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Dallas Morning news 26 Sep. 1906

NEGRO BURNED TO DEATH

Lantern Explodes While Possum Hunters Sleep

Special to the News.

Paris, Tex., Sep. 25 - - While a crowd of young negroes were out 'possum
hunting at night seven miles east of town and were carrying a lantern, they
lay down in the woods and went to sleep. Their lantern exploded, setting fire
to the clothing of the 13 year old son of Watt Featherstone. He was burned
from the neck down to the pit of the abdomen and died from the injuries.

Title: Negro Burned to Death

Date: 1906-09-26

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