He drowned or suffocated in quicksand at the bottom of a new well that was being dug. He was tied to a rope and they were trying to pull him out, but the pain became too much and he cut the rope and went into the quicksand. The well is believed to have been south of Shreveport, Louisiana. [Information added via a page merger.]
He drowned or suffocated in quicksand at the bottom of a new well that was being dug. He was tied to a rope and they were trying to pull him out, but the pain became too much and he cut the rope and went into the quicksand. The well is believed to have been south of Shreveport, Louisiana. [Information added via a page merger.]
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