The Ouachita Telegraph - John McKay Murdered

Date: Oct 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>


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The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, December 4, 2886
Page 2, Column 1

West Carroll.
 A terrible state of affairs exists in West Carroll.  Last Sunday night a
party of men went to the house of one John McKay, near Caledonia, and under
pretense of getting water gained admission into the house.  They then
murdered him and a negro woman, burned the house over them and left.  Other
outrages were committed and a state of lawlessness prevails.

NOTE:  This is a paragraph of an article about the state of affairs in West
Carroll.

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