Newspaper: Ossie Elkins Accidentally Killed,  Franklin Parish, LA,
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 9, 1930

 
Ossie Elkins Accidentally Killed Wed.
Shot Gun in Hand of Companion Is Fired.
 
Ossie Elkins, aged 19 years, son of O. E. Elkins of near 
Liddieville in western Franklin parish, was accidently killed
Wednesday afternoon while hunting when the shotgun of 
his companion "Sonny" Andrews was untimely fired.
The boys were hunting ducks on a nearby creek or bayou. 
The gun in the hands of young Andrews was evidently dragged 
across a log, the hamer (sic hammer) being drawn back and 
released. Ossie received the entire discharge in the abdomen.
He was rushed toward the Winnsboro Sanitarium, but died 
when within about two miles of town.
Funeral services and place of burial had not been announced at 
the lasted reports.