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Marlin Democrat Oct 9, 1907 Article
Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 40
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 9, 1907
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Neck Almost Severed.
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Two Negroes Have a Fight: One is
a Corpse.


Longview, Tex., Oct 8.--Near Elderville, Nathan Cotton, Jr. and in this county, Nathan Cotton, Jr. and another negro had a difficulty. A shotgun was discharged almost against Cotton's neck, which nearly severed the negro's neck, killing him instantly. Jim Blackman was jailed.


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