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Evans, who pulled his pistol, fired, and killed one of the men. The shootings in 1931 and 1933 caused some in Tensas Parish to question whether the sheriff's department served at the call of the merchant-planter class and was selectively enforcing the law against low-income whites.<ref name="Once Proud Princes pp. 119-120"/>

Evans, who pulled his pistol, fired, and killed one of the men. The shootings in 1931 and 1933 caused some in Tensas Parish to question whether the sheriff's department served at the call of the merchant-planter class and was selectively enforcing the law against low-income whites.<ref name="Once Proud Princes pp. 119-120"/>

As one of the bodyguards of Huey Long, Coleman testified that he twice shot Carl Weiss (1906-1935), the young Baton Rouge [[physician]] considered to have been Long's assassin,<ref name=lahist> Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - C - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 29, 2021.</ref> though the Weiss family has long disputed the official version of events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/the_enduring_mystery_of_who_ki.html|author=Robert Travis Scott|title=The enduring mystery of who killed Huey P. Long|date=September 5, 2010|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}</ref>

As one of the bodyguards of Huey Long, Coleman testified that he twice shot Carl Weiss (1906-1935), the young Baton Rouge [[physician]] considered to have been Long's assassin,<ref name=lahist> Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - C - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 29, 2021.</ref> though the Weiss family has long disputed the official version of events.<ref>Robert Travis Scott, "The enduring mystery of who killed Huey P. Long," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' September 5, 2010.</ref>

==Service as sheriff==

==Service as sheriff==