 murders murders ray mon 12232013 2309 biloxi murders   1842 thomas martin  a baker died after  his jugular vein was slashed with a razor by w woodhall  his fatherinlaw mr woodhall was captured and sent to bay st louis on the steamer monmouth  the daily picyaune september 10 1842 p 2  1851 bartolo san andro  a spaniard called antonio  was slain on biloxi beach on the night of july 15th with a sword cane  his alleged killer was an italian man who was later arrested at bay st louis and held for a 1000 bail the daily picayune july 21 1851 p 1  1853  the daily picayune april 12 1853 p 2    1896   jules soule murder jules p soule with children in 1896  while editor of the biloxi herald  john h miller 18471928 became embroiled with competing biloxi editor  jules paul soule   18551896 a native of castillonencouserans midipyrenees france and the son of bernard dominique jules soule 18371867 and marie pardine pradere 18371919 his great uncle pierre soule 18011870 was us senator from louisiana and us ambassador to spain 18531855 soule and family came to ocean springs from whitecastle louisiana the pascagoula democratstar october 23 1896 p 3 in february 1896 jules p soule et fils arriving from whitecastle louisiana commenced the ocean wave  a shortlived newspaper at ocean springs he became editor of the  biloxi review  when its editor hf evans was dismissed for his scathing editorials attacking  the biloxi herald  his competitor and also biloxi s board of aldermen resulted in his dismissal unfortunately mr soule continued the evans policy of sarcastic denunciations and innuendoes upon the character of rivals and politicians the biloxi herald january 25 1896 p 1 october 24 1896 p 8 and august 7 1897 p 1 after several scathing articles attacking his character and reputation captain miller became incensed to the point that on 7 december 1896 he shot and mortally wounded  jules p soule on howard avenue monsieur soule was sent to new orleans were he expired and later interred in the greenwood cemetery  the biloxi herald december 12 1896 p 8 john h miller was acquitted of his crime against soule by a jury in late june 1897 the innocent verdict was realized in only five minutes miller had many prominent gentlemen from biloxi and other areas of mississippi testify to his good character and moral standing the biloxi herald july 10 1897 captain miller became a real estate magnate in biloxi managing the biloxi real estate and loan agency he was also on the board of trustees of the industrial institute and college later mscw and muw at columbus mississippi alice s miller expired at biloxi on october 10 1916 he died april 21 1928 in new orleans captain miller passed a wealthy man and the citizens of biloxi were remembered as they were gifted with funds for their incipient hospital system the daily herald april 23 1928 p 2 and may 5 1928 p 1  ocean springs mississippi jules soule and family arrived at ocean springs from whitecastle louisiana here he commenced the ocean springs wave published for 10 months in 1896 by arthur soule and jules soule editor two issues 1896 available at mississippi department of archives and history and on microfilm at the pascagoula public library  baseball team while domiciled at ocean springs jules soule sponsored the local baseball nine the new ball park at ocean springs was formally opened in june 1896 with the local squad playing scranton the battery from the lopez team of biloxi gaston henderson and adolph abbley led the ocean springs team to victory by a score of 138 henderson fanned 18 batters the biloxi herald june 27 1896 p 8  biloxi mississippi in 1896 jules soule became editor of the biloxi review when hf evans policy of attacking the biloxi herald  his competitor and also biloxi s board of aldermen resulted in his dismissal and taking editorial control of the gulfport southward in august 1897 captain john h miller was editor of the biloxi herald at this time and mr soule contined the evans policy of attacking rivals in his biloxi review  the biloxi herald august 7 1897 p 1  civil suit on september 9 1896 lazaro lopez william gorenflo daniel a nash john c bradford raymond caillavet and jb lemon aldermen of the city of biloxi filed a libel suit in the circuit court of harrison county mississippi against hs evans editor of the biloxi review and local correspondent for the daily picayune and the following stockholders of the journal edward glennan louis e gill charles redding wp henley and ec joullian the litagation alleged that an editorial by mr evans damaged the character of these well known biloxi citizens the plaintiffs were seeking 20000 in damages from the defendants the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 1 after several articles attacking his character and reputation captain miller became ired to the point that he shot and mortally wounded  jules soule editor of  the biloxi review  on december 7th 1896 the biloxi herald december 12 1896 p 8 captain miller was acquitted of his crime against soule by a jury in late june 1897 the innocent verdict was realised in only five minutes miller had many prominent gentlemen from other areas of mississippi testify to his good character and moral standing the biloxi herald july 10 1897  captain john h miller  john henry miller 18471928 born december 14 1847 at paulding jasper county mississippi during the civil war he enlisted in the jasper grays company f of the 16 th mississippi regiment serving three year as a lieutenant robert e lee s army of northern virginia returning from the conflict he married alice sophie miller 18521916 circa 1871 and they were childless during and postreconstruction jh miller was a newspaper man the biloxi daily herald 1902 p 52  captain john h miller  18471928 assumed  editorial control of   the biloxi herald  on october 31 1896 from george w wilkes 18541915 captain miller  left the journal on may 1 1898 when the copartnership gw wilkes company was dissolved  leaving gw wiles sole owner of  the biloxi herald  the biloxi herald june 11 1898 p 1 and the daily herald april 23 1928 p 2 in 1900 at biloxi the millers lived on front street near the carraway family john h miller was manager of the biloxi real estate and loan agency and was also on the board of trustees of the industrial institute and college at columbus mississippi alice s miller expired at biloxi on october 10 1916 he died april 21 19281900 harrison county mississippi federal census  flashback murella hebert powell published in the sun herald july 27 2014 p f6 this flashback story reflects a time when a man s honor and integrity were considered his most precious assets and it was more or less expected that he protect those assets in a certain way the story involves a newspaper controversy between the biloxi herald founded in 1884 and a shortlived newspaper called the biloxi review the controversy ended in manslaughter the weekly biloxi review made its debut on aug 1 1896 under the editorship of hf evans from the beginning the review practiced what was called cutthroat competition by launching attacks against the herald and biloxi s board of aldermen the aldermen filed a libel lawsuit against the review in september 1896 and won the review replaced evans with joules soule who continued evans same policies in october 1896 capt jh miller pictured here in 1902 of the tupelo journal became the biloxi herald s new editor miller had a reputation throughout the state as a man of great integrity about then the herald s owner gw wilkes borrowed 500 from the bank of biloxi for new office equipment he offered his own property and the signatures of seafood pioneers l lopez and whk dukate as securities this opened a floodgate of insinuations by soule of financial wrongdoing against the biloxi herald and particularly upon miller his defamation and scurrilous attacks on miller was such that the gulf coast progress newspaper of bay st louis stated that no honorable or brave man could wear the stigma of soule s denunciation and hold his head up among gentlemen review issues teemed with vicious attacks on miller finally miller avenged himself by firing a mortal shot at soule in downtown biloxi on dec 3 1896 during his september 1897 trial for manslaughter witnesses from along the coast and throughout the state including a judge from the state capital appeared in miller s favor the jury was out for only 5 minutes the verdict not guilty read more here  http wwwsunheraldcom 201407265715719 anewspaperwarthatwentt    references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 regina hines ellison  ocean springs 1892    lewis printing the biloxi herald    the ocean wave will commence about february 1st   january 25 1896 the biloxi herald   safe hits   june 27 1896 the biloxi herald   a heavy suit for libel   september 12 1896 the biloxi herald   an echo of the ocean springs incident   october 3 1896 the biloxi herald    biloxi review and ocean wave    october 24 1896 the biloxi herald   unwarranted insinuation   november 21 1896 the biloxi herald   recorder s court   december 12 1896 the biloxi daily herald   a statement   december 12 1896 the biloxi herald   captain miller placed on trial   june 30 1897 the biloxi daily herald   not guilty   july 3 1897 the biloxi herald   captain jh miller acquitted   july 10 1897 the biloxi daily herald   result of unfortunate newspaper controversy   july 10 1897 the biloxi daily herald   news story   july 10 1897 the pascagoula democratstar october 23 1896 the sun herald    flashback    a newspaper war that went to far   july 27 2014 p f6  1897 parkhurst murders   caroline f carrie boardman  18321897 acquires section 20 t7sr9w from jacob elmer who once had a saw mill here miss boardman marries john stevenson parkhurst  1827 1897  in january 1894 the area now the oak park subdivision becomes known as parkhurst point the parkhursts are murdered on october 21 1897 in their back bay home and their bodies and domicile burned by the killer  the biloxi herald october 23 1897 and october 30 1897    harry g gibson  18701898 probably a native of new albany floyd county indiana was indicted on january 17 1898 by a grand jury of the circuit court of harrison county mississippi he was found guilty by jury of his peers on january 29 1898  the biloxi herald january 22 1898   the mississippi supreme court affirmed the guilty verdict of the circuit court and fixed monday june 30 1898 as the date for his execution  the biloxi herald may 14 1898 p 8    harry g gibson  was hanged at mississippi city on july 16 1898 for the murder of john s parkhurst 18271897 and caroline f carrie boardman parkhurst 18321897 he was the first person ever legally killed for a crime in harrison county mississippi  the biloxi herald july 16 1898   the parkhurst property was sold to theo p dulion a biloxi merchant on august 29 1899 for 1600 by stephen l parkhurst and emma mcmeekin sole heirs of js parkhurst harrison co mississippi land deed bk 42 p516  references  the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 27 1894 the biloxi herald   a visitor   january 11 1896 the biloxi herald   latest city news   february 20 1897 the biloxi herald   a fiend s act   october 23 1897 the biloxi herald   the late horror   october 30 1897 the biloxi herald   mr and mrs js parkhurst   january 15 1898 the biloxi herald   circuit court   january 22 1898 the biloxi herald   found guilty   january 29 1898 the biloxi herald   harry g gibson again   april 2 1898 the biloxi herald   gibson s doom sealed   may 14 1898 the indiana state journal   gibson believes that he is doomed   june 15 1898 the biloxi herald   gibson executed   july 16 1898 the biloxi herald   county expenses   september 8 1898  1900 christina winterstein christina winterstein  18861900 was born in august 1886 in harrison county mississippi to george w winterstein 18491933 and margaretha hoffmann 18501929 both german immigrants and native of alsacelorraine on 2 june 1900 christina was butally murdered and raped by an unknown assailant o assailants which led to the equally autrocious hangings at mississippi city of two blackmen henry askew and ed russell the investigation was held under the auspices of marshal robert marion mosley 18651910 a native of kemper county mississippi he married mary elizabeth naylor 18691948 the daughter of louis naylor and cornelia ramsay and also a native of kemper county there only child was dr robert m mosley jr 18861951 robert became a policeman at meridian mississippi attaining the rank of sergeant the family relocated to biloxi and he joined the bpd officer mosley became biloxi s marshal upon the resignation of cw blake in late december 1898 robert m mosley resigned as biloxi s marshal on 2 september 1902 to become the first chief inspector for the mississippi oyster commission which had been created by the 1902 bower s bill the biloxi daily herald september 1 1902 p 1   horrible atrocity     one of the most fearful atrocious and heinous crimes known to the history of biloxi occurred sometime during the day yesterday and it had the effect when discovered of stirring each and every one of our citizens up to a state of frenzy its nature character and surroundings was just such as to do this and no one individually or collectively would be expected to contain or restrain themselves under the circumstances a bright beautiful pure young girl with all alluring before her in life ruthlessly cut down by the hand of a fiend who sought and did destroy more than life itself and her poor tender body left in the woods to be discovered by her family and friends tells a tale that is hard to believe but which is nevertheless true and overwhelming the victim of the fearful outrage was little christina winterstein a lovely young girl about thirteen years of age who was a pupil of the public school she came into the city yesterday morning to attend the practices for the closing exercises she left the city about 12 o clock on her way home and the last seen of her was when she left her brother s house about 1230 when not returning about 2 o clock her people became uneasy about her and instituted inquiry they came to mr collins house looking for her having found her hat in the road coming down mr collins then started out to find the girl and after a brief search he found blood in the road which gave him and young charley foretich who accompanined him a clue to follow and they found the body of the child about a hundred yards from the road and about midway from where she was last seen and from her home there was evidences of a struggle on the side of the road near where the fiend first attacked the little victim and there was blood from there to where her body was found her remains were found at 5 pm there were marks on her face where she had apparantly struck with a man s fist another mark on her breast and the top of her head bore the mark of a blunt instrument of some sort her scalp being laid open and her skull fractured the shock she sustained from the last injury would have been sufficient under the circumstances to have caused death dr e r bragg was summoned as soon as the child s remains were found and after a close examination he declared that she had been outraged after death had come to her relief the authorities were promptly notified and a preliminary examption began but the investigation will not be completed before some time today in the meantime the tender remains of the girl were turned over to her family to be prepared for burial   from the biloxi daily herald june 3 1900 p 1  reward in late june 1900 marshal moseley advertised in the biloxi daily herald that 200 woud be awarded to anyone who provided information that would result in the arrest of the murderer and rapist of christina winterstein on 2 june 1900  the pascagoula democratstar commented the biloxi daily herald june 24 1900 p 1 and the pascagoula democratstar june 29 1900 p 3  references  the biloxi daily herald horrible atrocity june 3 1900 the biloxi daily herald no developments june 5 1900 the biloxi daily herald june 1900 the biloxi daily herald 200 reward june 24 1900 the pascagoula democratstar mississippi press association versus negro typesetters june 29 1900 the sea coast echo mississippi city lynching june 16 1900  the veronica mutiny and trial  in august 1902 while at ship island a very special event occurred in the life of antoine bellande it concerned a ship mutiny ernest desporte jr told me this tale when i was a teenager ernest desporte jr 18881977 was a native of biloxi and lifelong resident he had a remarkable memory and enjoyed telling stories of biloxi s early history he also was a writer of local history and genealogy sometimes using the nom de plume old timer when i met mr desporte about 1960 he was an elderly septuagenarian gentleman and of keen wit his father ernest desporte sr 18531931 had been a bar pilot and harbor master at ship island at the turn of the twentieth century captains bellande and desporte served together as fellow pilots guiding blue water barks brigs schooners and steamers across the ship island bar to safe anchorage at ship island harbor after 1902 they would sail these large vessels seeking mississippi longleaf pine for the world export market into the new harbor at gulfport the result of my meeting with ernest desporte was new knowledge about the life of antoine bellande the most intriguing information was the reference to a mutiny desporte wrote the following for me  when gulfport became a port about 1898 captain bellande was one of the pilots piloting vessels through the gulfport channel into the harbor at gulfport on one occasion he piloted a vessel from gulfport harbor to the open gulf of mexico this vessel was bound for england but the crew mutinied on the high seas the crew was captured and tried in england as captain bellande was the last man to see the captain and crew he was a witness in the trial of the crew in the royal court of england  without a date for the alleged mutiny i was never able to corroborate the tale of captain desporte in the fall of 1989 i was in the history and genealogy section of the biloxi public library waiting to talk to murella powell archivist and historian she was on the telephone and i heard her speak to someone of the mutiny at ship island immediately i thought of the account of desporte when she became available i related my story and she shared her very interesting knowledge of the subject she had been contacted by a canadian novelist bruce wishart who was writing a book about an episode in maritime history known as the veronica mutiny since the event commenced at ship island he needed background data on the mississippi gulf coast to write his novel murella was doing basic research for him especially concerning ship island i contacted bruce wishart at his residence in brandon manitoba from him i learned the details of the mutiny and with my knowledge of captain bellande incorporated these facts into my rendering of the story with this background knowledge i now present the reader the veronica mutiny at a time when most men his age had long retired or passed on captain antoine bellande and inspector duckworth of scotland yard england were boarding an l n train on april 15 1903 at biloxi their destination was liverpool england via new york where they would board the steamer irenia the catalyst for this adventure had been the threemasted barque veronica out of st john new brunswick the veronica had sailed into gulf waters south of ship island in august of 1902 captain bellande had come to mississippi from marseille france in 1851 at the age of twentytwo years his family in france had been caulkers in a local shipyard and the ways of the sea were natural to this young french immigrant he had learned well the waters of the gulf of mexico while navigating his trading schooner the  john randolph  to cuba for sugar and tobacco occasionally he would transport longleaf pine to galveston and new orleans his maritime lore was so widely acclaimed that during the civil war admiral david farragut utilized his services for the union navy his civil war records indicate he was an acting ensign and pilot one of only two in the entire navy antoine bellande served the union well he was the pilot aboard the  uss monongahela  at the battle of mobile bay in august 1864 when it valiantly rammed the  css tennessee  after the war bellande settled at back bay d iberville and began a family with marie harvey 18401894 they moved to 254 reynoir street about 1882 the year he became a ship island bar pilot  veronica trial at liverpool assizes liverpool england may 12 1903  lr  inspector duckworth moses thomas antoine v bellande and sgt ford  as captain bellande rode the pilot boat out to meet the incoming  veronica  south of the ship island bar that late summer day in 1902 i can only speculate on his state of mind in 1894 his wife had died at biloxi he married an ocean springs lady mary catchot 18601931 in 1896 she was the daughter of antonio catchot 18261885 a spanish immigrant from the balearic island of menorca and elizabeth hoffen 18381916 a german immigrant from bremen antoine and mary catchot bellande resided on jackson avenue in ocean springs across from the st alphonsus church where a son edward antoine 18971976 was born in 1897 to the newly weds he was sixtyseven years of age and she thirtyseven at the time of edward s delivery when captain bellande boarded the  veronica  he met captain alexander shaw the master of the 1167 ton vessel which was loaded during september with mississippi lumber for montevideo uruguay the heavily laden vessel waited for a high tide and was towed across the ship island bar on october 11 1902 into the waters of the gulf of mexico while at sea the four german crewmen of the veronica became upset with their anglosaxon shipmates while off the northeast coast of brazil they murdered captain shaw and the crew and set the ship afire in december 1902 the mutineers landed on the small island of tuotoia which forms a part of the bar at the mouth of the rio parnaiba in northeastern brazil they were rescued by the ss brunswick in midjanuary 1903 the german seamen made a fatal mistake by bringing the ship s cook moses thomas a negro with them on the way to england thomas related the tale of horror aboard the veronica to captain browne after the brunswick reached liverpool in late january three of the alleged murderers were incarcerated until the trial which commenced on may 12 1903 at the liverpool assizes the fourth seaman a youth was given mercy since antoine bellande was the last person to see the crew of the veronica alive at ship island he was called to testify at the trial in liverpool before his departure for england with inspector duckworth who had been sent to biloxi by scotland yard to investigate the local scene an article of interest was printed in  the biloxi daily herald  on april 15 1903  the sailor boys are very anxious concerning the visit of pilot antoine bellande to liverpool for they say he has never served time in the french army and if the frog eaters in the old world hear of his being in europe they fear in some manner they will get possession of him and force him to mark time and carry a gun to the great loss of the sailor craft of these waters it is said that john brasellman of dejean mitchell s and john lyons boarding officer at ship island will also be induced to go to england on the same errand  the sworn testimony of captain antoine bellande taken from  the trial of gustav rau otto monsson and willem smith the veronica trial  by professor gw keeton and john cameron went as follows  antoine bellande sworn examined by mr fe smith   i am a port pilot at ship island and biloxi and i live at ocean springs four miles from biloxi i believe the veronica arrived at ship island in ballast last august captain alick shaw was in command she lay in quarantine for something like 15 days i was on board during the quarantine and was put in quarantine five days myself i do not exactly remember either the first or second mates names i knew the men well but not their names  tell me whether either or any or none of these men in the dock were on board then  the middle one monsson was on board when i was in quarantine i don t know the others i noticed nothing in particular going on on board the vessel when i was there captain shaw could not hear very well he was a little deaf  do you remember going on board the  veronica  to take her out  yes that was in october at that time her crew consisted of twelve all toldthere was captain shaw the first mate and the second mate i cannot remember the names of the other members of the crew as there were so many vessels going about there was a man named moses thomashe was the cook  will you look at that paper and tell us whether you saw any of those signatures made  yes monsson i saw thomas the cook signing the captain of the tugboat was with me and captain shaw  on what sort of terms seemed the officers to be with the crew  they seemed to be all very well all satisfied i never heard anything   crossexamined by mr maxwell for rau  your only duty on board was to take the ship out to sea  yes  you had nothing to do with the crew yourself  no only when i wanted to get underway  out of all those names you only saw thomas the cook sign  he signed yes  crossexamined by mr aggs for smith you brought the  veronica  in when she came in ballast  yes  do you remember this man monsson on board  yes  do you remember anybody else do you remember rau being on board  yes  when she came in who were chief officer and second officer  mr shaw was the captain the first mate was a young man  what i want to know is was the same first mate and second mate that went out in her as came in with her when she came in with ballast  yes  you cannot tell me the name of the first mate but you say he was a young man what was his heighttall or short  he was a young man with a moustache about the same height as merather short i think  can you tell me anything about the course the veronica would take in order to get to monte video leaving ship islandwould she go due east  about ese  how far east would she go before she turned down south  she would have to go to the strait of florida  would she have to go farther east after she went through the strait  she would go through the strait and keep east  can you tell whereabouts that part of the ocean called the doldrums is  no  can you tell whether vessels get into a part of the ocean where there are contrary winds and calms sometimes  it happens at sea that there are calms and so on  is there a part of the ocean in which they are more frequent than other parts  i do not know  what is the time of a voyage from ship island to monte video  between 60 and 70 days  did you not say when you gave your evidence before that the length of the voyage for a sailing ship is from 43 to 80 days  from monte video yes it is longer from ship island to monte video  you would agree that it would not as a rule take more than 70 days  from 60 to 70 days although with a fair wind it might be shorter  you spoke also as to the provisions which were taken on board this boat do you know anything about that  not very well they took provisions but i cannot say how much  can you tell me would a captain as a rule take about 60 or 70 days provisions with him for this voyage  generally it is a rule to take double the provisions to come back with  would he not be able to get fresh provisions at monte video  he would get meat and flour but would buy nothing else because it is too dear   reexamined by mr fe smith did you notice while you were on board the vessel what the name of the firm was that was supplying the provisions for the  veronica   yes the dejean mitchell company they are a good firm  have you made the voyage from ship island to monte video if i gave you this chart chart shown to witness could you mark out the course in pencil a sailing vessel would take to go from ship island to monte video  no i could not do it  the veronica trial ended on may 14th 1903 guilty was the verdict rendered by the jury against all three defendants two were hanged at walton gaol outside of liverpool while the third was given penal servitude for life captain bellande returned to america from liverpool england aboard the  campania  and landed at new york city on may 23 1903 at biloxi he continued his service in the ship island and gulfport pilots association  1914 ora rawls ora rawls  pascagoula mississippi resident  was shot and killed at desporte s wharf on october 6 1914 by alcana b green  18821930  of denton texas green claimed taunting and selfdefense  the two men were on the crew of the schooner  nellie l  run by captain george seymour the daily herald october 7 1914 p 1  1922   walter roche richter walter r richter  18901922 31 years who was shot down by ben bolton  18971957 son of nat bolton on sunday night at 1030 and who suffered intensely during the time he lived at the biloxi city hospital died at that institution this morning at 530 o clock it was stated that mr richter could hardly survive the wound which penetrated the intestines this is said to have been the second shot fired at h im as he attempted to leave a building in which he and several other biloxians were visiting for just a few moments while out for a ride during the evening hundreds of interested persons anxiously inquired about mr richter all during monday indicating that feeling for him as one of the best young men of city not only did they make inquiry at the hospital where he was carried by officers george mon and alonzo gabrich immediately after the shooting but the question was passed along the streets as to how he was progressing the hospital was visited by numerous persons who went to inquire and offer their assistance if it need be but here he received every care during his last moments by medical aid and attending loved ones bolton who was given a hearing yesterday afternoon on a charge of shooting with intent to kill will be brought back to biloxi the affidavit against him will now be changed to murder and he will be given another hearing and bound over to await the harrison county grand jury without benefit of bond walter richter is survived by his wife a little daughter a father w h richter of new orleans two sisters mrs h j gillen of biloxi and mrs arthur chester of montgomery ala and two brothers alfred richter and bernie richter both of biloxi he was a member of the biloxi lodge of elks knights of columbus west end fire company and other organizations whose members will attend the funeral in a body he leaves many friends among biloxians he was a member of the church of the nativity under whose auspices he will be buried the funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock from the late residence on bohn street with interment in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald june 6 1922 p 1 ben bolton was found not guilty in the murder of walter richter his defense attorney moved the jury to tears in his closing statements the key statement being that bolton had been threatened by the deceased and that he had reason to believe that his life was in danger when the deceased was said to have arisen from the chair prior to the shooting the daily herald december 21 1922 p 1  references  the daily herald walter r richter dangerously shot by ben bolton sunday night in biloxi june 4 1922 p 1 the daily herald injured biloxian died this morning june 6 1922 p 1 the daily herald finish taking testimony in bolton case this afternoon december 20 1922 p 1 the daily herald ben bolton secures freedom from the hands of jury december 21 1922 p 1  1927 maggie hutchinson   leola ridcourt  biloxi negress was charged with stabbing to death maggie hutchinson  negress also of biloxi at an elmer street house she pleaded selfdefense as the victim was alleged to have advanced on her with an ice pick the daily herald and april 22 1927 p 1 and april 27 1927 p 8  edna johnson longinotti  edna mae johnson was born at ocean springs mississippi in february 1891 to john e johnson 18591921 and ella felicia pons 18681910 she married joseph r longinotti jr 18821968 the son of joseph longinotti 18461923 and clotilda longinotti 18591936 of hot springs arkansas on september 29 1909 at nativity bvm catholic church at biloxi mississippi edna and joseph r longinotti jr made their home at hot springs arkansas where he was in the hotel business they were the parents of a daughter marjorie longinotti edna was killed on august 13 1927 at biloxi mississippi by her lover sam davis of little rock arkansas she had been divorced from joseph longinotti prior to her demise edna mae was survived by miss emma johnson her aunt in biloxi louis o johnson an uncle at biloxi mrs august dorries another aunt of memphis tennessee the o keefe funeral parlors of biloxi directed the longinotti funeral with services at nativity bvm catholic church in biloxi committal followed in bellande cemetery at ocean springs  references  the biloxi daily herald city new september 21 1909 p 4 the biloxi daily herald longinottijohnson nuptials yesterday september 30 1909 p 2 the daily herald joe longinott jr inherits fortune july 24 1911 p 8 the daily herald mrs edna longinotti killed by her lover august 15 1927 p 1 the daily herald longinotti funeral august 16 1927 p 2 the daily herald longinottis leave for hot springs august 19 1927 p 2  1933 frank anderson frank anderson 18811933 was murdered on april 16 1933 in the doorway of the terry apartment house at 120 east water street the only suspect was julius jules sablich 1819 who also had the alais zudie hightower mr anderson was born in scotland and made his livelihood at biloxi as a bookkeeper although jules sablich was acquitted of the crime by a jury in june 1934 the state presented evidence that this could have been a crime of passion frank anderson was dating mrs edwina case nee edwina lynd 18911973 and the widow or divorcee of mr case she was with frank anderson on water street when he was slain the state alluded that mr sablich had shown affection towards mrs case and had been rejected mrs case later married fred g klein 19031978 in his defense jules sablich had 14 witnesses testify that he present at a family party at the time of the murder in june 1934 the jury convined and adjucated him innocence of slaying mr anderson  references  the daily herald deputy sheriff is charged with murder in slaying of biloxian at rooming house april 17 1933 the daily herald sablich trial delayed until next monday june 22 1933 the daily herald sablich alibi provided by 14 witnesses june 22 1934 the daily herald jury finds jules sablich not guilty of slaying june 23 1934  1934 frederick j werkhoven   frederick julian werkhoven  19001934 was born october 12 1900 at memphis tennessee he was shot and killed by roger joseph d aquin 18911966 with a double barrel 20 gauge shotgun at his place of business on main street on march 25 1934 roger j d aquin was a native of new orleans and the husband of mary sherry 18971983 mr werkhoven was married to beulah sherry 19051977 the sister of mrs d aquin roger was an us navy veteran of world war i and had sought medical help from the biloxi va hospital for his nervous condition he was found not guilty for the muder of werkhoven in the circuit court of harrison county mississippi in late june 1934 roger j d aquin expired at new orleans on january 20 1966 his corporal remains were interred in the metairie cemetery  references  the daily herald argument is climaxed by fatal shot march 26 1934 the daily herald werkhoven funeral this afternoon march 27 1934 the daily herald fred werkhoven buried march 28 1934 the daily herald circit court term adjourns june 26 1934 the timespicayune d aquin january 22 1966  1941 eddie  edia joseph  longon  19081959  killed  avis  alves  sic  romero  19151941 son of ophelia vincent romero dronet  18921955 in the mavar camps on february 12 1941 romero entered the longon house in a drunken state and frightened and cursed mr and mrs longon and their five young children eddie longon avered selfdefense of his family after he repeatly struck mr romero in his head with a hammer until he died from the blows  references  the daily herald  man slain by hammer at biloxi   february 13 1941 p 1  1942 vernell reid thompson vernell reid thompson  19171942 native of purvis mississippi and the daughter of mr and mrs seaborn reid was shot on a pier on back bay on july 17 1942 she died in the biloxi hospital from her wounds august 9 1942  william buster k thompson  19131989  her spouse admitted shooting vernell to deputy sheriff laz quave no further information the daily herald august 10 1942 p 9  john p rabito john peter rabito  18911947 was born at new olreans the son of anthony rabito 18581931 and lena dinapoli rabito 18701965 both natives of contessa entellina palermo sicily he was murdered in the early morning of august 1947 at biloxi mississippi  references  the timespicayune bandits murder former resident john rabito august 3 1947 p 1 the timespicayune coast robberies are held solved august 8 1947 p 2 the timespicayune soldier sought in rabito killing august 9 1947 p 19 the timespicayune police say tall admits slaying august 17 1947 p 20 the daily herald biloxi mississippi two bound to grand jury august 19 1945 p 1 the daily herald biloxi mississippi enter mistrial in murder case december 11 1947 p 1  1950 thomas j boyle jr  thomas joseph boyle jr 18971950 was born at new orleans on january 20 1897 to thomas j boyle sr 18601909 and emily theresa schneider 18611949 he married joyce christina staiger 18971973 the daughter of john adam staiger 18571937 and marie magdalena seifer 18781916 at new orleans on january 3 1918 they were the parents of joyce gretchen boyle 19192004 who married peter dombourian 19201992 thomas j boyle jr made his livelihood at new orleans initially as a hotel clerk at the lafayette hotel he later worked for higgins industries mr boyle was murdered at biloxi mississippi on november 5 1950 at 438 porter avenue in biloxi mississippi at the time he was performing repairs in an old house at 438 porter avenue which was owned by his aunt also a resident of the crescent city the corporal remains of mr tj boyle jr were interred in the biloxi cemetery where his parents rest in eternal peace his wife expired at new orleans on january 19 1973 her remains were entombed in the seifer tomb in the greenwood cemetery at new orleans mr ratcliffe was tried in the circuit court of harrison county mississippi in early march 1951 he was found guilty of mr boyle s murder and sentenced to life in prison  references   the daily herald   believe robbery was motive in biloxi slaying   november 6 1950 p 1 the daily herald   begin selection jury in murder trial   march 1 1950 p 6 the daily herald   negro gets life   march 3 1951 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge   murder verdict held by coroner s jury in tj boyle case   november 8 1950 p 8b the timespicayune     thomas j  boyle   november 5 1950 the timespicayune   set arraignment on murder count   december 6 1950 the timespicayune     joyce s  boyle   january 20 1973 p 16  1955 dale morris dale morris 19242000 a 31year old cowpuncher and rodeo rider from whitehorse montana was arrested in new orleans in early december 1955 morris was accused of the murder of charles w flink 19161955 a novelty store proprietor at bay st louis mississippi on november 22 1955 when cowboy morris was interupted by flink while stealing a car tire  1961 in early 1961 dale morris failed to return to parchman prison in mississippi he had gone with a prison official to fort smith arkansas to acquire horses in early may 1961 morris was captured in oklahoma after a gun battle with detective jack merchant the daily herald may 5 1961 p 1  references  the morning advocate baton rouge morris ordered extradicted to mississippi today december 3 1955 the daily herald fate of dale morris in hand of hancock county jury march 29 1956 the timespicayune state defense end testimony march 29 1956 the daily herald enter mistrial in case of dale morris march 30 1956 the timespicayune cowboy morris denies shooting flink september 21 1956 the timespicayune four face charges in dale morris escape september 24 1957 the daily herald dale morris is recaptured by oklahoma police hand of hancock jury may 5 1961  1957 nicholas ja surian audrey ryan surian  19221957 was allegedly stabbed to death by  nicholas ja surian  19152004 her spouse on january 24th at their home at 123 kuhn street in east biloxi surian s trial ended in a mistrial on june 21 but he pleaded guilty of manslaughter in early july judge leslie baltar grant sentenced mr surian to four years in the state penitentiary for his crime the daily herald january 26 1957 p 2 and july 4 1957 p 6 the timespicayune june 21 1957 p 53 and the statestimes july 5 1957 p 8b  references  the daily herald surian charges with murder in death of wife january 26 1957 the daily herald surian enters plea of manslaughter july 4 1957 the statestimes baton rouge pleaded guilty july 5 1957 the timespicayune coast murder trial is voided june 21 1957  aden s bellew aden s bellew  19071981 was accused of murdering harry jacob geiss jr  19241957 a resident of mississippi city at the east biloxi oak street apartment of mrs ruth johnson b 1929 on february 13 1957 the murder weapon was a 38 caliber revolver and mr geiss was shot five times while in the bathroom of mrs johnson the corporal remains of harry j geiss jr were interred in the fort sam houston national cemetery at san antonio texas aden bellew and preston bellew a brother were sent to parchman state penitentary in july 1960 aden s bellew expired at saucier mississippi on march 19 1981 his corporal remains were interred in the new fayard church cemetery at latimer jackson county mississippi  references  the daily herald bellew murder trial continues july 4 1957 the daily herald bellew case will be given to jury today july 6 1957 the daily herald orders mistrial in murder case of aden bellew july 8 1957 the daily herald bellew preston j bellew and tommy bellew cases back in court december 8 1959 the daily herald judge orders bellew brothers remanded to jail july 1 1960 the daily herald bellew brothers are transferred to parchman penitentiary july 6 1960 the timespicayune four aden bellew preston bellew thomas bellew and ruth johnson face charges in dale morris escape september 24 1957 the morning advocate baton rouge second trial on murder charge is underway december 10 1957 the timespicayune bellew trial ends suddenly december 12 1957  pateydeloache william bartell patey  19051960 was born in kansas to arthur r patey a native of england and illinois born anne f patey 18851975 william married mary a georgian and they were the parents of at least two children born in florida william b patey jr b 1928 and brian reid patey 19301981 m linda sue cobb cd irwin b 1901 a pipe fitter of race track road at north biloxi shot and killed on april 16 1960 easter eve william bartell patey 19051960 his stepson and miss miriam deloache  b 1921 a native of durant mississippi and patey s girl friend who was employed a kafb the two victims were shot with a 38 caliber revolver at close range at patey s home on happy landing lane 218 race track road north biloxi irwin lived next door and admitted to lawmen that he shot the couple while they sat on the sofa he was taken to the harrison county jail  references  the daily herald biloxian is held for double murder april 18 1960 p 1 the timespicayune 2 are fatally shot in biloxi april 17 1960 p 1  1964 eleuteriuszahra murders   may darnell eleuterius  19461964 of 500 oak street at biloxi and  joseph l zahra  19431964 usaf serviceman kafb and from livonia michigan  were shot and killed at ocean springs mississippi  on july 6th the daily herald july 7 1964 p 1 and july 8 1964 p 2 in november 1964  sheriff cecil byrd of jackson county  mississippi and police chief wt broome of ocean springs went to lakeland florida to interrogate an exconvict from alabama about the eleuteriuszahra slayings in a roadside park at ocean springs he was cleared of any involvement in the july 1964 murders the timespicayune november 4 1964 p 5  references  the daily herald    couple found murdered at ocean springs   july 7 1964 the daily herald    autopsy shows girl shot in double killing   july 8 1964 the timespicayune    police clear slay suspect   november 4 1964  1967 harry bennett murder on december 16 1967 harry bennett  19021967  biloxi gambler and bookmaker was murdered gang land style outside of his apartment  harold donald diddlemeyer 19432007 an escapee from the mississippi state penitentiary was accused of his murder and in 1969 asked the court to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence of this crime diddlemeyer was convicted and died at parchman prison on 15 june 2007 the daily herald december 16 1967 p 1 april 1 1969 p 2 the sun herald march 19 1995 p a1 and june 17 2007  references  the daily herald    bulletriddled body of harry bennett found   december 16 1967 the daily herald    bennett rites   december 18 1967 the daily herald      april 1 1969 the sun herald    son bids farewell to mother  iona fountain diddlemeyer  returns to prison   april 1 1995 the sun herald    harold diddlemeyer man convicted of 1967 biloxi slaying dies in pacrchman   april 1 2007  1972 kemp slaying on february 16 1972  cornelius bolding kemp  19161972 operator of kemp cab service was strangled and robbed in his taxi cab while parked at howard memorial hospital in biloxi the suspect was described as a negro man about 6 feet tall of medium build and weighing about 185 pounds no further information  references  the daily herald taxicab operator found dead in parking lot february 17 1972 p 2 the daily herald biloxi police seeking suspect in kemp slaying february 18 1972 p 2  1974   arthur weinberger on december 2 1974 art weinberger the proprietor of art s levis    on howard avenue was distracted by john willie durengo reddix b 1954 in order that larry catfish jones b 1954 reddix s companion on that day could sneak up behind mr weinberger and kill him by striking him repeatedly with blows from a wrench reddix and jones then took money and clothes from the weinberger store and fled larry jones was convicted of murder and incarcerated at parchman prison and of march 2012 is continuing to serve a life sentence for this heinous crime the daily herald december 3 1974 pa 2 december 4 1974 p a2 and december 16 1974 p 2  arthur art weinberger  18961974 was born on may 11 1896 at chicago illinois to adolph weinberger 1868pre 1910 an 1876 hungarian immigrant and chicago variety store merchant and lena rottenberg 18721930 an 1885 hungarian immigrant adolph had married and been a widower before he married lena rottenberger circa 1892 his children with his first wife were henry weinberger b 1885 george a weinberger b 1888 rae weinberger 18901975 m joseph shanberg 18821920 and louis weinberger b 1891 adolph and lena r weinberger were the parents of william weinberger 18931976 arthur weinberger 18961974 m amy rush 19071991 emil g weinberger 18991986 and richard weinberger 190719821900 cook co illinois federal census r 258 p 14b ed 330 1910 and cook co illinois federal census t624262 p 7b ed 871 during wwi both art and william weinberger served in the us army art was a clerk at butler brothers in chicago before joining the us army in september 1917 he was discharged january 13 1919 by 1920 art and william weinberger were domiciled at savannah georgia where they retail clothes salesmen at savannah georgia by 1930 both men were in chicago where art was head of the household with his mother and brothers william emil george and george a weinberger jr residing at 207 winthrop art listed his occupation as an out of business merchant 1920 chatham co georgia federal censusu t625241 p 2a ed 74 and 1930 cook co illinois federal census r494 p 2a ed 1881  biloxi in september 1949 art and amy weinberger acquired lot 5block 2 of the bienville subdivision on biloxi s west beach boulevard from lc hicks he later moved to the gulf towers near the buena vista hotel harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 325 p 24  sw c west howard avenue and reynoir street in august 1952 art weinberger took a sublease from genevieve lynn dyer on a building situated on the sw c of west howard avenue and reynoir street the consideration was 4000 and mrs victor b pringle was the lessor here he ronald weinberger his stepson and william weinberger 18931976 his brother operated and managed several businesses art s army store william s sportswear allan s mens store and the howard clothing company harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 357 pp 418419 the corporal remains of mr weinberger were interred in the southern memorial park at biloxi mississippi he was survivied by amy rush weinberger mrs donald friedman a daughter of chicago and ronald winters a son at atlanta georgia art had been a charter member of sunkist country club a 32nd degree mason and shriner and has formerly owned chain stores in the midwest the daily herald december 3 1974 p a2  references  the daily herald   arthur weinberger   december 3 1974  the daily herald   young biloxi man charged in murder of store owner   december 4 1974  the daily herald   third man arrested in biloxi murder   december 16 1974  the daily herald   william weinberger   may 1976  the timespicayune   release of death row inmate halted   january 30 1983  1976 edwina de gruy marter   edwina de gruy marter  19401976 wife of charles w marter vp of the gulf national bank at gulfport was kidnapped and murdered by richard gerald jordan 19462012 of hattiesburg mississippi on january 1976 mr marter had paid a 25000 ransom for his wife s release but she found murdered on january 14th mrs marter was the mother of two sons kevin paul marter and eric charles marter her corporal remains were interred in st louis no 3 cemetery at new orleans the timespicayune january 15 1976 p 14 richard gerald jordan appealed is conviction and it was denied by us district judge harold cox in march 1981 judge cox wrote that the court gave the petitioner a fair trial and his death sentence was proper in accordance with all the requirements of the constitution through the application of the mississippi death penalty statue the daily herald march 23 1981 p a2 mr jordan was incarcerated in parchman on march 2 1977 and has been serving a life sentence since that time may 2014  references  the daily herald judge cox denies jordan death appeal march 23 1981 p a2 the dallas morning news banker s wife found slain after ransom january 14 1976 p a1 the timespicayune marter january 15 1976 section i p 14  1977   robert e hansen jr robert edward hansen jr  19461977 age 30 years and a native of minneapolis minnesota was shot in the upper right chest with a 22 caliber rifle he was transported to the gulf coast community hospital by amserv and proounced doa hansen lived at 376 hopkins boulevard and was the son of robert e hansen sr of council bluffs iowa and mrs lorraine garber of salem oregon  gregory sterling achee  attached to the 3411 student squadron at keesler afb was charged with the murder which occurred at the mcdonald square apartments 415 mcdonald avenue in apartment no 203 he was held in the harrison county jail in biloxi without benefit of bond mr hansen was survivied by his wife patti hansen of biloxi his parents and two siblings john hansen and a sister mrs paula garden of salem oregon the body was sent to bradfordo keefe funeral home in biloxi the daily herald february 13 1977 p a2  references  the daily herald   keesler student held in slaying of biloxian   february 13 1977 p a2  1981 josie lee jones   greg jones  b 1954 of biloxi was arrested and charged with murder in january for the shooting death of josie lee jones  age 62 years whose body was found in the living room of her home at 629 lameuse streeet she had been shot three times with a 22 caliber weapon in the back neck and head mr jones was found shortly after the crime at beaumont mississippi and was held at new augusta until brought to the biloxi jail the motive for the crime was robbery and attempted sexual assault a pistol stereo unit and other items were found in the vehicle of mr jones when he was arrested the daily herald january 22 1981 p a2  references  the daily herald biloxi man charges in murder january 22 1981 p a2  1981 sue tory acevedo   sue tory linda dickens acevedo  19481981 was shot and killed with a 38 caliber revolver on july 17 1981 her husband charles acevedo was charged with her murder  references  the daily herald acevedo trial resumes after weekend break november 4 1985 p a2  1983 dr john r broussard 19251983 an ocean springs veterinarian was killed by jerry l davis on may 6 1983 while attending the jazz and heritage festival at new orleans dr broussard and spouse betty broussard were preparing to camp at a site on the chef menteur highway in east new orleans when robbed by mr davis davis was convicted of 1st degree murder and sentenced to life for his crime the daily herald february 1 1984 p a1 references the daily herald davis found guilty february 1 1984 p a1  1987 sherry murders vincent jerome sherry jr   vincent jerome sherry jr  19291987 age 58 years 203 hickory hills circle was found dead with margaret joyce smith sherry 19291987 his spouse on wednesday september 16 1987 at their biloxi home vincent was the son of vincent j sherry sr 18991970 a commercial salesman and cleo hunt sherry 18971980 on november 22 1950 he married margaret joyce smith 19291987 a native of mooringsport caddo parish louisiana and the daughter of bernie w smith sr and rubye dyer smith she was the youngest of her two siblings bernie w smith jr b 1925 and charles raymond red smith 19262009 margaret was reared in bowling green kentucky vincent and margaret were the parents of four children margaret lynne sherry b 1952 m richard sposito vincent j sherry iii eric smith sherry m marian venetia bailey and leslie anne sherry m benjamin d miller iii vincent j sherry jr held degrees from western kentucky college middle tennessee state college and the university of southern mississippi his law degree was earned at the george washington university law school in 1986 vincent was appointed by mississippi governor william a allain 19282013 in to serve as interim 2nd circuit court judge judge sherry served in the usaf from november 1951 until november 1971 colonel sherry was an intelligence officer for seven years and judge advocate for thirteen years vincent j sherry jr had been employed with the biloxi law firm of page mannino peresich he had taught political science and criminal justice at the university of southern mississippi for eight years  margaret smith sherry   margaret joyce smith  19291987 was born in mooringsport louisiana to bernie w smith sr and rubye dyer smith she was the youngest of her two siblings bernie w smith jr b 1925 and charles raymond red smith 19262009 m ann hall margaret was reared in bowling green kentucky she graduated from western kentucky state college and taught school on november 22 1950 margaret married vincent jerome sherry jr 19291989 a native of brooklyn new york they were the parents of four children margaret lynne sherry b 1952 m richard sposito vincent j sherry iii eric smith sherry m marian venetia bailey and leslie anne sherry m benjamin d miller iii margaret smith sherry was active in politics on the coast she was elected to the biloxi city council from ward vii served as district v representative to the harrison county republican executive committee mrs sherry ran unsuccessfully for mayor of biloxi in 1985 references  edward humes  mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages the record leitchfield kentucky charles raymond red smith october 17 2009 the sun herald judge vincent sherrymrs margaret sherry september 18 1987 p a4 the sun herald sherry files combed for clues to killers september 18 1987 p a1 the sun herald mrs sherry told of fears of murder september 19 1987 p a1 the sun herald sherrys remembered with humor affection september 20 1987 p a1 the sun herald some confuse biloxi family sherry daughter october 19 1989 p c2 the sun herald eldest lynne s sposito will not rest until nightmare is over december 16 1990 p a1 the sun herald the sherry murders 20 years laterstill stunningbiloxi s most notorious murders revisited september 9 2007 p a 1 the sun herald fbi vet won 10year fight september 9 2007 p a 1 the sun herald the sherry murders 20 years laternot the best sort of witness september 10 2007 p a 1 the sun herald house where sherry s were murdered will be torn down september 26 2010 p a 1  sylvia a reddix sylvia ann reddix  19581988 was allegedly murdered and george henry clay allegedly wounded by charles harris jr of ocean springs the crime occured on ebony lane in biloxi miss sylvia ann reddix age 36 207 elmer street biloxi died november 4 1988 in biloxi mississippi at the biloxi regional medical center she had been shot in the upper right side of the chest with a small caliber gun miss reddix was a lifelong resident of biloxi and a member of the new bethel baptist church in biloxi she was formerly employed with ingalls shipbuilding in pascagoula and at keesler afb sylvia was a graduate of biloxi high school and phillips college at gulfport sylvia ann reddix was survived by mrs cora hegler reddix 19202010 her mother her son craig r reddix two sisters mrs juanita e woods and mrs jean a smallman and a grandson all of biloxi miss reddix s funeral was under the auspices of the richmond funeral home in biloxi her service was held at the new bethel baptist church with internment following in the 6th addition of the biloxi cemetery references  the sun herald ocean springs man sought in shootings november 6 1984 p a4 the sun herald miss sylvia reddix november 7 1988 p a2 the sun herald mrs cora h reddix april 11 2010  1989 billie dianne edgerton gollott billie dianne edgerton gollott  19501989 was allegedly murdered by francis ray gollott  19431995 her husband on may 10 1989 the affair was deemed a domestic dispute by police gollott was jailed and bond set at 500000 by john mcadams justice court judge the sun herald may 12 1989 p b1  references  the sun herald   biloxi man  f ray gollott  charged in shooting   may 12 1989 p b1 the sun herald   dianne gollott    may 13 1989 p a11  1990 sylvester williams on january 8 1990  sylvester williams  19591990 was shot and killed by a former girl friend  deborah joann smith  when mr williams attempted to break into her bedroom in which she and her three children had barricaded themselves mrs smith fired a 25 caliber pistol striking williams in the forehead resulting in his demise the sun herald january 10 1990 p a1  references  the sun herald   police biloxi woman shot killed exboyfriend as he broke in    january 10 1990 p a1  2004 annie b denson uchello   annie bell denson uchello   19252004 native of stone county mississipp was assaulted in her home and expired from her injuries at biloxi on february 29 2004 she had been the wife of james adron denson 19212000 and lived at mantachie itawamba county mississippi annie came to biloxi in 1980 and married salvador sam f uchello jr 19071996 in harrison county mississippi on january 24 1984 he passed on february 22 1996 the sun herald march 2 2004 p a1 and p a5 and harrison co mississipi 2nd jd circuit court mrb 27 p 382  references  the sun herald salvador f uchello sr february 22 1996 the sun herald elderly woman killed in assault at biloxi home march 2 2004 p a1 the sun herald annie denson uchello march 2 2004 p a5  2008   andreas koulmandas galanis a 28yearold mississippi state senior is being without bond on a capital murder charge in the friday slaying of his roommate also student at the university  bobby batiste  age 28 of 250 sinai road preston was arrested by oktibbeha county sheriff s deputies early friday evening in the death of andreas k galanis  19792008 age 28 of biloxi and a native of athens greece according to the msu campus directory galanis was a sophomore enrolled in the college of business and industry while batiste is a senior enrolled in the college of arts and sciences sheriff dolph bryan said deputies discovered galanis body shortly after 6 pm friday at apartment 5108 at the 21 apartments complex at 1219 oktoc road just south of the msu campus deputies had been dispatched to the apartment between 530 and 550 pm friday after members of galanis family in biloxi contacted the sheriff s department when he failed to catch a floridabound flight from the biloxi airport at 4 pm friday initially told upon arrival that galanis had left to catch the flight deputies were let into the apartment by a roommate who was identified as batiste to further investigate the welfare concern reported by galanis family upon entering the apartment the deputies discovered large amounts of blood and then found galanis body with very visible wounds in a vacant suite of the apartment bryan said bryan would not specify the nature of the wounds nor their location on galanis body nor would he comment on whether there were visible signs a struggle had taken place inside the apartment or what type of weapon if any was used to kill galanis galanis body was taken to jackson friday night was scheduled to undergo an autopsy some time saturday to determine the exact cause of death bryan said batiste was immediately taken into custody and questioned later friday night bryan would not comment on whether batiste gave a statement to deputies confessing to galanis death under state law a capital murder charge is filed against a suspect if the slaying was committed while in the act of another felony crime bryan said the other crime involved in galanis slaying was robbery but would not comment over the specific circumstances or events of the robbery bryan also would not comment on whether galanis and batiste had been involved in any type of ongoing conflictno additional suspects are currently being sought in connection with galanis death though the investigation is continuing bryan said detectives with the starkville police department and msu police department are assisting sheriff s deputies with the investigation bryan said we still have an awful lot of investigative work to do but i feel we have a really good grasp on this case at this time bryan said saturday i don t think we ll have any more surprises bryan did say that anyone who might have additional information related to the investigation of galanis death is encouraged to call the sheriff s department at 3232421 or golden triangle crime stoppers at 18005307151 a statement from officials with ambling management co of atlanta ga which operates 21 apartments said that the complex management team planned to have a private security company patrolling the property and attending the main security gate on saturday the managers were also working with msu administrator to arrange a grief counselor onsite at our community to help residents during this trying time as with any incident of this nature our immediate thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their family it saddens us to know that a young person needlessly lost their life and we can t imagine the pain felt by their loved one the statement from ambling officials said at the time ambling officials released their statement saturday sheriff s deputies were still working to complete the gathering of evidence at the apartment complex the sheriff will not release any details of what occurred while the investigation is under way but has advised us that they have made an arrest and that this was an isolated contained event and that there is no threat of imminent danger to other residents and that there was not a firearm involved the ambling statement said  2019   robert mckeithen as of tuesday morning the gulfport police chief said investigators still don t know why 19yearold darian tawan atkinson  allegedly opened fire on biloxi police officer robert mckeithen  19612019 in the parking lot outside a police station sunday night mckeithen died of multiple gunshot wounds at a hospital and law enforcement agencies arrested the suspect within 24 hours of the shooting the suspect s brother 21yearold davian lewanika atkinson was  also arrested by gulfport police  he has been charged with accessory after the fact according to the harrison county jail s website here s what we know about darian atkinson who is being held on a charge of capital murder of a law enforcement officer in this monday may 6 2019 photo provided by the stone county enterprise newspaper  darian tawan atkinson  wanted for capital murder in the slaying of biloxi patrolman robert mckeithen awaits transport back to biloxi after being arrested in wiggins miss   the suspect s brother 21yearold davian lewanika atkinson  was  also arrested by gulfport police  he has been charged with accessory after the fact gulfport police chief leonard papania said authorities believe darian atkinson lives in biloxi he was arrested in wiggins about 35 miles north of the gulf coast police said an off duty biloxi officer on his way to his home in stone county spotted the suspect walking on a road  reported the stone county enterprise  the officer called wiggins police who subdued him at gunpoint in a field near a hotel according to the stone county enterprise on monday night officers marched darian atkinson handcuffed from a police cruiser up through the front doors of the biloxi station near where mckeithen was shot as he passed dozens of uniformed officers the lanky teen  appeared to smile  darian atkinson said oh the police are mad at me murder  according to the sun herald   references  the starkville daily news ms    andreas galanis msu student murdered deputies charge roommate in slaying suspect held without bond   march 9 2008 11032 views  