Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-19
ANOTHER MURDER.
Caused by Faithlessness Of Wife
Her ParamOur Shoots Down the
Husband with His Own Shot
Gun i'm the Public Road and
Makes Good his Escape.
Shreveport Times.

o'clock, Lieut.. VIM. H. Busby, OF our
city police force, received information
from a colOred man named David
Allen, which led him to believe that
a murder had been committed on the
Bauman place, about one mile from
the corporate limits of the city and
quarter of mile south of the resi-
dence of Judge T. T. Land, in the vi
entity of what is known as the Naples
place. He Immediately appraised
Deputy Sheriff Jno. c, Elstner OF the
facts that had been impaired to him,
and at o'clock yesterday morning in
company with that officer proceeded
to the neighborhood designated. After
about an hours search, they discov-
cred. dim by-road in the woods, the
dead body of Squire Coleman, a we'll
known colored man and old citizen
of this vicinity. He was lying on his
face in the road, with a pistol firmly
grasped in his outstretchedrlghthan
His body was cold and stiff, show
ing that the vital spark had fled from
it's earthly tenement several hours
previous to its discovery. Upon
turning him over they found that his
body had been perfectly riddled with
buckshot and were satisfied that his
murderer must have fired upon him
at very close range, causing his death
almost instantly. The spot where
the body of Coleman was found was
about quarter of a mile from the
cabin in which he lived. After plac-
ing a custodian in charge of the body,
Messrs. Busby and Elstner, returned
to the city and reported its discovery.
Yesterday morning Justice Of the
Peace L. E. Carter, in the absence OF
DR.. w. NJ. Turner, our coroner,
+ accompanied by the officers named
and number of our citizens, among
I whom was reporter,p the Standard
proceeded to the spot where the body
5 was found and held an inquest.
The evidence given before the jury
= of inquest, as taken down by our re-
porter, gives all the details of the
: occurrences justprior to and subsequen
II to the killing. In conversation, how
:. ever. with David Allen, who ha
: known Coleman for many years ant
WHO'S his closest neighbor ,ourreporte
learned the following additional par
ticulars 1t seems that Charley John
son who, as will be seen from the evl
> dence did the killing, came her
! several months ago and soon becam
y quite intimate with Sarah Coleman
y the wife of the deceased, claiming t
!" be her brother, and even succeede
- in passing himself off on Coleman 6
~ such and remained at his house an
. worked with him for some time. Sui
", ", sequent events disclosed the fact tn;
I'LL this relationship was altogether
sham, for about five or six weeks az
" Coleman's wife deserted him al
W went to live with Johnson on CAPITA
" J. NJ. Fosters plantation i'll Bossi
% parish, where he had engaged to wo
as farm hand. Coleman not l0l
y, W since went to Fosters place al
" brought his wife back home, but s.
-, =, again left him and took up her abo
-. ~. in this city, where she continued
receive the visits of johnson.
:. A few days ago, Coleman seeming
W. made up his mind to get rid of
~, faithless wife altogether, and sent
word to come and get what thin
y. ~ she had at his house. She went
~ CoIeman's house, accOmpan led by
49,, !, paramount, Charley Johnson, and Ale
no Young, a friend ofhis, for the purp'
' of getting her effects, last Mond
" evening, when the occurrences
detailed in the evidence below, tC
place. johnson came to town W
ent Sarah Coleman on Monday night at
10 the killing and crossed the river
~, tween midnlghtaud day before vest
=, day. He has not yet been c;
the tured, but Deputy Sheriff Elstner
Lieutenant Busby crossed the ii
ect Yesterday afternoon and are hot
of his trail. They will doubtless eff
his capture some time to-day. !
lse, murdered man was taken charge
TO by his neighbors and decently bur
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