Negro Shooting, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the March 24, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise

Negro Shoots Mate, Throws Pistol In Outdoor Toilet


Ophelia Hall, middle-age Winnfield negro woman, fired two shots into her
husband's body about midnight Sunday, the threw her pistol into an outdoor
toilet, reports the sheriff's department.  The man, Clayburn Hall, about 40,
sustained only minor injuries and is up and around town this week.  The pistol
still hasn't been recovered.

Hall and his wife were reported separated about two years when he went to her
home about midnight Sunday.  The Hall woman told officers he was drunk at the
time and was beating, so she grabbed her pistol and shot him twice.  One shot
struck Hall in the hip, the other in his left arm.

Ophelia Hall was charged with aggravated battery and was released from custody
after posting $ 500 bond.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)