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VIJJ IJ11I£ Iu UlC iThen as Ttoscoe tried to shove the other two men out the door,; the shotgun went off, according to witnesses.Peg Leg was shot on the right, side of his face. “It was torn up pretty had.” Deputy Sheriff Webb, said.Koscoe Barnes is being held in custody and charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury with intent; to kill. No bond has been set.Lonnie Parker is charged with assault with a deadly weapon on two women. He is out on $300 bond. He and his wife are tenant farmers from Snow Hill.Five pistol bullets were found in Parker’s truck, but the pistol lias not been found. Webb has the ^ shotgun used by Barnes.^ , Peg Leg has been coming to Pioeky Mount for the tobacco season since the 1920’s when William E. Fenner, founder of a tobacca warehouse, first brought the Negro medicine show entertainer to the city.Peg Leg has been featured many times at the Rocky Mount fair and was featured on the Fenner's Warehouse radio program on WCEC at 11:30.He usually goes to Ohio for the winter, but he apparently was too slow getting away this year.Edgecombe General Hospital re-; jorts that his condition is fair and he apparently will be all risht except that most of one side of his face is mjssing. His eyes are uninjured.►(nAArfu ArliAn
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jan 15, 1963
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