Kinston, N.C., January 18 (AP)—Federal Officer J.R. Horton has a Lenoir County pine tree to thank for saving his life today, when a charge of buckshot, fired at him from close range by Joe Dixon, negro, lodged in the pine tree behind which he took refuge. Dixon was wounded by the return fire from county officers who had accompanied Horton to a whiskey still on the Neuse River, four miles from Kinston. The negro was not seriously injured, however,and was lodged in the county jail after receiving first aid treatment.
The officers, after locating the still, decided to hide themselves and wait for the owner and operator to show up. When Dixon came into view, carrying a shotgun, they closed in on him, and Horton demanded his surrender. The darky, however, decided to fight it out, and fired his gun at Horton at a distance of not over eight feet. The officer dodged behind the tree, doubtless saving his life by this action. Dixon was then shot and captured, and is being held on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1926
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