Vermilion County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Abshire, Joseph - February 21, 1893 ************************************************ 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.00@gmail.com February 14, 2021, 12:47 pm source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, March 04, 1893, Image 3 Joseph Abshire, the young man who was stabbed in the back by Olivier Richard on the 13th of Feb. in a drunken row which took place at Philogene Meanseau's on Queue Tortue, died last Wednesday after great suffering. His death resulted from spinal paralysis due to injury of the spinal cord. source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, July 01, 1893, Image 3 The case of Polive Meanceaux charged with having harbored the Richard Brothers, who are under indictment for the murder of Joseph Abshire on Queue Tortue last Mardi Gras, and who have been fugitives from justice ever since, occupied the attention of Judge Green yesterday. source: The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, September 09, 1893, Image 3 The trial of the Richard brothers for the killing of Joseph Abshire, on Queue Tortue, last February, has been set for next Thursday the 14th. Much interest will be displayed in the trial, and will be watched with interest. Messrs. Lastie Broussard and J. R. Kitchell will conduct the defense. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/vermilion/obits/a/abshire8217gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb