Kentwood banker freed on uxoricide charge
Friday evening, March 22, 1929, Walter B. Burris, a cashier of the Bank of Kentwood, shot and killed his wife. He placed her gently on a couch and kissed her as their daughter looked on. The man kissed both goodbye before walking a mile into Kentwood and surrendering to police, refusing to explain his actions.
Police find something fishy about dead man’s legs
On a Thursday, October 28, 1948, police arrested a 68-year-old plantation straw boss for falsely reporting the death of his son, a Tallulah Bend fisherman. Authorities jailed George E. Dowdy under a 5,000 dollar bond after arresting his “dead” son, 23-year-old James D. Dowdy, at the Louisiana-Texas border.
Reputed gangster sentenced in Livingston murder
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the 21st Judicial Court issued a news release regarding the 2019 murder of Livingston Parish resident Jessica Clark. However, the brief does not recount the convicted murderer’s extensive arrest record. Anthony Terrell removed his ankle monitor nine days before killing his wife without arousing police suspicion.
Holden black widow escapes Angola electric chair
Margaret Jean Davis admitted to shooting her common-law husband on August 9, 1961, inside their home one mile south of Holden. Robert Ellis Harrison’s homicide marked the third time Margaret Jean became widowed after a suspicious and violent death.