Daughter Charged with Murder for Shooting Father as he Tried to Kill His Blind Wife, June 11, 1922

Shot Her Father to Save Blind Mother. . . George McDougall, Former Tar Heel, Is Killed by His Daughter

Sanford, Fla., June 10—Gregory McDougall, aged 57, was shot and killed here early today by his daughter, Mrs. Norman Swanson, age 22, was fired upon with an automatic pistol because he was attempting to attack the blind mother of the girl with a knife, according to Mrs. Swanson’s story of the affair. The coroner’s jury ordered the young woman held and she was placed in jail on a charge of murder to await a preliminary hearing Monday.

Members of the McDouglas family, which moved here from North Carolina 20 years ago, had quarrels frequently over property matters and the trouble culminated a few week ago in the filing of a suit for divorce by Mrs. McDouglas. Another wrangle this morning recalled in the attempted attack that Mrs. Swanson said to have saved the life of her mother, she was forced to fire.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, June 11, 1922. The headline and first paragraph spelled the last name McDougall. The second paragraph spelled it McDouglas. I don’t know which is correct.