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Mayor Fort broke his cane across Nation. As Nation lifted the cane back toward the mayor,<ref>Lyle, ''Minden Cemetery'', p. 88</ref> John Fort pulled a .38 caliber pistol from his trousers and shot Nation, who died before he could reach the nearby Minden Sanitarium, since the Minden Medical Center. "I'm getting tired of you[r] treating my father like you have," shouted John Fort.<ref name=johnfort>"Fort Will Be Held in Caddo Parish On Murder Charges," ''Webster Signal-Tribune,'' November 14, 1933, p. 1.</ref><ref>It is unclear why Fort was at first taken to Caddo Parish because even then Webster Parish was in the 26th Judicial District with neighboring Bossier Parish.</ref>  

Mayor Fort broke his cane across Nation. As Nation lifted the cane back toward the mayor,<ref>Lyle, ''Minden Cemetery'', p. 88</ref> John Fort pulled a .38 caliber pistol from his trousers and shot Nation, who died before he could reach the nearby Minden Sanitarium, since the Minden Medical Center. "I'm getting tired of you[r] treating my father like you have," shouted John Fort.<ref name=johnfort>"Fort Will Be Held in Caddo Parish On Murder Charges," ''Webster Signal-Tribune,'' November 14, 1933, p. 1.</ref><ref>It is unclear why Fort was at first taken to Caddo Parish because even then Webster Parish was in the 26th Judicial District with neighboring Bossier Parish.</ref>  

 

 

Sheriff [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]], transported John Fort to Shreveport, where he was held under a bill of information awaiting presumed [[indictment]] from a [[grand jury]].<ref name=johnfort/> The Louisiana Supreme Court months later denied Fort's motion for [[bail]] without a preliminary hearing.<ref>"Fort's Release Refused by Louisiana Supreme Court: Loses in Attempt to Secure Bail Without a Preliminary Hearing", ''Minden Herald'', April 6, 1934, pp. 1, 12.</ref> However, with no indictment ever forthcoming, Fort was soon a free man.

Sheriff [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]], transported John Fort to Shreveport, where he was held under a bill of information awaiting presumed [[indictment]] from a [[grand jury]].<ref name=johnfort/> The Louisiana Supreme Court months later denied Fort's motion for [[bail]] without a preliminary hearing.<ref>"Fort's Release Refused by Louisiana Supreme Court: Loses in Attempt to Secure Bail Without a Preliminary Hearing," ''Minden Herald,'' April 6, 1934, pp. 1, 12.</ref> However, with no indictment ever forthcoming, Fort was soon a free man.

Nation, meanwhile, was interred within twenty-four hours of his death in the newer section of Minden Cemetery. Services were held at the Nation home prior to interment amid an overflow of mourners.<ref>''Webster Signal-Tribune'', November 14, 1933, pp. 1, 6.</ref>

 

Nation, meanwhile, was interred within twenty-four hours of his death in the newer section of Minden Cemetery. Services were held at the Nation home prior to interment amid an overflow of mourners.<ref>''Webster Signal-Tribune'', November 14, 1933, pp. 1, 6.</ref> Nation's children included Daniel Webster Nation (1922-2014), who from 1941 to 1983 worked for the L&A, and the educator, principal, and [[football]] coach Patrick Cary Nation (1918–2005), who lost a race in 1974 for the Minden City Council to later Mayor Bill Robertson. A Nation grandson, Billy Joe Booth, became a professional football player in [[Canada]] but died early in life in a private plane crash.<ref>Billy Joe Booth obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', June 2, 1972.</ref>  A granddaughter, Kathryn Diana Nation (1946–1968), daughter of Webster and Kathryn Watson Nation, died in 1968 in an automobile accident while commuting to her elementary school teaching job in Sarepta in Webster Parish, shortly before her pending marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.net/obituaries/1964.htm|title=Obituary of Kathryn Diana Nation|publisher=Minden Memories webpage|accessdate=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

 

 

Brisco Nation was succeeded on the city council by another railroad employee, Grady L. Hancock, an appointee of Governor Oscar Kelly Allen. Hancock said that he did not solicit the interim appointment, had no political agenda other than support for [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and would make an effort to work with Mayor Fort and the entire council.<ref>"Grady L. Hancock Succeeds Nation," ''Webster Signal-Tribune,'' November 21, 1933, p. 1.</ref>

Brisco Nation was succeeded on the city council by another railroad employee, Grady L. Hancock, an appointee of Governor Oscar Kelly Allen. Hancock said that he did not solicit the interim appointment, had no political agenda other than support for [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and would make an effort to work with Mayor Fort and the entire council.<ref>"Grady L. Hancock Succeeds Nation", ''Webster Signal-Tribune'', November 21, 1933, p. 1.</ref>

Meanwhile, John Fort was incarcerated for two years in Bossier Parish, within the 26th Judicial District, awaiting a true bill against him that the grand jury never presented. The district attorney at the time was the same Robert F. Kennon, who had unseated Connell Fort for mayor in 1926.<ref name=cemetery/> No indictment against John Fort was ever presented despite the testimony of two eyewitnesses to the shooting, John L. Garrett and J.R. Murph, then the secretary of the city council.<ref name=johnfort/>

Meanwhile, John Fort was incarcerated for two years in Bossier Parish, within the 26th Judicial District, awaiting a true bill against him that the grand jury never presented. The district attorney at the time was the same Robert F. Kennon, who had unseated Connell Fort for mayor in 1926.<ref name=cemetery/> No indictment against John Fort was ever presented despite the testimony of two eyewitnesses to the shooting, John L. Garrett and J.R. Murph, then the secretary of the city council.<ref name=johnfort/>