1877 Union Parish Louisiana Convict Loses Both Feet to Frostbite
Submitted by:       T. D. Hudson
Date of Submission: 12/2008

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1877 Union Parish Louisiana Convict Loses Both Feet to Frostbite

From the "Ouachita Telegraph", a newspaper published in Monroe, Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Issue of 9 February 1877.
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                                LOST BOTH FEET.

      The Union Parish Record thus recites the hard fate of an alleged murderer confined 
in jail in that parish:

     "The prisoner, Ira D. Lattineer, confined here under a charge of murder committed 
in Texarkana, Texas, is now in an unfortunate condition. At the time of his arrest his 
feet were so badly frost-bitten as to render locomotion exceedingly painful and difficult. 
Since then they have become much worse, and on Sunday last his physicians were forced to 
amputate both his feet i order to save his life. Mr. Lattineer seems to be a genteel young 
man, and, we are informed, is respectably connected in Texas. He is about twenty-four 
years of age and has a wife residing near Texarkana. Owing to his deplorable condition, 
he has been removed to the residence of Mr. A. J. Mashaw, where he receives all necessary 
attention. 
     "Truly 'the way of the transgressor is hard.' "
     

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