The Ouachita Telegraph - Son of John Russell Accidentally Shot Himself

Date: Oct 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>



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The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, October 29, 1887
Page 3, Column 1

 A son of John Russell colored, living at Steep Bayou on the Claiborne road,
while out hunting a few days ago, accidentally shot himself, from the
effects of which he died in a few hours.  The charge of the gun took effect
in the pit of the left arm, almost completely tearing it off.

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