Extracted from The Comrade (Winnfield, LA)
Friday, December 23, 1910

A HAPPY HOME IS DESOLATED

A Rifle Thought to be Unloaded Is Discharged with Deadly Effect, by a Little Brother Into His Sister's Head.

About 7 o'clock this morning our whole community was shocked by the report that little Cassimer Moss had shot his sister accidentally through the head with a 22 caliber rifle.

The particulars, as gleaned by The Comrade representative, are that Master Cassimer, about 9 years of age, was playing with the rifle, thought to be unloaded, while his sister, Gladys, a little miss of eleven or twelve years, was putting on her shoes in the room. The gun was, by some means, discharged, the ball entering Gladys' head on the right side of the face and lodging in the skin on the back of the head, and penetrating the brain.

As we write this the little miss is still breathing, and Dr. J. J. Peters, the physician in charge, is doing everything that medical skill can accomplish to save this precious life, with little hope of success. Drs. S. C. Fittz and W. H. Williams with him.

Cassimer and Gladys are the children of Hon. and Mrs. Cas Moss. He was formerly Superintendent of Education of Winn Parish, and is one of the leading members of the Winnfield bar. Mrs. Moss is a daughter of the late Judge J. T. Wallace, and has a host of relatives in this parish.

The little victim is a pupil at the high school and a great favorite with all, her genial disposition endearing her to her companions.

We learn that the rifle had been loaned recently and the borrower had said it was unloaded.

Our community is plunged into grief and are anxiously praying and hope that this heavy affliction may be averted and this bright young life be saved.

LATER. -- Since the above was put in type we learn that little Gladys has passed away and left her parents, relatives and friends desolate. She died at 9:10 a.m.