THE WEEKLY GAZETTE

DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935 _________________________________________________

HOLD LEWIS COOK TODAY IN JASPER BUCHANAN DEATH -------------------------- Samtown Community Resi- dent Shoots Neighbor In Cotton Field Wednesday ---------------------------------- RETURNED FIRE OF VICTIM ---------------------------

Was At Work He Said When He Was Accosted And Shot At Before Killing --------------------------------------

An argument ensued, he said, and Mr. Buchanan cursed him and then drew his revoler and fired. " I pulled my pistol and fired back six times, " he said. Mr. Buchanan dropped dead in the field, where plans for an inquest were halted when it was learned that Mr. Cook had surrendered Colt Revolver

Previous trouble between the two men is respon- sible for the exchange of shots Wednesday morn- ing. However Mr. Cook offered no details about the matter. Mr. Buchanan was a land owner and farmer in the Samtown community, a few miles from Newbern. Mr. Cook operates the farm of his wife's mother, which adjoins the Buchanan farm. Mrs. Cook and two other women saw the shooting. Funeral Pending

Mr. Buchanan's remains were removed from the cotton field to the Elmer Holliman funeral parlors Wedsnesday morning. Arrangements are pending arrival of Mr. Buchanan's brothers from middle Tennessee, the funeral director said Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Buchanan is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dora Buchanan of Samtown community, and several bro- thers in MiddleTennessee. * He had no children.*

* authors note * " I find two errors in this article.. #1 is the statement that of no children #2 his age, by the info I have should be 60