Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 22, 1907
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S. H. GANN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
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Shot at Big Springs---Particulars
Not Obtainable.
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       Sam H. Gann, a former well known citizen of this county, lies seriously wounded at Big Springs in Howard county.  This information reached Marlin in a letter to Judge B. H. Rice, written by Dr. W. F. Johnston on Aug. 19 and received Wednesday morning.
       The letter was brief and gave no particulars of the tragedy, merely stating that he was shot and was in a serious condition and requesting that his relatives be notified, which was done over the telephone by Judge Rice.
       Mr. Gann was a citizen of this county for several years and went west several months ago.  He is a son-in-law of James Gameson Esq., and is well known in the eastern part of the county.

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