Friday, May 29, 2026

Henry Goss Clings to Life; Assailant Will Ferrell in Jail, May 29, 1926

Badly Wounded, But He Hangs On to Life

Durham, May 28—While Henry Goss, Durham county tenant farmer, is hovering between life and death at Watts Hospital with 20 punctures in his intestines, 18 inches of which, including a fold, had to be removed, the stork is hovering over his simple home and is expected to light momentarily.

Meanwhile Will Ferrell, who married Goss’ sister, is held without bond, pending the outcome of the shot fired through Goss’ body last Saturday night, while the wives of the two men and their four children each watched the incident following a quarrel over division of work Goss was doing with Ferrill’s horses which were used to farm the land he had rented, sub-letting a part to Goss. The shooting was Goss’ porch.

From page 3 of The Goldsboro News, May 29, 1926

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