Weekly Gazette Stockman, November 28, 2003, washoe county , Nevada Copyright © 2003 Jennifer McDonald Cochran This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Albert FRANKLIN Weekly Gazette Stockman - Reno, NV, 3/21/1889 Robert Cochran, aged 14, killed Albert Franklin, aged 12, at Hollister, Cal. last Monday. The boys had been snapping a pistol at each other's heads, and after an interval Cochran took up the weapon, pointed it at Franklin's forehead and pulled the trigger. A cartridge supposed to have been placed in the pistol by the youngest boy during the interval was exploded, and the ball entered Franklin's head between his eyes, killing him instantly.