1888 Louisiana Election Violence, including Shootout in Farmerville, Union Parish
Submitted by:       Shawn Martin
Date of Submission: 12/2008

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1888 Louisiana Election Violence, including Shootout in Farmerville, Union Parish

From Springfield, Massachusetts "Republican", issue of 7 January 1888
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   Sober democrats in Louisiana are beginning to discuss the question whether the 
party in that state will be able to recover from the preliminary canvass in time 
to carry the April elections.  Several times the angry contentions of the leaders 
have promised a reign of terror; but, as it is, the political murders reported make 
a sad chapter of lawlessness. The killing of Mealey last Sunday at New Orleans had 
been preceded a few months ago by the death of John P. Neal in that city.  At 
Farmersville, a month ago, Judge J. E. Trimble and J. R. Ramsay were shot dead 
during a political “discussion,” and a few days later City Constable Lestrappes of 
Opelousas and a saloon-keeper named Fernburg, both fell dead during a free fight 
over politics.



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