After Dave Graham Asks Men to Not Curse in Front of His Children, They Shoot Him, Oct. 11, 1926

Objected to Curses and Was Wounded. . . Dave Graham Shot by Man Who He Said Cursed in Presence of His Children

Asheville, Oct. 11 (AP)—Because, it is claimed, he sought to shield his three small children from the sound of improper language, Dave Graham of Hot Springs today is in a local hospital here suffering from gunshot wounds about the face and right shoulder, and may lose the sight of his right eye.

As a result of the shooting, which took place late Saturday in the yard of the Graham home on Paint Rock Road, two men, Willie Lundy and Clyde Gosnell, are being held today by Chief of Police Craig Ramsey in the Hot Springs jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Graham said the shooting came about when he remonstrated with the men because of improper language in the presence of his children.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Oct. 11, 1926

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