Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Hangings

  • The Crime and Execution? of John Loslo/Leslie

    Years ago, I compiled a list of all legal executions that happened in Ouachita Parish. Earlier this month, I was going through the online papers of Edward Livingston in the…

  • The Murder of Adolph Epsteine

    Wednesday Morning, March 26, 1924, just before 7 am, R.P. Wuichet, an employee of Adolph Epsteine, reported to work at Epsteine’s store in Swartz. Going to the back of the…

  • The Hanging of Ike Tellis

    Now this is a story I had never heard of! I knew of Ike Tellis’s hanging on July 10, 1931, but I have never heard about this story! Louisiana Ghost…

  • Legal Executions in Monroe

    All of these were hangings and all were given a trial and found guilty. Whether they were or were not guilty for the crimes they paid is left to history.…