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nilRANT WEEKKILLS HIS FATHERWITH A shotci NI Continued from page one) let him hnvi it. oine words lalt; imr PItetween thlt; two. and the fatherforming the son. who is 18, that he. t«the on. wa** not to*, old to l»e ch i ’■tj-.d b\ hi- lather; the .son rcser*dthis, hut it |*’i rd ff. l-ater in • !' liny the flit her pas ed through field where hi* family were hoe c . otton. on the way to u nt ighhor’:.. and ?: vome claimed that he had a gun u n hi per-on. That evening Mr. s- '1Mrs I trow n had me altercation the home over the volt's COIlduct a I -i later Mr. Drown went up to I on-in law’ house ^ nnd tali i with K*oi until late in the nijrhi 11 ah'.ut h* .roubleThe next nr»i‘i'Tue ‘lay. Mr.-. lirown got up ca and went t.» liet -oti-in-law and 1 .|him and l ei daughter nnd on ah ntin* trouble I. had had the even,before with Mi*. Ilw.wn; Mrs. Ur. ,,I hen went buck home and got hre fa t and the halui e ..f the fan got op a- o o.il; «»ft» r breakfast Drown and her two daualuer.* \\. up t*. Mr lloLV fur the pufyos*-chopping ••otton; shortly after th- y got to Mr. Holt’s hoii.se. Mr. Brov til so vome up and -poke to his daughter and commenced playing with h» r liuby, his grand-child, and was in th. best of humor; after playing with the baby awhile he turned to his «*n and told him he did not like the v;. ‘ he. the son, was treating him; the spoke Imck and finally told his fath* to leave the place, which he refund to do. The son then went into He* house and immediately came out with a shotgun and again told his fathvi to leave, nnd his father told hint I would not and remarked that he, t' son, was n coward and that he, the father, was not afraid he would ahoi*'. About this time the hoy raised the •run to hi- -boulder and pointed it at his father. Mr. Drown threw up his left hand to his breast as if t » ward off the blow and the boy fired, the -hot going through Mr. Brown* wri t and entering his body just bt low the bren-t bone, killing him instantly. Tile boy then went to Bennington and gave up to officers, claiming self defense. When the office! arrived, the decca ed was searched and no weup.uis of any kind were found on his person. Mrs. Brown . and her th»'ce dnughtcrs were witm- -«• t.. the tragedy, and each testifiedthat when they -aw the boy come lt;with a shotgun and saw him raise it to his dnmbler .they all screamed at him not :•» shoot. None of the eye witne%.e t* lifted to any demon str.i lion «'f violence upon the part uf • • faihei* toward the on immediately tovveding the firing of the fatal r*h .•The hoy is now in jail awaitii .r his preliminary hearing, which I:, bene *et for next Monday.::nr.:: ?: u «n :t t: ix H s: n
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Durant Weekly News
Durant, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Jun 11, 1920
Page 5
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Hank L.
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