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DRY LAW FANATICPLACED ON TRIAL FOR SLAYING SONWife and Children Testifv*Against Man Tn Amite 1 Murder Case ■ * \AMITE, Oct. 30.——Calmly fingering a worn Bible, Flint H.ggin-botham, 56. described by his family as “a prohibitionist of the sterner order. sat in District Court here and heard ha wife and children testifyagainst him in his trial for the slaying of his son. David, 23, whom he had accused of selling liquor.Higginbotham was indicted for manslaughter when David was shot and fatally wounded in an argument which followed the father's discovery of a jug of whiskey in a barn, leading the elder man to suspect that his son was bootlegging. As David fell, Lawrence Higginbotham. 12, another son, secured a pistol and fired at the father several times, wounding him slightly.Mrs. Higginbotham, who w ith he' j sons, Tom and Lawrence, testified against the father yesterday, said assha left the stand; The killing ofthat boy was without cause.** i She told of threats by her husband against David after the finding of the jug of liquor in the bam, and of how the father threatened to call the sheriff but was persuaded to hear an explanation from his son.The shooting followed the son’s return home.J Mrs Higginbotham said she and her ! sons operated a dairy.
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Fri, Oct 30, 1931
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