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Two Killed in Crap Game, j 1Tuck Winnigham and Del 8ax-'• sun, both white men aud residents of Mississippi, were shot ft itor. an,i killed at Warnerton, La., ten 0' rSio miles north of here, Sunday af- y jnder ternoon, by Tom Beach. The 8I tragedy occurred on the third g ,tion floor of a gin owned by John'g, o Pierce, where a crowd of boys w and young men had collected, ^ions presumably for a crap game. It 0, un- lias not been learned here just !l ,10w the difllculty arose. It ^seems that Saxson and Beach M — I were the principals first involved, Mjand that Winningham went to • the rescure of his friend, Saxson. ^ int Beach, who is now lodged in jail r’ou here, claims that Saxson was' vs- advancing on him with a piece of Bt ive I timber when he (Beach) flred, °* ib- and that Winningham then began ,Ml ng firing at him. Both men were' J!0 Fori killed almost instantaneously,1, ed Neither spoke after being ahot, . ir- and died almoat at the same time. m vnlThe coroner and sheriff wentve I immediately to the scene, and an oflo\he inquest was held Monday.1 f/l
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The Era Leader
Franklinton, Louisiana, US
Thu, Mar 23, 1911
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