The Ouachita Telegraph - Sidney Daniels Kills Bob Simmons Date: Oct 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, July 2, 1887 Page 2, Column 6 A Wrestling Match Ends in a Murder. DELTA, La., June 23. – [Picayune Special] While the construction train of the V.S. & P. Railroad was lying here last night two negroes by the name of Sidney Daniels and Bob Simmons engaged in a friendly wrestling match, which resulted in the latter getting killed. It seems as though Simmons got angry at the way Daniels used him, and he got a spike maul and commenced beating Daniels on the head, inflicting a terrible gash in his head. They were then separated by the engineer of the train, and no more was thought of the matter until this morning, when Daniels who is watchman of the construction train, called the cook for breakfast. He then went back in the engine and got a lantern, covered with a rag to hide the reflection, and grabbed up a coal pick and struck Simmons in the head while asleep, killing him instantly. He then went and told the cook that he had killed Simmons for what he had done last night to him and that he was to leave the country, which he did. # # # http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/madison/newspapers/18870702danielssimmons.txt