Glen Grafton, 1929, Union Parish, LA

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Source:  The Daily Leader, Ruston, LA
Thursday, Dec. 26, 1929
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"Former Ruston Student Found Dead On Road"

"Glen Grafton of Bernice Is Discovered In Auto With Comrade"

    Glen Grafton, aged 21, son of Mrs. W. F. Grafton of Bernice, was found dead
in his companion's stalled automobile four and one half miles north of Homer at
1:30 o'clock this morning, Sheriff J. F. Kinder of Claiborne Parish advised The
Leader in a telephone conversation this morning.
    George Lindsay, 20, his comrade, son of a Bernice merchant, was discovered
near collapse but had recovered rapidly under medical attention at a Homer
hospital today, the sheriff said.
    Believed to have been the victims of poison liquor, Coroner E. B. Middleton
of Homer has ordered an analysis of beverage found in the Buick sedan in which
the boys were traveling, Sheriff Kinder reported.  The fluid was sent to
Shreveport this morning for analysis, officers stated.
    Regaining his senses at the hospital this morning, Lindsay told officers
that he and Grafton had attended a dance near Homer last night and were
returning home when his car swerved out of control and plunged into a ditch,
Sheriff Kinder said.  Neither the automobile nor its occupants were affected by
the mishap.  The youths were found several hours later by the sheriff.  Grafton
was dead and Lindsay was unconscious when found, information indicated.
    The body of the deceased was sent to a Haynesville mortuary for burial
preparation and later removed to the home at Bernice.  Funeral arrangements have
not been announced.
    Grafton was well known in this section, having attended Louisiana Tech here
for a year.  He had been a student at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, the past
year.  Grafton returned to Bernice several days ago to spend Christmas holidays
with his family.
    Surviving in the immediate family are his mother;  a sister, Miss Melba
Grafton and a brother, George Grafton of Bernice.

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