COON FIGHT IN EPPLE & HAYES' GRADING CAMP, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, Winnfield, LA
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>From the June 19, 1903  Southern Sentinel


A NEGRO SHOT

A Coon Fight In Epple & Hayes' Grading Camp


A fight among the negroes in Epple & Hayes' grading camp located a few miles
out of town on the Red River Valley Railroad took place Saturday night and a
young negro about twenty years of age was shot through the chest with a
38-caliber bullet from a pistol.  He was brought to town Sunday morning and
sent to a hospital in Shreveport for treatment.  He was in a precarious
condition and died on the train before reaching  Shreveport.

The fight was over a crap game it is said.  But others say it was over a woman
and it is hinted that a woman shot the boy.  It is not known  positively who
did the shooting.  Three negroes, Will Fuller, Bette Davis, and another
negress, have been jailed on a charge of murder.

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