Sunday, October 8, 1899, the evening edition of the New Orleans Daily Picayune stacked multiple headlines per story, shouting “Tangipahoa wars start again,” followed by “Deputy Sheriff Draughon seriously wounded by 2 Gill boys,” “Shooting at victim’s home,” “Deputy boarding train for Kentwood when Gill pounced on him,” and “Three shots! Victim pulled gun as they searched him.”

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