 3, Column 3 CONCORDIA The discordant females of the colored race in Concordia persist in slaying each other. Here is another outrage chronicled by the Herald: A colored woman by the name of Becky Allen, living on the Pittsfield plantation in this parish, while standing in the door of her house on Sunday last, in apparently good health, fell dead. Coroner Randall held an inquest, and from certain facts illicted there was a presumption that her death was caused by a blow received at the hands of one Celia Smith, who is now confined in the parish jail awaiting the arrival of witnesses previous to preliminary examination before Judge Reber. # # #