Hoosier McDougald, negro man living on D.A. Patterson’s place in Upper Little River township, ran amuck with a .32 calibre pistol Tuesday morning and the victims of his rampage were his two aunts, Annie and Dollie McDougald. Annie McDougald was not hurt so seriously, but Dollie McDougald is in the hospital for colored people at Fayetteville suffering from a dangerous wound. A bullet entered her body through the groin and plowed its way almost to the surface of the lower part of her back. Examination by Dr. J.W. Phillips showed that she would need surgical skill to save her life.
The shooting was reported to Sheriff Fowler about noon Tuesday, and he dispatched deputies to the scene in order to apprehend if possible the perpetrator of the crime. McDougald fled as soon as he had shot the women, but it is thought he will e caught because he had some money in a bank at Broadway or in Sanford and he made away in that direction immediately after the shooting.
It is not known what caused the fracas. The women while under examination here could give no reason for the man’s bad acting. A bullet that lodged in the flesh of Annie McDougald was picked out by Dr. Phillips and he stated that she was not seriously wounded. The other woman, the physician explained is in bad shape.
From the front page of the Harnett County News, Lillington, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 26, 1925
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