Obituaries: Dale Ellard, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American 
Date: August 30, 1929
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Dale Ellard Is Shot, Killed By Officer In Goldonna Sunday

"Justifiable Homicide" Is Held When Man Resists Arrest

Dale Ellard, 28 year old insurance man of Goldonna, was shot and instantly
killed by Deputy Sheriff Will Black at Ellard's home Sunday evening when he
resisted arrest on a charge of issuing worthless checks.  Following the
coroner's jury investigation a verdict of "justifiable homicide" was returned.

Ellard, according to a telephone message of Deputy Black to Sheriff J. W.
Payne of Natchitoches, threatened to kill Deputy Black and a Mr. Barnes, whom
Black summoned from his automobile to assist in the arrest, joined the 
officer.  It is alleged that Ellard reached under a pillow on his bed, 
supposedly to get a weapon, and it was then that Deputy Black fired.  The 
bullet struck Ellard under the right eye, causing him to fall backward across
the bed, dead.  Mrs. Ellard witnessed the shooting of her husband by the
officer.  When officers from Natchitoches arrived at Goldonna no pistol or
any other weapon was found under the pillow or any place about the bed, the
investigation showed.

The body was brought to the undertaking parlors of the Winnfield Furniture Co.
here and prepared for burial, later taken to Trout where his parents reside.