Lafayette County Louisiana Archives News.....Adrien Breaux kills John P. Duffy in altercation in Vermilionville December 27, 1873
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The Lafayette Advertiser, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, LA. December 27, 1873
KILLED.-A most and [sic] occurrence took place in this town on Christmas Eve, at
about 8 o'clock, which resulted in the instant death of Mr. John P. Duffy, a
painter, at the hands of a young man named Adrien Breaux, of this Parish. The
particulars, as we learn them, are as follows: A number of persons were in Mr.
Hebert's coffee house, amusing themselves, when a difficulty arose between
Breaux and Duffy, which was soon quieted by those present; nothing more was then
thought of the little difficulty until the report of a pistol was heard on the
sidewalk and Duffy falling a corpse near the door; the fatal shot taking effect
under the left eye and penetrating the brain. Breaux made his escape and has not
been arrested up to the time of going to press; the officers of the law are in
pursuit of him.

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