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* Jbhnny Pitts, Colored, ShootsX-Wlg11,56riten-Jim Jernigan, a White Man,At Wagonej-.SHOT GUN USED BY PITTS.'nr,Ae.n-seins.t.Wound Is a Serious One and .TerriftOH May Die-—-Roy Is Twelve Years Old, White Man Is Twenty— Result of Boys’ Fight. . ..... J.Vit . •, ,SpecMi t o The - Pheenix. -Wagoner. I. T., March 1(\—-JimJernigan. a young white man, aged twenty years, was shot in this city at 0 o'clock this evening by John Pitts,9 ^... a colored boy. aged twelve, m ■ Th^w^apou used was a shot-gun.' * • ■ • * “ V i • • * •'% » • • • • « • * ,V« • m* A *t •« *t ■* •» •' • —•*» •• ^ •• » • • •*•••• ■ a. m «»•••* • •o. The shot took effect in the breast and side. The wound is a serious one and Jernigan may die.The quarrel originated by a number of children playing. Two boys were fighting and Jernigan suggested that they tight it out. Mrs. Ed. Pitts/ colored, mother of the boy ihlMid the shoo ting, became angry with Jer-nigan and went in ,fli© house, secur-lng a shot-gun which she pointed at Jerni£rtn. Shortly Tifter she gave the gun to her twelve-year-old son, who fired on Jernigail. It is presumed that she told her son to shoot.inlitof:t-orIIImjot.ssdill
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Muskogee Phoenix
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Mar 16, 1905
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Lesa S.
NA, 08 Feb 2019
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