The Monroe News-Star - Mrs. W. G. Taylor Accidentally Shot by 8-yr-old Son Date: Dec. 1999 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The News-Star Wednesday, October 6, 1909 Page 6, Column 4 SON ACCIDENTALLY KILLED MOTHER MRS. TAYLOR OF MYRTIS, DIES FROM WOUND Little Fellow Was Playing With Shot Gun When Mother Entered Room and Weapon Was Discharged. Vivian, Oct. 5.-This entire section is shocked and grieved over the accidental killing of Mrs. W.G. Taylor, of Mrytis, yesterday at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Taylor had occasion to enter a room in which her husband's shot gun was kept. As she entered she saw her eight-year-old son pointing the gun toward her. She commanded the little fellow to put the weapon down, and in his effort to obey he pulled the trigger, discharging the entire load of shot into one of her lower limbs, almost tearing it away at the knee. Friends hurried to her side and summoned medical aid, but she never recovered from the shock, death ending at 8 o'clock last night. At the time of the accident, Mr. Taylor, her husband, was at Cleveland's Spur, near Boyce, where he has a position with a lumber company. He came to Shreveport last night and caught the first train out. # # #