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flJOHN INGRAM, MORRO BAY, DIES FROM WOUND IN FIGHT WITH CONSTABLE TOM JONES FOR GUNb- -. Struggle Ensues as Officer Attempts Arrest for Beating Elton Carroll on Highway Near Wasco; Coroner's Jury Justifies Officer—Performing DutyJohn Q. Ingram, 27, of Morro Bay, was fatauy shot Sunday night as he, fought with Constable Tom Jones for { possession of the officer's gun. Joneshad interrupted Ingram, who appear-'ed to be in a drunken rage, while he jwas beating his (Ingram’s) brother-i in-law, Elton Carroll, 17 years old,| also of Morro Bay. ]| In the sculfle for the gun the ’ weapon was discharged and a 38-. caliber copper jacketed bullet tore throbgh Ingram’s body, entering just 1 to the- left of the center of the body i at the upper part of the stomach, ranging slightly downward and passing through the back. Immediately after receiving emergency treatment by Dr. E. S. Fogg, Ingram was re-,moved in a Flickenger-Digier ambulance to the Kern genera! hospital where he succumbed to his injuriesat 12:35 a. m.By a curious trend of fate, Carroll soon found himself a victim of a car!KERN CORONER'S JURY ACQUITS OFFICER INFIGHT FOR HIS GUNAccording to the verdict of thecoroner’s inquest into the deathof John Q. Ingram, Constable Tom Jones was exonerated from blame for his slaying. The testimony showed that Ingram was slain while he was trying to wrest a gun out the hands of the officer when he resisted arrest. .The verdict reads as follows: ’’Death was caused by a gunshot wound in the abdomen bydischarge of gun in scuffle of deceased and Officer Jones in said officer’s attempt to arrest deceased on highway about two miles east'of Wasco on Wasco-Famoso highway.”they found Ingram mauling EltonCarrolllaccident shortly after his brother- and Moses declare that In-j in-law had been taken to the hospit- knock‘'d th* b°y down twiceal. He had volunteered to 'drive to tbey were approaching. Jonestie coast to notify his people of what ca,,ed to thc att»cker, telling him tohad happened and was provided with ®top and»* he came c,0*!Lr to hj.m funds for the trip. In his excite- he told h,m he wa® an °meer- H« ment and eagerness to be on his way was about to ren*‘w hi attack on he made the turn into the Paso Carro11 when *Mo®** grabbed his arm Robles highway too short and his and InKram t°re away from b* little car was overturned and wreck- 8rrasp anlt;* aPParently reaching for a ed. .He was badly hurt and a passing weapon, swung on Jones. Jones motorist picked him up and he was thouKht tht“ man was armed and met soon a patient occunying the same'^he attac1k triking Ingram on thei --- ...% «• Sih mrer SIMP UUC UI II1C , , „ . - - . -'main tendons of his leg was almost Jon,el *ndf then *°l *® ▼ w SB# % • flHk S III wnl41 IB Jm qBcovered his feet and renewed the at-VMV - lt;head~r——»amicu uy in- . ^ - . ..gratr. and Dr. Fogg was attending in* nim down Ingram quickly re♦ ,v L:. : — i i. w * • rAViirml fi’ia fai\a deep? of the almost Jone* *nd1 then *°l tngra-I severed. He fclso had a minor cut on aml c**ro» into their car and Jones his right wrist llt;dd Ingram he could either behave, The fatal affray occurred shortly blm*«lf and fg bom« pr go to jail, after 9 o’clock Sunday night on the Ithou*ht ,be. afa'[ wa® ov' Famoso highway about » mil,, and a, Si* » r Ed °“?half east of the Wasco subway where , you '.f nmtshla Janas mint tsr^response to -tr‘ * ' gun ano cleana renort that a rr nortroW nwAaa. f-hereunder the heart fund grabbed his g in both hands, pressing Jones’ fi•crompanied b» H.rrv Mo,,.. W.«o; u, ^youth, who was an eye witness to the fight. Arriving at the car obstructing the highway, Moses stated,until three of his fingers bore the(Continued on Page 8)
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Shafter Progress
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Fri, Jan 26, 1934
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