ALBERT SHEPHERD ARTICLE, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, Winnfield, LA
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From the August 28, 1903 Southern Sentinel

COON SMOTE A COON.

Albert Shepherd Used His Fist On A Dusky Damsel.


Albert Shepherd, colored, conducts a boarding house down in "coon hollow" for
the accommodation of the "dusky 700" who visit Winnfield.  Some female members
of that tribe have been hanging around the place, and when they desired to
depart Albert refused to deliver their baggage till a board bill was paid. 
This raised the ire of the "butterflies" and they decided to have Albert
"pulled" for running a "disrepable house."  He was tried in Mayor's court
Monday morning and was acquitted.  After the trial he was standing on the
sidewalk on Abel Street when one of the coons remarked that she would "see if
he hits me ."  She started to brush by him when his left fist got unruly and
came into contact with her cheek.  She raised a yell that woke all the
merchants and clerks from their usual morning nap, and the officials at the
courthouse were so thoroughly excited that they turned themselves around to
more comfortable positions.  

Albert went over to Mayor's court and got a fine of $ 2.50, while the
"butterfly" was found guilty of raising an unusually loud howl in a quiet
place and fined $ 2.50.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)