Statewide County WA Archives News.....Shoots His Father November 1, 1904
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Oregonian November 1, 1904
Tacoma Telegrapher Defends Himself and His Mother
His Parent Was Drunk
J.B.Carlson Will Probably Die Because He Broke Into Room Whre His Wife And Son 
Had Hidden From him
Tacoma Wash.-Oct 31,John B.Carlson,a contractor,was shot and probably fatally 
wounded,by his son,Emil J.Carlson,chief noght operator of the Western Union 
Telegraph Company,at the family home this afternoon.
Immediately after the tragedy,the son hastened to the sheriff's officeand 
surrender himself.
According to the son's story,his father came home and threatened to kill 
Mrs.Carlson and Carlson,Jr. They ran upstairs and locked themselves in a 
room.Carlson,Sr., broke in the door,and was immediately shot.He is now in a 
hospital and will probably die.

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