Ray County, Missouri - Miscellaneous - Gentry & Kavanaugh File Complaints Richmond Missourian 1932 Two Wounded Men File Complaints Abe Gentry and Bright Kavanaugh Ask Arrest of Roy Milligan for Shooting This Morning. Bright Kavanaugh and Abe Gentry, of southwest of Regal, who told Prosecutor E.A. Farris they had been shot by Roy Milligan, of the same community, arrived in Richmond this morning to secure medical treatment and to swear out an information charging Milligan with felonious assault. A warrant was issued by the prosecutor. Kavanaugh had received about twenty shots on his body below the waist. The shot did not go in far on account of the distance from which the gun was fired and his condition is not serious. The shot were all picked out by Dr. E.G. Revare. Gentry received one shot in his eye and it is probable his eyesight will be impaired. The shot went through the lid and struck the eyeball. Gentry also received one shot in the chin and several in the left leg. The heavy leather sheep-lined coats worn by both Gentry and Kavanaugh prevented the shot from penetrating their bodies around the chest and abdomens. The story of the shooting affair was told the a News representative by Abe Gentry and Bright Kavanaugh: This morning, about 7 o’clock Abe Gentry, Bright Kavanaugh and William Carven drove into a field, a half a mile from the Milligan home, located 2 miles southwest of Regal known as the Henry Bryant farm, to start breaking the land with a tractor. Gentry said he has leased it from a loan company located in Kansas City, for the year, beginning March 1, 1933. At present the land is leased by Ted Milligan, brother of Roy Milligan, and his lease does not expire until March 1st. But, according to Gentry, there is a clause in the contract permitting the loan company or it lessor to break up the land for fall plowing now, several months ahead of the lease date. Upon the arrival of the three men in the field they stated that Ted Milligan and Roy Milligan, who live just half a mile from the field came over in a wagon to the field and Ten Milligan told them he did not want them to break up the field. After some words, Gentry told him, he said, that they would vacate and asked them to take the tractor out of the field also. Gentry stated they answered "yes." About this time, Gentry and Kavanaugh said, Roy Milligan produced a shotgun from inside of the wagon, jumped out and ran around in front of the horses. But he stayed there only a moment, running back and getting into the wagon. Roy Milligan, Kavanaugh and Gentry said, then leveled the shotgun at them, taking sight and as Kavanaugh went to get upon the tractor, he fired. The shots took effect in the legs, arms and face of the two men, who were standing close together. Craven was a few feet out of the range of the shot and was not hit. As soon as Ray Milligan fired the shot, Gentry and Kavanaugh stated, the brothers started their team and went out of the field. The injured men immediately came to Richmond for medical attention. After having their wounds dressed here Gentry went on to Kansas City to have an eye specialist treat his eye. More than 25 No. 5 shot were removed from the bodies of the two men. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jenna Zunker USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------