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Austin in Jail After Accidentally Shooting Boss, Dec. 8, 1924

Greensboro Man Shot by Negro in Mistake

Greensboro, Dec. 6—I.F. Stout, furniture dealer here, was shot and severely wounded in the hip this afternoon by mistake, his negro driver, James Austin, hitting him when Austin fired a pistol at a negro, Cicero Delapp, in a dispute over a $2 payment. Mr. Stout is in a hospital with a good chance to recover, while Austin is in jail.

From the front page of the Concord Times, Dec. 8, 1924.

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068271/1924-12-08/ed-1/seq-1/#words=DECEMBER+8%2C+1924

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