Obituary of DOC JACKSON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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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:  January 13, 1938, Thursday

Headline:  Negro Found Shot Friday P.M. by Local White Boy

Sub-Headline:  "Doc" Jackson Killed in Mysterious Way the Past Week

"Doc" Jackson, Negro, was found dead during the middle of the afternoon last 
Friday, on a trail through a small body of woods lying between Jena and the 
colored quarters on the south of town.

His body was discovered by a young white boy, whose identify could not be 
ascertained at this time, but who immediately summoned Deputy Sherif W. D. 
Blake, who arrived shortly on the scene.  It is understood the murder was 
brought about by two shots from a heavy caliber pistol being fired into his 
body from both the front and rear.

From the position of the body it is surmised Jackson's assailant fired first 
on confronting his victim, and as he turned to flee, fired again.  The first 
shot penetrated the left breast, and the second entered the left side of the 
body lower down.

One suspect is being held in the parish jail.  He is Alvin Fairman, who 
resides in the neighborhood in which the crime was committed.  Fairman had 
made no statement this week, and no charges had been brought against him, 
other than suspicion.  The sheriff's office is working diligently on the case 
and it is felt the case will be cleared up in a very short while.