Obituary - Mr. Blake

The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, June 10, 1871
Page 2, Column 5

FRANKLIN

An imported Irish or Scotch laborer named Blake, who went to Franklin last March, has come to grief. As a man unscrupulous, as a laborer worse than worthless, and as a citizen a general nuisance, the people gave Blake a warning to behave. The Sun, of the 3rd tells the balance as follows: Unscrupulous and intrusive, he went where he pleased and did as he pleased, regardless as to who he pleased or displeased. Taking a notion to a widow in the neighborhood, he sought to marry her or possess her any how, but he failed. He then commenced to work on a young colored girl, and, watching his opportunity, ravished her. This act filled to over-flowing the cup of public forbearance towards him. He was brought before Judge Lynch, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hung and his body thrown into the Bayou, and the sentence was duly executed on last Monday.

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Contributed 2021 Sep 27 by Lora Peppers loradpeppers@hotmail.com

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