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EX-MAYOR IS FATALLY SHOT“He Refused to Treat My Sick Child, Says Assassin of Doctor Dunnat Duquoin, ill.Duquoin, Ilk, June 9.—D, D. Winton Dunn, formerly mayor of Duquoin, was shot and fatally wounded here on Sunday by Jesse Joplin.“He refused to treat my sick child because of an unpaid bill/* said Joplin in extenuation of his act.News of the shooting so inflamed the community that the authorities took the precaution of hurrying Joplin to Pinckneyville, where he is held in the Perry county jail. Doctor Dunn was taken to St. Louis on a special train soon after the shooting, but died in a hospital later. He had been wounded in six places by Joplin, none of whose bullets failed to hit the physician.
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Galva Standard
Galva, Illinois, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1914
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