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Samuel E. Duhon

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Samuel E. Duhon

Birth
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
6 Mar 1925 (aged 52)
Burial
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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The Waco News-Tribune (Waco, Texas), March 8, 1925

(Lake Charles, La., March 7) — The bodies of L. G. Collins, federal prohibition agent, and Samuel E. Duhon, deputy sheriff, missing since they left here for a liquor raid last night, were found late today in an old cemetery near the town of Starks. The bodies lay on the back seat of Duhon's automobile and were riddled with shots. The Dunn brothers, Byron, Eustice and Robert were placed in jail here pending investigation of the disappearance of the two officers.

Contributor: T.Gremillion (48319447) • [email protected]

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Deputy Sam E. Duhon and Federal Agent W.E. Collins went with a search warrant to a home in Starks, La., and both men disappeared on March 6, 1925. Their car was found in a cemetery, the men inside, both had been murdered.

Sam Duhon, 52, was born in Lake Charles, he was the grandson of Cyprien Duhon. He married Mamie Smith and had 3 children; Dorothy, Yvonne and Samuel.

The full story is in the book "Crimes of the Past" by Nola Mae Ross
The Waco News-Tribune (Waco, Texas), March 8, 1925

(Lake Charles, La., March 7) — The bodies of L. G. Collins, federal prohibition agent, and Samuel E. Duhon, deputy sheriff, missing since they left here for a liquor raid last night, were found late today in an old cemetery near the town of Starks. The bodies lay on the back seat of Duhon's automobile and were riddled with shots. The Dunn brothers, Byron, Eustice and Robert were placed in jail here pending investigation of the disappearance of the two officers.

Contributor: T.Gremillion (48319447) • [email protected]

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Deputy Sam E. Duhon and Federal Agent W.E. Collins went with a search warrant to a home in Starks, La., and both men disappeared on March 6, 1925. Their car was found in a cemetery, the men inside, both had been murdered.

Sam Duhon, 52, was born in Lake Charles, he was the grandson of Cyprien Duhon. He married Mamie Smith and had 3 children; Dorothy, Yvonne and Samuel.

The full story is in the book "Crimes of the Past" by Nola Mae Ross


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  • Maintained by: LH
  • Originally Created by: Gloria Bello
  • Added: Jun 17, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19940525/samuel_e-duhon: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel E. Duhon (21 Apr 1872–6 Mar 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19940525, citing Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by LH (contributor 48712583).