Obituaries: John Nichols, 1928, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American
Date: November 2, 1928
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White Man Kills Negro Tie Maker And Surrenders

Rufus Ross of the Tannehill community walked into the Sheriff's office last
Saturday afternoon and surrendered himself to deputy sheriff, G. M. Walsworth
admitting that he shot and killed John Nichols, negro tie maker about 45 years
old, near the Tannehill station five miles north of Winnfield Thursday afternoon.

Nichols body was discovered Saturday morning by some children who reported the
grusome find to nearby residents. The body had lain face down in the narrow
unused roadway from 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon until found Saturday morning.

Nichols had a bad record, was reported to have been impudent and over bearing
and had served a term in the state penitentiary on a charge of arson.

In a statement to the officers Ross said that he and the negro had had some
trouble and he had been threatened by the negro. Ross was locked up but was
released Sunday at noon after furnishing bail.