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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Oct. 23 MEMORY BANK

Dateline 1913 — Then he beat him with his butt

And now, class, we will concentrate on parts of the body that made the news 96 years ago. To wit: “A pocketbook containing $40 reported lost by a physician from Pittsburgh was found in the stomach of a cow.” No further details at this time. Who needed details anyway? Keep reading: “A (so-called) man in Louisville, Miss., shot another man through the heart, pumped five more bullets into his body, then after the victim fell, said culprit beat said victim over the head with the butt of his gun. After such strenuous exercise, the shooter was probably ready for a nice quiet cell reserved in his name down at the hoosegow.

Sun Herald Memory Bank archives are researched and compiled by retired staff writer Jimmie Bell, whose reporting career at The Daily Herald and The Sun Herald spanned 30 years. Jimmie Bell is editor of Bell’s Letters poetry magazine, published in Gulfport. E-mail, jimbelpoet@aol.com.