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Tainted Love Becomes Bloody Valentine in Lake Charles History on Valentines Day 1940
A Bloody Valentine Tale

Lake Charles  LA is full of interesting and colorful history.  Continuing with my series of Lake Charles, LA history, today we will re-visit Valentine's Day 1940.
One of Lake Charles famous stories is that of Toni Jo Henry who came up with a plan to break her husband out of jail on Valentines Day in 1940.
Toni Jo married Claude Henry (nick-named Cowboy) in 1939.  Shortly after their marriage Cowboy Claude went on trial for killing a former police officer in a bar room brawl. When his newlywed bride Toni Jo heard the sentence of  50 years in prison, she shrieked, "I'll get you out, Cowboy! Don't worry!"
Toni Jo Henry took her vow seriously, and she plotted to get her man back.  Deciding that the best Valentine's Day gift  would be to surprise her Sweetheart with a jail break  her weapon of choice in the plan was not Cupid's arrow of love!  Instead Toni Jo would shoot a man between the eyes in the process!
On Valentine's Day, 1940, Joseph A. Calloway, set out from his Houston home in a sparkling new Ford coupe, headed for a business meeting in Louisiana. He disappeared.......
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