The Ouachita Telegraph - Andrew Fleming Hung for Murder - First Legal Execution in Parish Since War 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, October 29, 1887 Page 2, Column 2 Andrew Fleming, colored, was hung for murder at Tallulah last Friday. He was calm and unaffected, saying he was “heaven-bound.” This was the first legal execution in the parish since the war. # # #