March 14, 1943
In Gallatin, the little three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scroggins, of NYC, shot himself through the abdomen with a .32 revolver. Dr. W.W. Wks was called and took him directly to Vassar Hospital, where he was operated on. His condition was reported uncertain at the present writing. The boy and his parents were visiting tenant farmers of Ralph Bowman’s farm. The gun was in a dresser draw and belonged to the tenant farmer who was a former detective in the Tombs.