The Monroe News-Star - 
Charles F. Collins Killed, L. L. Lemoine Wounded in Fatal Pistol Duel

Date: Dec. 1999
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>




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The Monroe News-Star
Saturday, April 9, 1910
Page 1, Column 2

FATAL PISTOL DUEL.
Chas. F. Collins Killed and L.L. Lemoine Wounded.
Bunkie, La., April 9. - A shooting affray occurred yesterday 
evening at Tilden Plantation between Charles F. Collins and L.L. 
Lemoine, in which Collins was instantly killed and Lemoine fatally 
wounded. The cause of the trouble is unknown.
Collins was a son of the late Foster Collins of Pointe Coupee 
parish. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Emma E. Collins of New 
Orleans; two brothers, Albert F., of Avoyelles parish, Joe F., of New 
Orleans, and two sisters, Mrs. Dr. J.H. McCaleb of Monroe, and Mrs. 
Charles Francis of New Orleans.

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