The Ouachita Telegraph - Bowman and Brown Arrested for Murder Date: May 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, September 23, 1871 Page 3, Column 2 Negro Man Killed. A negro man, living three miles west of Trenton, was fatally shot a few nights ago while drinking water from a bucket in front of his cabin. He lived but a short time after receiving the wound. No clue has been discovered by which the perpetrator of the murder can as yet be identified. NOTE: The following article appeared in the Saturday, September 30, 1871 edition of the Ouachita Telegraph, Page 2, Column 6: In reference to the killing of the negro, west of Trenton, last week, we have to state that Judge Caldwell issued a warrant for the arrest of two men named Brown and one named Boyd as guilty of the murder. # # #