Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Allen, Larkin January 29, 1924
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Cleburne News
In a shooting scrape at Abel, in the southwest part of Cleburne County, Tuesday 
afternoon, Columbus Gann, about 20 years old, is alleged to have shot and 
instantly killed Larkin Allen, 28 years old, the trouble, it is said, growing 
out of Allen's activity in assisting the authorities in putting down wild 
catting in that section of the county. Allen was shot while standing in the 
doorway of the store, the full charge from a shotgun taking effect in the 
breast, the victim expiring instantly. In the shooting that followed, Gann is 
said to have received load of small shot in the face and arm and is thought to 
be painfully wounded. The victim's father, Mr. Lee Allen, came to Heflin 
Wednesday and swore out a warrant for Gann's arrest, and officers have been on 
the lookout for the alleged slayer.

Additional Comments:
Note: Larkin Allen is buried at Delta Cemetery, Clay County, AL. 

Nov 13, 1924 Anniston Star:
Columbus Gann who was convicted in the circuit court here last August for the 
alleged murder of Larkin Allen at Abel the first of the year, and who made a 
motion for a new trial and having with drawn same through his lawyers. will be 
carried to Kilby prison within the next few days. Gann was given only a year and 
a. day. At the time of the alleged killing, Gann received a load of shot in the 
body and was carried to an Anniston hospital where he was treated several days 
and surrendered to Sheriff Jackson upon his release from the hospital.

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