The Ouachita Telegraph - Louis Reddick Shot and Killed Jake Johnson 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, December 29, 1888 Page 3, Column 2 A Tragedy Near Cadeville. Louis Reddick shot and killed Jake Johnson near Cadeville on Christmas eve night. Both are negroes. On the same night, just three years ago, Johnson severely cut Reddick with a knife, very nearly causing death. The difficulty took place at a dance or fair and the scene of the tragedy last Monday night was in the vicinity of the first trouble and at a fair. Reddick seems to have been waiting for an opportunity for revenge and chose the time and place where he had been “done up” with a knife. From what we can learn he sat upon a fence with a shot gun and as Johnson passed by going to the fair he emptied the contents of the gun into his body, causing instant death. Reddick was arrested and is now in jail. # # #