Obituary of J. D. BRADFORD, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  November 3, 1927

Headline:  Geo. Frizzell is Found Not Guilty in District Court

Sub-Headline:  Tried for the Killing of J. D. Bradford in Tullos

George Frizell, charged with the murder of J. D. Bradford, town Marshall of 
Tullos on the night of August 18th, was found not guilty by a jury in 
District Court in Jena last week.

The case consumed three days and two nights in trial and was attended by one 
of the largest crowds that has been in attendance in court in Jena for 
several years.  Mr. Bradford was widely known throughout this entire 
territory.

The murder took place in a rooming house in Tullos about one o'clock in the 
morning of August 18th, where Frizell lived.  Frizell admitted the killing 
but claimed self defense and this claim was accepted by the jury that was out 
only about two hours including the noon hour Friday.  Attorney A. D. Flowers, 
of Jena, handled the case for the defendant while the State was represented 
by District Attorney Fuller, assisted by Judge Steve Holstein, of Winnsboro, 
La.

Much difficulty was experienced in selecting a jury to try the case, the 
State exhausting its challenges when the eighth juror was chosen.  The jury 
trying the case was composed of M. E. Wilson, Thomas Kilby, C. W. Pool, C. H. 
Davis, M. H. Flaherty, C. C. Boyd, F. H. McBride, J. C. McDowell, Howard 
Finley, Bolton Walker, Ralph Stephenson and Claude Godwin.