Newspapers: Virginia Scott, Killed,Franklin Parish, LA,
Submitted May 2009 by; Glenda Warner Boyd
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    December 19, 1929

 
Dead Body Of Negro Woman Found Tuesday
Head Was Crushed with Blunt Instrument
 
The dead body of a negro woman, Virginia Scott by name, was
found Tuesday morning about five o'clock by a negro man who was
passing by, in North Winnsboro, on the North side of Ash Slough. 
The woman's head had been beaten with a blunt instrument to such
an extent that death was the result.
The woman had been killed sometime during the night and the body
had been dragged about forty feet from the place of the killing. It
had been placed behind a small patch of undergrowth.
Negro families living near the scene of the crime state they heard 
screams during the night, but did not investigate.
At present the murderer has not been apprehended, but there are 
three men in jail, being held as suspects in the act.
The coroners' jury had not reached a verdict at the latest report.
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