Friday, March 6, 2020

John Daniels Dies From Gunshot Wound, March 5, 1920

From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., March 5, 1920

Roanoke Island Negro Dies From Gun Wounds

John Daniels, a colored youth who was shot on Roanoke Island on the night of Sunday, December 28, 1919, while on his way home from church with his sweetheart, died last week from blood poisoning following the amputation of his right leg, which was partially severed by the explosion. The boy who shot with a large gauge shot gun at close range and one George Baum, another colored boy, is charged with the crime. Jealousy is assigned as the motive as the girl is said to have spurned the advances of Baum in preference to those of Daniels, Baum is now in the Dare county jail, held for the next term of superior court.

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