1894 Death of Frank Hughey, near Shiloh, Union Parish Louisiana

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1894 Death of Frank Hughey, near Shiloh, Union Parish Louisiana

From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 16 May 1894, page 3, column 1
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                A Load of Squirrel Shot in the Left Side.
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   Ben Puckett, a little boy who from his size one would judge to be about thirteen 
years of age, but who in reality has seen sixteen summers roll by, was brought to 
town Sunday evening and lodged in jail by Constable McLaurin, of the Shiloh ward. 
The cause of the incarceration is the killing of Frank Hughey, a lad eighteen 
years of age. 

   We have been informed that Saturday evening Hughey and another boy named McClung 
were fishing on bayou Cornie, near Alabama church. Puckett come with a gun where 
they were, and a dispute arose between him and Hughey about some trouble that had 
formerly existed between them. Hot words were exchanged when Puckett settled the 
dispute by leveling his gun and pouring a load of squirrel shot into the left 
side of Hughey in the region of the heart, which produced death almost immediately.

   Puckett claims, so we are informed, that he and Hughey engaged in an angry 
dispute when Hughey attempted to take the gun from him and in the scuffle that 
ensued, the weapon was discharged with the above result. We are informed that the 
boy McClung, who was with Hughey at the time of the killing, tells a different 
story. He says that Puckett came up and raised the difficulty and shot Hughey 
without any provocation and then ordered him (McClung) to leave or he would kill 
him. But after begin informed that there was a negro near by on the Cornie, he did 
no further harm, but left the scene of the killing in great haste. 

   Of course what we print of the details of the above affair is hearsay, but it 
came from parties who are reliable and who live in Shiloh ward.

   This is a deplorable affair, and one to be regretted, not only by the relatives 
of the two boys, but by all good people. Both are white boys.


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