Stories conflict in Bloody Tangipahoa shooting
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.”
Amite murder, rape predated Hotard-Moate events
Lillie Ford told police her attacker raped her in the woods before running away with her purse. Afterward, the woman returned to the car, pushed the driver to one side, and drove to Shorse’s Medical Clinic in Amite. She arrived at the clinic just before two that morning and phoned the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. Her companion died on the road.