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|name=Charles Edward "Ed"Karst

|name=Charles Edward "Ed"Karst

In the 1991 gubernatorial nonpartisan blanket primary, remembered for the [[David Duke]] and [[Edwin Edwards]] candidacies, Karst ran without a party label and polled some 9,300 votes, or 1 percent of the total. He threatened the Supreme Court justices with an [[Uzi]].  In the campaign, Karst said that "Louisiana's root problem is not lack of jobs and pay raises for teachers, police, and other public employees. It is unchecked corruption by the Five Supremes (There are actually seven members of this court.), self-anointed high priests of the Louisiana Way who worship at the temple of corruption in New Orleans.... I will have no choice but to execute them, blow them away."<ref>"Former candidate for governor Karst dies", ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 18, 1992, p. 9-C.</ref>

In the 1991 gubernatorial nonpartisan blanket primary, remembered for the [[David Duke]] and [[Edwin Edwards]] candidacies, Karst ran without a party label and polled some 9,300 votes, or 1 percent of the total. He threatened the Supreme Court justices with an [[Uzi]].  In the campaign, Karst said that "Louisiana's root problem is not lack of jobs and pay raises for teachers, police, and other public employees. It is unchecked corruption by the Five Supremes (There are actually seven members of this court.), self-anointed high priests of the Louisiana Way who worship at the temple of corruption in New Orleans.... I will have no choice but to execute them, blow them away."<ref>"Former candidate for governor Karst dies", ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 18, 1992, p. 9-C.</ref>

==Legal and health troubles==

==Legal and health issues==

In April 1992, Karst was arrested and held on a $100,000 bond in the custody of the Orleans Parish Prison on two counts of public intimidation for having made threats on the judges' lives.

In April 1992, Karst was arrested and held on a $100,000 bond in the custody of the Orleans Parish Prison on two counts of public intimidation for having made threats on the judges' lives.

Karst, meanwhile, contracted cancer and died some two weeks before he was to stand trial. His opposition to the judges stemmed from a protracted civil court battle that left him suspended from his law practice and nearly destitute. Judge Jerome Winsberg set August 4, 1992 as the court date after he determined that Karst was competent to stand trial. However,  on July 2, 1992, Karst suffered a perforated stomach, according to then public defender Craig Colwart. Exploratory surgery at New Orleans Charity Hospital revealed that Karst had terminal colon and liver [[cancer]]. cancer]]. "He was doing OK after the surgery and then he took a turn for the worst," Colwart said. Two weeks before his death, Karst's last appeal for reinstatement to the bar was denied.<ref>"Ex-Mayor Karst dies", ''The Alexandria Town Talk]'', July 18–19, 1992.</ref>

Karst, meanwhile, contracted cancer and died some two weeks before he was to stand trial. His opposition to the judges stemmed from a protracted civil court battle that left him suspended from his law practice and nearly destitute. Judge Jerome Winsberg set August 4, 1992 as the court date after he determined that Karst was competent to stand trial. However,  on July 2, 1992, Karst suffered a perforated stomach, according to then public defender Craig Colwart. Exploratory surgery at New Orleans Charity Hospital revealed that Karst had terminal colon and liver [[cancer]]. cancer]]. "He was doing OK after the surgery and then he took a turn for the worst," Colwart said. Two weeks before his death, Karst's last appeal for reinstatement to the bar was denied.<ref>"Ex-Mayor Karst dies", ''The Alexandria Town Talk]'', July 18–19, 1992.</ref>

Karst faced [[felony]] charges that could have brought a ten-year sentence. Fryar was also imprisoned in an unrelated matter stemming from the former Westside Rehabilitation Center in Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216876806/|title=Shaw Denies New Fryar Trial|author=Jim Leggett|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 28, 1987|page=4|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>

Karst faced [[felony]] charges that could have brought a ten-year sentence. Fryar was also imprisoned in an unrelated matter stemming from the former Westside Rehabilitation Center in Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216876806/|title=Shaw Denies New Fryar Trial|author=Jim Leggett|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 28, 1987|page=4|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>

 

==Obituary==

==Karst's obituary==

Karst was [[divorce]]d from the former Judith "Judy" Ward-Steinman (born February 16, 1941), a [[Ph.D.]] who ran for mayor in 1977 but polled few votes; the leading candidates were Snyder, Lanier, and [[Champ Baker]], the former executive director of the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development district in Alexandria. Lanier defeated Snyder in a runoff contest that year.  The daughter of attorney and [[radio]] station owner [[Irving Ward-Steinman]], Judy Karst later married Kenneth Wayne Campbell (born 1939). She resides in Hiawassee in Towns County in northeastern Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/judy-campbell/jkc0019|title=Judith Karst Campbell|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>  

Karst was [[divorce]]d from the former Judith "Judy" Ward-Steinman (born February 16, 1941), a [[Ph.D.]] who ran for mayor in 1977 but polled few votes; the leading candidates were Snyder, Lanier, and [[Champ Baker]], the former executive director of the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development district in Alexandria. Lanier defeated Snyder in a runoff contest that year.  The daughter of attorney and [[radio]] station owner [[Irving Ward-Steinman]], Judy Karst later married Kenneth Wayne Campbell (born 1939). She resides in Hiawassee in Towns County in northeastern Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/judy-campbell/jkc0019|title=Judith Karst Campbell|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>  

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