Assassination of Constable J. N. Ferguson, Shiloh, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2001



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Assassination of Constable J. N. Ferguson, Shiloh, Union Parish Louisiana

From the Monroe "Ouachita Telegraph"; issue of Saturday, 24 December 1887, page 2, column 3
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                       Mr. Furgerson Assassinated.

FARMERVILLE, Dec. 17. - [Special.] - Mr. J.N. Ferguson, constable of the 
Eighth Ward, Union Parish, was assassinated in the public road between 
Farmerville and Shiloh on the evening of the 16th, about sundown.  His 
body was found by some citizens, the head being really shot away.  The 
wadding of the gun was paper that was used and printed by the Gazette of 
our parish and was lying near the body of the deceased.  Mr. Ferguson had 
been at Stein's Bluff making some collections.  He had on his person about 
$16, and this was not disturbed, which would show that the killing was not 
for the purpose of robbery.  An investigation is being made, but there are 
few circumstances which would lead any one to fix a suspicion.  No arrests 
have been made. J. STEIN.


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NOTE: This murder remained unsolved until 1898, when Mr. S. D. Nutt managed 
to identify the culprits, have them brought to trial, convicted, and 
sentenced to life in the Louisiana penitentiary.



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