Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, May 11, 1933

JOE WHITTINGTON SHOT BY OFFICER

Shooting Climaxes Quarrel at Columbia, Sheriff King States

Joe Whittington, 42, is a patient in St. Francis sanitarium, where he was brought from his home in Columbia Wednesday night after he had been shot in the left side by Town Marshal H. B. Pruett of that city.

Sheriff J. W. King explained that the shooting occurred after Whittington had cursed the marshal and the latter struck him with his pistol, knocking him down. As Whittington arose and started after the officer, the shooting occurred.

The bullet entered the left side and emerged at the right.

Sheriff King stated that Whittington had been drinking to excess and that the shooting was the aftermath of a quarrel of a year ago when Whittington is said to have made threats against the marshal.
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Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Friday, May 12, 1933

JOE WHITTINGTON DIES FROM WOUND

[Pg. 1 missing] stated at the sheriff's office at Columbia that the officers did not know whether such a warrant would be sworn out.

On the night Whittington was brought to Monroe, Sheriff J. W. King of Columbia said the shooting occurred after Whittington had cursed the marshal and the latter had struck him with his pistol, knocking him down. As Whittington arose and advanced on the marshal, the sheriff said, the officer shot him.

The sheriff said that Whittington had been drinking heavily and that the altercation was the “upshot” of a quarrel which began a year ago when Whittington was said to have threatened the marshal after the latter had remonstrated with him for causing a disturbance at Columbia.