the knock-out drops, Hellum entered the home and bashed
in the victim's head. The two dragged his body into a
shallow grave and went about their unholy amours, .The
body was soon discovered by alert dogs, hired forthe
occasion, and the two conspirators were eventually KxAX
brought to book for their deed. They were convicted and
hanged on’ the courthouse lawn at Monroe."
N,eeHANG BY THE NECK..." by Teeters. Pages 359-360
For famous headline from Chicago TIMES, see
Herbert Asbury! ¢ GEM OF THE PRAIRIE, my lib,
page 70 a thio, ho Une’
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the knock-out drops, Hellum entered the home and bashed
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shallow grave and went about their unholy amours, . The
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brought to book for their deed. They were convicted and
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drops, Hellum entered the home and bashed
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their deed. They were convict
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nee November 26, 1675
HARK, Alcee and HELLUM, Tony
Hanged at "seslonroe, La, (Ouachita Parish), on Nov
tebe &
1875. .Lt has to-do with one Harris, whose wife, Alcee,
2h, enamoured of a ‘charcoal dusky! -that is what the
papers called him #was brutally disposed of by the pair,
It was @ sordid clandestine affair throughout. The ha-
bitually neglected husband stood as much as he thought he
could and then begged his wife Bor a better understanding.
She acquiesced to him, but in reality, merely agreed to
sit down over a glass of beer and try to make amends
SurreptitiousLy she had connived to have her lover, named
Tony Hellum - referred to by the papers also as tan ebony
Pon duent oto tehack bin off! after she had put him into
a deep sleep with a potion slipped into his beer. The
plan worked beautifully, After Harris had succumbed to
iis en, November 26, 1875
S, Alcee and HELLUM, Tony
ed at "seeMonroe, La, (Ouachit
ed him “was brutally ¢ sposed of by +}
&@ sordid clandestine affair throughout.
neglected husband stood as much as he thought he
y I wife Bor a better understanding J
him, but in reality, merely agreed to
2 glass of beer and try to make amends,
S reptitiously she had Connived to have her lover, named
Tony Hellum - referred to by the papers also as ‘an ebony
Don Juan! - to "check him off' after she had put him into
a deep sleep with a pbtion slipped into his be 7. dine
plan worked beautif vully. After Harris had succumbed to
lonroe, La,
Tt has to do with one 85 whos
‘charcoal dusky!
plan work:
