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Isaac Gilbert - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Madison Journal May 13, 1933

ISAAC GILBERT SHOT BY SON AT BEAR LAKE HOME
Killing is Said to Have Been Caused By Family Trouble

Isaac Gilbert, 48-year old farmer residing on Bear Lake in this parish, was instantly killed late Tuesday 
by his son, Gene Gilbert, 22, when Gene fired three loads of buckshot from a shotgun into his body.

The shooting occurred at the Gilbert home on Bear Lake in the afternoon about four-thirty. Immediately 
after the	shooting, young Gilbert requested a friend to stay with his mother and sisters, and then came 
to Tallulah and surrendered to Sheriff A. J. Sevier, declaring "1 had to do it."

The sheriff said that domestic differences caused the shooting. According to persons living in the 
neighborhood, Gilbert had made threats of killing his whole family previous to the shooting.

Dr. H. C. Sevier, Madison parish coroner, held inquest over the body Wednesday morning. It was impossible 
for the inquest to be held Tuesday night, as the roads to Bear Lake were impassable on account of recent 
rains, it being necessary to use a boat, or walk, to reach the scene of the killing.

The elder Gilbert had been a resident of Madison parish about five years. Before coming to Tallulah he lived 
in Arkansas where he had relatives. He is survived by his widow and eight children.

The funeral was held in Tallulah on Wednesday.

(He is assumed to have been buried in Silver Cross Cemetery.)