St Landry County Louisiana Archives News.....Sheriff C. C. Duson returns from Texas with John Sonnier April 10, 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer@yahoo.com December 18, 2013, 11:08 pm The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, La.) April 10, 1880 Sheriff C. C. Duson of St. Landry has added another to his numerous exploits in the way of pursuing and capturing criminals who have fled to other States. He has just returned from Texas with one John Sonnier, who murdered two old men names Prudhomme and Runnion, in St. Landry during the year 1871. This fugitive from justice, who is a reckless and dangerous man, was nabbed in the vicinity of Brazoria, while acting as guard over a number of convicts working on a sugar plantation. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/newspapers/sheriffc387gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb