Obituary of CURLEE WILLIAMS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013

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:  April 17, 1941

Headline:  Negro Girl Charged With Manslaughter Held in Parish Jail
Sub-Headline:  Ice Pick Stab Fatal to 15 Year Old Jonesville Girl

Bertha Jane Hassen, 17, colored, of Trout, La., is being held at the parish 
jail in Jena for the ice-pick death of Curlee Williams, 15 colored, of 
Jonesville, La., which occurred Wednesday morning at approximately 8 o'clock. 
 The fight was over a colored man and occurred on the highway between Trout 
and Trout Bridge, climaxing when Curlee Williams was stabbed in the heart, 
dying five minutes after she was taken to Dr. Trax's office in Trout.

Dr. J. A. Gaharan, coroner of LaSalle Parish, impaneled a jury and verdict 
rendered charged Bertha Jane Hassen with manslaughter.