1853 Murder of Manning Scott by A. J. Perdue, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted by: Shawn Martin Date of Submission: 12/2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1853 Murder of Manning Scott by A. J. Perdue, Union Parish Louisiana ================================================================================== ================================================================================== ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From the New Orleans "Times Picayune", issue of 31 March 1853 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Murder in Union Parish, -- The Farmerville Enquirer says that on the 11th inst. A. J. Perdue killed Manning Scott, some six or eight miles north of that place, by stabbing him in six different places. The Enquirer says that Scott was a native of Georgia, had resided ten or twelve years in Union parish, and was reputed a peaceable and good citizen. He leaves a wife and three children. Perdue was arrested and committed to jail. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From the New Orleans "Times Picayune", issue of 19 April 1853 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== A. J. Perdue, who killed Manning Scott, in Union parish, on the 25th ult., has been tried, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. ############################################################# File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/newspapers/articles/1853murder.txt