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Vidalia, Ga., July 29.—John Collins, farmer of near Oak Park,was killed yesterday morning about sunrise by his son, Earnest Collins, who is about thirteen years of age. The weapon was a shotgun at short- range and i death resulted almost instantaneous ly. According to telephone messages from Oak Park, Collins came home about sunrise after being away all night and brought a jug of whisky with him. He started an altercation with Mrs. Collins, she receiving rath er rough treatment until the son, be coming frightened for her well-being, secured the shotgun and placing it in this fathers’ back, pulled the trigger. “wry. Collins was a farmer of about 40 years of age and leaves a consider able connection in this section, altho his immediate family’ consists of his widow and son, Harnest. The Collins home is about three miles from Oak Park.
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Tue, Aug 02, 1921
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