St Landry County Louisiana Archives News.....DrJohn D. Moore and wife Henriette Lyons attacked November 8, 1851
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The Planters' Banner (Franklin, Attakapas Co., LA) November 8, 1851
Look out for the Scoundrel! - We copy the following from the Opelousas Gazette 
of the 29th ult.:
On the last Friday night, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock, one Dr. J. 
W. Hopkins, of Plaquemine Brulee, entered the house of John D. Moore, who 
resides on Plaquemine Brulee, about eighteen miles from this place, in our 
parish, accompanied by a negro armed with a double-barreled shot gun.- Hopkins 
attacked Moore with his pistols and bowie-knife. Moore, being unarmed, seized 
him and threw him down, and was about to wrest from him his bowie-knife, 
intending to use it in defence (sic)of his life, when Hopkins called upon the 
negro, asking him why he did not shoot him. Upon which the negro replied that 
he could not shoot without killing both. Hopkins then told him to shoot any 
how. Moore then sprang to the negro, seized the gun, and was about succeeding 
in taking it from him, when Hopkins, who had raised himself from the floor, 
advanced upon him with pistols and bowie-knife. He then endeavored to make his 
escape through his back door, when Hopkins pursued him, and fired without 
effect. Hopkins then returned into the house, demanded of Moore's wife the 
keys, and bade her give him John Lyons's money, (the father-in-law of both 
Moore and Hopkins.) She replied that they had none of John Lyons's money. He 
took the keys, searched the house, and found sixteen dollars in the press. He 
then turned to her, and said he would leave no witness against him, that he 
intended to kill her. She begged for her life. He took her by the arm and 
endeavored to turn her around, in order to shoot her in the back; she 
resisted, and said that if he shot her, she should see him do it, and that he 
should not shoot her in the back. He then fired - she threw up her arms for 
protection, and the ball struck her hand, nearly cutting off two fingers, 
striking her abdomen, but very luckily the ball glanced, and did not penetrate 
the intestines or bowels. The monster then mounted his horse and fled. There 
are now six men in pursuit of him. We learn they are on his track, and will 
doubtless arrest him. He is a man of slender form, about five feet nine or ten 
inches in height, and light blue eyes. It is reported here that Hopkins fled 
from Virginia for killing a man.


Additional Comments:
Henriette Lyons d/o John Lyons and Rebecca Gilchrist, married John D. Moore.
Zelian Lyons d/o John Lyons and Rebecca Gilchrist married Dr. J. W. Hopkins.

source: Southwest Louisiana Records (1750-1900) by Rev. Donald J. Hebert

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