West, 6, Kills Cousin Worth Rowland, 5, Playing With "Unloaded" Shotgun, Jan. 21, 1923

Lad of 5 Killed by Little Cousin. . . Shotgun, Thought Unloaded, Goes Off While Boys Play

By the Associated Press

Lumberton, N.C., Jan. 20—Worth Rowland, 5, was shot and killed near here late today by Bernice West, 6, while the two lads were playing with a shotgun supposed to be unloaded. The boys were first cousins.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Jan. 21, 1923