Obituaries:  Bill H. Hudson, Sabine Parish       H-325
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 10, 1962
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Bill H. Hudson

  The body of a man, age 79, was found on August 5, lying under a
tree at Ft. Jesup Memorial Park. He had evidently been dead some
five hours, from a gunshot wound. The bullet entered the head
above the left ear. The gun, a new 32 Harrington Pistol, was
found in his left hand, with one bullet fired, according to T. M.
Phillips, Sheriff of Sabine Parish, who investigated the death.
Found beside the body of the man, was the following note, written
on a piece of cardboard:

  "Give that $175.00 that I have in my pocket to the undertaker
that puts me away. Use the clothes I have for my services please.

  Bill Hudson
  Address: No address.

  Just a rambling Cowboy.

  I have $175.00 in my pocket. I have no relations anywhere. I am
alone in this world. 79 years old, been in every state in the U.
S. I have been bumming since I was 15 years old. Father and
Mother is dead. No brothers or sisters living, that I know of. I
am sick and wore out. Get the money out of my pocket and bury me
please. I don't owe anybody in the world. Turn my money over to
the undertaker. Give my gun to the undertaker on payment with my
money for burial.

  Bill H. Hudson
  Globe Trotter

  I paid $45.00 for this 32 Harrington Pistol cash. Give my
clothes to somebody that can wear them."

  Sheriff Phillips stated that the man had been seen by Garland
Peterson, keeper of the park, earlier that day. He was dressed in
clean work clothes, and showed evidence of a recent bath.

  According to Garland, the man was of apparent sound mine. There
was no other evidence of injury, except a laceration on his left
wrist, which was probably explained by the fact that he had used
his very sharp knife to punch a hole in a metal cap of a large
coke.

  There was no easily discernable exact address in the papers,
which he carried. The Sheriff's Department was attempting to
notify someone through a partially decipherable address out of
Butte Montana, at a rural box.

  The body was turned over to the Warren Funeral Home, with burial
in Fenders Cemetery.