St Landry-Evangeline County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Tate, Alfred July 20, 1902 ************************************************ 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. Creamer marykcreamer@yahoo.com July 12, 2015, 12:06 am St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, July 26, 1902, Image 1 Accidentally Killed Himself. Alfred Tate, the 14 year-old son of Clinton Tate, a highly esteemed citizen of Pointe-Grand-Louis, accidently killed himself while out hunting last Sinday morning. The boy was creeping on game, dragging his gun barrel forward, and it is supposed that the trigger was caught by a weed and the gun disharged. The chrage lodged in the boy's neck and chin, causing instant death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/obits/t/tate6036gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb