Roy, Joseph Ozeme (Cyprien & Adolphina Guilbeau) b 9 Oct 1862 [Arnaudville Ch vol 2, page 41]
Son of:
Cyprien Roy
and
Adolphina (Guilbeau/Guilbeaux) Roy.
Husband of:
Maria (Hollier) Roy (b. 11 Jun 1868), daughter of Isidore HOLLIER and Amelia (MURREL) HOLLIER
They were married July 15, 1885 in Arnaudville, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Father of:
Marie Artemise (Roy) Darby
Infant girl Roy
Joseph Cyprien Roy
Marie Louisiana (Roy) Trahan (b. 26 Mar. 1890) [Mrs. Pierre]
Marie Louisa Roy (b. 8 Mar. 1892)
Clovis Roy (b. 11 Apr. 1893)
Lillian Roy (b. 19 June 1895) [a twin]
Lilia (Roy) Clause Melancon [a twin]
Amelia Roy (b. 17 June 1897)
Marie Elida (Roy) Doré
Hilda Roy (b. abt. 1901)
Clebaire "Clebert" Roy (b. 26 Oct. 1903)
Joseph Lionel Roy
Ozémé Roy (b. abt. Feb. 1910)
Death Notice
The Lafayette Advertiser
Lafayette, Louisiana
Published December 28, 1909
Page 1, Column 5
-----------------------
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham Shoot Each Other to Death Near Arnaudville.
Special to the Picayune.
St. Martinville, La., Dec. 26.--Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other last night in a fight in Roy's saloon, near Arnaudville, on the dividing line between St. Landry and St. Martin Parishes, and S. Hardy and Isaac Thibodaux are in jail as accessories, because they are said to have carried the tales which brought about the double tragedy.
Higginbotham was a constable in St. Landry parish, and he was told yesterday that Roy had denounced him in the presence of a large crowd. Yesterday he paid three visits to Roy's place, but it was not until 8:30 o'clock that he found Roy and protested against the language used about him. Roy denied the statement and called Higginbotham a liar. Both drew their revolvers, Roy shooting six times and Higginbotham five. Roy shot through the heart, and in falling, shot Higginbotham through the head, killing him instantly.
St. Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana
Published January 01, 1910
Page 1, Column 3
----------------
A BLOODY CHRISTMAS NIGHT WAS THIS ONE
Two Men Kill Each Other in Arnaudville...One Killed and One Wounded in Palmetto.
THE RESULT OF TATTLERS
Caused One of the Bloodiest and Fiercest Hand-to-Hand Encounters in Annals of the Parish.
Wade Higginbotham, ward constable of the Arnaudville ward, and Ozeme Roy, a saloon-keeper, shot each other to death in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter in the latter's saloon, on the St. Martin side of Arnaudville, at Eight o'clock Christmas night.
In another affray near Palmetto, this parish, Charley Carroll was killed by Ernest Soileau, the latter the ward constable of that ward.
The Arnaudville affray was as fierce as it was fatal. The men stood at arm's length and poured lead into each other, and when Roy had emptied his pistol, and after having been shot through the heart, he felled his adversary with the butt end of his weapon, and bent over the prostrate man and beat his head into a pulp. He then started for the home of his brother-in-law, remarking that he did not believe he was fatally shot. In ascending the steps, he fell on the gallery a dead man.
Higginbotham, with two fatal bullet wounds and a crushed skull, lived but a few minutes after the occurrence.
And this tragedy was caused by either tale-bearers or liars.
It appears that notwithstanding there had been bad-blood between Higginbotham and Roy, they had made friends, and seemingly bore no animosity towards each other. Two men, who, it appears, had had some difficulty with Roy that day, knowing the feeling that had at one time existed between Roy and Higginbotham, met the latter on the streets and told him that Roy was in his saloon and cursing him (Higginbotham). Arming himself, Higginbotham proceeded to the saloon. He took a drink at Roy's bar, and afterwards asked for Roy, remarking that he had been told that Roy was cursing him that day. When Roy, who was in an adjoining room, heard this, he came to the door and told Higginbotham that this information was wrong, that he had said nothing about him. Higginbotham advanced to Roy, and telling him he was a liar, slapped him. Both men drew and shot until their ammunition was exhausted. Roy was shot through the heart and in the abdomen. Higginbotham was shot three times through the abdomen.
The tale-bearers are in jail in St. Martin, charged with accessory before the fact to murder. They were denied bail.
Both dead men leave large families.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS
by Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
----------------------
ROY, Ozemee bur. 26 Dec. 1909 at age 40 years (Arnaudville ch.: v. 2, p. 133)
Son of:
Cyprien Roy
and
Adolphina (Guilbeau/Guilbeaux) Roy.
Husband of:
Maria (Hollier) Roy (b. 11 Jun 1868), daughter of Isidore HOLLIER and Amelia (MURREL) HOLLIER
They were married July 15, 1885 in Arnaudville, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Father of:
Marie Artemise (Roy) Darby
Infant girl Roy
Joseph Cyprien Roy
Marie Louisiana (Roy) Trahan (b. 26 Mar. 1890) [Mrs. Pierre]
Marie Louisa Roy (b. 8 Mar. 1892)
Clovis Roy (b. 11 Apr. 1893)
Lillian Roy (b. 19 June 1895) [a twin]
Lilia (Roy) Clause Melancon [a twin]
Amelia Roy (b. 17 June 1897)
Marie Elida (Roy) Doré
Hilda Roy (b. abt. 1901)
Clebaire "Clebert" Roy (b. 26 Oct. 1903)
Joseph Lionel Roy
Ozémé Roy (b. abt. Feb. 1910)
Death Notice
The Lafayette Advertiser
Lafayette, Louisiana
Published December 28, 1909
Page 1, Column 5
-----------------------
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham Shoot Each Other to Death Near Arnaudville.
Special to the Picayune.
St. Martinville, La., Dec. 26.--Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other last night in a fight in Roy's saloon, near Arnaudville, on the dividing line between St. Landry and St. Martin Parishes, and S. Hardy and Isaac Thibodaux are in jail as accessories, because they are said to have carried the tales which brought about the double tragedy.
Higginbotham was a constable in St. Landry parish, and he was told yesterday that Roy had denounced him in the presence of a large crowd. Yesterday he paid three visits to Roy's place, but it was not until 8:30 o'clock that he found Roy and protested against the language used about him. Roy denied the statement and called Higginbotham a liar. Both drew their revolvers, Roy shooting six times and Higginbotham five. Roy shot through the heart, and in falling, shot Higginbotham through the head, killing him instantly.
St. Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana
Published January 01, 1910
Page 1, Column 3
----------------
A BLOODY CHRISTMAS NIGHT WAS THIS ONE
Two Men Kill Each Other in Arnaudville...One Killed and One Wounded in Palmetto.
THE RESULT OF TATTLERS
Caused One of the Bloodiest and Fiercest Hand-to-Hand Encounters in Annals of the Parish.
Wade Higginbotham, ward constable of the Arnaudville ward, and Ozeme Roy, a saloon-keeper, shot each other to death in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter in the latter's saloon, on the St. Martin side of Arnaudville, at Eight o'clock Christmas night.
In another affray near Palmetto, this parish, Charley Carroll was killed by Ernest Soileau, the latter the ward constable of that ward.
The Arnaudville affray was as fierce as it was fatal. The men stood at arm's length and poured lead into each other, and when Roy had emptied his pistol, and after having been shot through the heart, he felled his adversary with the butt end of his weapon, and bent over the prostrate man and beat his head into a pulp. He then started for the home of his brother-in-law, remarking that he did not believe he was fatally shot. In ascending the steps, he fell on the gallery a dead man.
Higginbotham, with two fatal bullet wounds and a crushed skull, lived but a few minutes after the occurrence.
And this tragedy was caused by either tale-bearers or liars.
It appears that notwithstanding there had been bad-blood between Higginbotham and Roy, they had made friends, and seemingly bore no animosity towards each other. Two men, who, it appears, had had some difficulty with Roy that day, knowing the feeling that had at one time existed between Roy and Higginbotham, met the latter on the streets and told him that Roy was in his saloon and cursing him (Higginbotham). Arming himself, Higginbotham proceeded to the saloon. He took a drink at Roy's bar, and afterwards asked for Roy, remarking that he had been told that Roy was cursing him that day. When Roy, who was in an adjoining room, heard this, he came to the door and told Higginbotham that this information was wrong, that he had said nothing about him. Higginbotham advanced to Roy, and telling him he was a liar, slapped him. Both men drew and shot until their ammunition was exhausted. Roy was shot through the heart and in the abdomen. Higginbotham was shot three times through the abdomen.
The tale-bearers are in jail in St. Martin, charged with accessory before the fact to murder. They were denied bail.
Both dead men leave large families.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS
by Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
----------------------
ROY, Ozemee bur. 26 Dec. 1909 at age 40 years (Arnaudville ch.: v. 2, p. 133)
Roy, Joseph Ozeme (Cyprien & Adolphina Guilbeau) b 9 Oct 1862 [Arnaudville Ch vol 2, page 41]
Son of:
Cyprien Roy
and
Adolphina (Guilbeau/Guilbeaux) Roy.
Husband of:
Maria (Hollier) Roy (b. 11 Jun 1868), daughter of Isidore HOLLIER and Amelia (MURREL) HOLLIER
They were married July 15, 1885 in Arnaudville, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Father of:
Marie Artemise (Roy) Darby
Infant girl Roy
Joseph Cyprien Roy
Marie Louisiana (Roy) Trahan (b. 26 Mar. 1890) [Mrs. Pierre]
Marie Louisa Roy (b. 8 Mar. 1892)
Clovis Roy (b. 11 Apr. 1893)
Lillian Roy (b. 19 June 1895) [a twin]
Lilia (Roy) Clause Melancon [a twin]
Amelia Roy (b. 17 June 1897)
Marie Elida (Roy) Doré
Hilda Roy (b. abt. 1901)
Clebaire "Clebert" Roy (b. 26 Oct. 1903)
Joseph Lionel Roy
Ozémé Roy (b. abt. Feb. 1910)
Death Notice
The Lafayette Advertiser
Lafayette, Louisiana
Published December 28, 1909
Page 1, Column 5
-----------------------
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham Shoot Each Other to Death Near Arnaudville.
Special to the Picayune.
St. Martinville, La., Dec. 26.--Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other last night in a fight in Roy's saloon, near Arnaudville, on the dividing line between St. Landry and St. Martin Parishes, and S. Hardy and Isaac Thibodaux are in jail as accessories, because they are said to have carried the tales which brought about the double tragedy.
Higginbotham was a constable in St. Landry parish, and he was told yesterday that Roy had denounced him in the presence of a large crowd. Yesterday he paid three visits to Roy's place, but it was not until 8:30 o'clock that he found Roy and protested against the language used about him. Roy denied the statement and called Higginbotham a liar. Both drew their revolvers, Roy shooting six times and Higginbotham five. Roy shot through the heart, and in falling, shot Higginbotham through the head, killing him instantly.
St. Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana
Published January 01, 1910
Page 1, Column 3
----------------
A BLOODY CHRISTMAS NIGHT WAS THIS ONE
Two Men Kill Each Other in Arnaudville...One Killed and One Wounded in Palmetto.
THE RESULT OF TATTLERS
Caused One of the Bloodiest and Fiercest Hand-to-Hand Encounters in Annals of the Parish.
Wade Higginbotham, ward constable of the Arnaudville ward, and Ozeme Roy, a saloon-keeper, shot each other to death in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter in the latter's saloon, on the St. Martin side of Arnaudville, at Eight o'clock Christmas night.
In another affray near Palmetto, this parish, Charley Carroll was killed by Ernest Soileau, the latter the ward constable of that ward.
The Arnaudville affray was as fierce as it was fatal. The men stood at arm's length and poured lead into each other, and when Roy had emptied his pistol, and after having been shot through the heart, he felled his adversary with the butt end of his weapon, and bent over the prostrate man and beat his head into a pulp. He then started for the home of his brother-in-law, remarking that he did not believe he was fatally shot. In ascending the steps, he fell on the gallery a dead man.
Higginbotham, with two fatal bullet wounds and a crushed skull, lived but a few minutes after the occurrence.
And this tragedy was caused by either tale-bearers or liars.
It appears that notwithstanding there had been bad-blood between Higginbotham and Roy, they had made friends, and seemingly bore no animosity towards each other. Two men, who, it appears, had had some difficulty with Roy that day, knowing the feeling that had at one time existed between Roy and Higginbotham, met the latter on the streets and told him that Roy was in his saloon and cursing him (Higginbotham). Arming himself, Higginbotham proceeded to the saloon. He took a drink at Roy's bar, and afterwards asked for Roy, remarking that he had been told that Roy was cursing him that day. When Roy, who was in an adjoining room, heard this, he came to the door and told Higginbotham that this information was wrong, that he had said nothing about him. Higginbotham advanced to Roy, and telling him he was a liar, slapped him. Both men drew and shot until their ammunition was exhausted. Roy was shot through the heart and in the abdomen. Higginbotham was shot three times through the abdomen.
The tale-bearers are in jail in St. Martin, charged with accessory before the fact to murder. They were denied bail.
Both dead men leave large families.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS
by Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
----------------------
ROY, Ozemee bur. 26 Dec. 1909 at age 40 years (Arnaudville ch.: v. 2, p. 133)
Son of:
Cyprien Roy
and
Adolphina (Guilbeau/Guilbeaux) Roy.
Husband of:
Maria (Hollier) Roy (b. 11 Jun 1868), daughter of Isidore HOLLIER and Amelia (MURREL) HOLLIER
They were married July 15, 1885 in Arnaudville, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Father of:
Marie Artemise (Roy) Darby
Infant girl Roy
Joseph Cyprien Roy
Marie Louisiana (Roy) Trahan (b. 26 Mar. 1890) [Mrs. Pierre]
Marie Louisa Roy (b. 8 Mar. 1892)
Clovis Roy (b. 11 Apr. 1893)
Lillian Roy (b. 19 June 1895) [a twin]
Lilia (Roy) Clause Melancon [a twin]
Amelia Roy (b. 17 June 1897)
Marie Elida (Roy) Doré
Hilda Roy (b. abt. 1901)
Clebaire "Clebert" Roy (b. 26 Oct. 1903)
Joseph Lionel Roy
Ozémé Roy (b. abt. Feb. 1910)
Death Notice
The Lafayette Advertiser
Lafayette, Louisiana
Published December 28, 1909
Page 1, Column 5
-----------------------
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham Shoot Each Other to Death Near Arnaudville.
Special to the Picayune.
St. Martinville, La., Dec. 26.--Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other last night in a fight in Roy's saloon, near Arnaudville, on the dividing line between St. Landry and St. Martin Parishes, and S. Hardy and Isaac Thibodaux are in jail as accessories, because they are said to have carried the tales which brought about the double tragedy.
Higginbotham was a constable in St. Landry parish, and he was told yesterday that Roy had denounced him in the presence of a large crowd. Yesterday he paid three visits to Roy's place, but it was not until 8:30 o'clock that he found Roy and protested against the language used about him. Roy denied the statement and called Higginbotham a liar. Both drew their revolvers, Roy shooting six times and Higginbotham five. Roy shot through the heart, and in falling, shot Higginbotham through the head, killing him instantly.
St. Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana
Published January 01, 1910
Page 1, Column 3
----------------
A BLOODY CHRISTMAS NIGHT WAS THIS ONE
Two Men Kill Each Other in Arnaudville...One Killed and One Wounded in Palmetto.
THE RESULT OF TATTLERS
Caused One of the Bloodiest and Fiercest Hand-to-Hand Encounters in Annals of the Parish.
Wade Higginbotham, ward constable of the Arnaudville ward, and Ozeme Roy, a saloon-keeper, shot each other to death in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter in the latter's saloon, on the St. Martin side of Arnaudville, at Eight o'clock Christmas night.
In another affray near Palmetto, this parish, Charley Carroll was killed by Ernest Soileau, the latter the ward constable of that ward.
The Arnaudville affray was as fierce as it was fatal. The men stood at arm's length and poured lead into each other, and when Roy had emptied his pistol, and after having been shot through the heart, he felled his adversary with the butt end of his weapon, and bent over the prostrate man and beat his head into a pulp. He then started for the home of his brother-in-law, remarking that he did not believe he was fatally shot. In ascending the steps, he fell on the gallery a dead man.
Higginbotham, with two fatal bullet wounds and a crushed skull, lived but a few minutes after the occurrence.
And this tragedy was caused by either tale-bearers or liars.
It appears that notwithstanding there had been bad-blood between Higginbotham and Roy, they had made friends, and seemingly bore no animosity towards each other. Two men, who, it appears, had had some difficulty with Roy that day, knowing the feeling that had at one time existed between Roy and Higginbotham, met the latter on the streets and told him that Roy was in his saloon and cursing him (Higginbotham). Arming himself, Higginbotham proceeded to the saloon. He took a drink at Roy's bar, and afterwards asked for Roy, remarking that he had been told that Roy was cursing him that day. When Roy, who was in an adjoining room, heard this, he came to the door and told Higginbotham that this information was wrong, that he had said nothing about him. Higginbotham advanced to Roy, and telling him he was a liar, slapped him. Both men drew and shot until their ammunition was exhausted. Roy was shot through the heart and in the abdomen. Higginbotham was shot three times through the abdomen.
The tale-bearers are in jail in St. Martin, charged with accessory before the fact to murder. They were denied bail.
Both dead men leave large families.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS
by Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
----------------------
ROY, Ozemee bur. 26 Dec. 1909 at age 40 years (Arnaudville ch.: v. 2, p. 133)
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