The Monroe News-Star - 
Runaway Horse Kills Driver James Patterson, 
Seriously Injures Mr. & Mrs. James O. Williams

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




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The Monroe News-Star
Monday, June 20, 1910
Page 5, Column 1

A Fatal Runaway.
Columbia, La., June 19. - When their horse became frightened and 
dashed their vehicle against a tree, several members of a fishing party 
were seriously injured and (the) negro driver, James Patterson, were 
instantly killed near Bayou Castor late yesterday. The most seriously 
injured were Mr. and Mrs. James O. Williams, whose recovery is doubtful.

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