The Mer Rouge kidnapping case, a four-month-old mystery that had stumped the state’s legal machinery, took another dark turn on December 20, 1922. National Guard troops were deployed to Bastrop, Louisiana, in a desperate bid to unravel the tangled threads of a centuries-old feud that had culminated in the abduction of five men from a road celebration in Morehouse Parish.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Violent Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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