Louisburg, Oct. 16. – A daughter of Robt. DENHAM, colored, about 14 years old, was shot through the temple Saturday with a pistol in the hands of the son of Reddick ALSTON, also colored, the boy being about the same age as the girl. The ball entered the left temple of the girl and came out of the right temple, but, strange to say, she is still living although she will be totally blind. It cannot be definitely ascertained as yet whether the boy did the shooting maliciously or whether it was an accident, as accounts conflict. It is stated by some, however, that the boy snapped one pistol at her and the weapon failing to fire picked up another which went off. The father of the girl will have the boy arrested and brought to trial today.

Source: Kinston Free Press, October 17, 1905