Extracted from The Eagle (Bryan, TX)
Friday, January 13, 1950

DOG JUMPS ON GUN: OWNER FATALLY SHOT

SOUR LAKE, Jan. 13 (AP) -- Acie Houston Lusk, father of seven children, was killed yesterday when his hunting dog jumped on a loaded shotgun.

Lusk, 43, had placed the gun on the floor of his automobile. As he prepared to enter the car, the dog jumped in ahead of him and landed on the gun. The charge struck Lusk in the chest.