St Landry County Louisiana Archives News.....Morgan Heath accidentally shot December 6, 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K Creamr marykcreamer@yahoo.com January 3, 2015, 5:17 pm St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, LA) 1890-1921, Image 1 December 6, 1890 On Monday evening last a very sad accident happened near Morrow Station. Russell and Morgan Heath, were brothers who kept bachelor's hall; on this occasion they were in the same room, Morgan sitting in a chair and reading when Russell got his gun to clean it. The gun went off and the whole load, 16 buckshot, struck Morgan in the region of the heart, killing him almost instanly. The surviving brother is overcome with grief. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/newspapers/morganhe469gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb