The Ouachita Telegraph - Julia Collens Kills Husband Lewis with Axe Date: Apr. 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, December 31, 1870 Page 3, Column 2 Julia Collens, for killing her husband, Lewis Collens, both colored, was yesterday committed to jail by Judge Caldwell for the crime of murder. Julia hit Lewis a love-lick on the head with an axe, from which affectionate evidence of wifely devotion Lewis died. It is said, in Julia's behalf, that Lewis had been overbearing toward her. # # #