"BEATRICE, WILLIAM     A FEW DAYS AGO A NEGRO NAMED 
WILLIAM BEATRICE
WAS KILLED IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH BY ED. WARE, 
WHOM BEATRICE WAS OWING SOME MONEY. WARE STRUCK 
THE LATTER ON THE HEAD WITH A LOADED CANE FRACTURING 
HIS SCULL, PRODUCING DEATH IN 40 MINUTES. WARE
MADE HIS ESCAPE."
Reference Data:
Crowley Post Signal: Acadia Parish, Louisiana, July 16, 1898,  LA GenWeb Archives by Winston Boudreaux, Jan 1998