South Mountain Lad
Shoots His Father
As a result of a drinking frolic in the South Mountains of
Burke county, Edward Lail is in the jail at Morganton on the charge of killing
his father and his mother is reported in a serious condition from injuries sustained
at the hands of her husband. The boy is only 13 years old. It is aid that he
went to the rescue of his mother and brothers and sisters and prevented his
father, reported as drunk, from killing them. The boy used a shot gun.
The Record called Deputy Sheriff W.L. Eckard of Burke county
over the phone this morning, but he was absent from home. It was said that the
officers had heard nothing of the affair when he left home early today.
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