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January 3, 1879
The True Northerner
Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan
What is this article about?
Jerry Little, a vendetta leader in Breathitt County, Kentucky, bears scars and embedded bullets from numerous shootings, including a near-fatal ambush where nine buckshot lodged in his body, yet he survives remarkably.
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A Walking Shot-Pouch.
Jerry Little, the leader of one of the rival factions in the Breathitt county (Ky.) vendetta, has evidently been shot more than any other man in the United States. His body is scarcely anything but scars. He has bullet wounds in his feet, his legs, his arms, his face, his side, his breast, his back, shoulders, head, and neck. I put my hand beneath his shirt, and felt bullets in all parts of his body. On his left side there are three that seem to be very close to the surface. One day he was going home from Jackson (about two miles distant), when he was waylaid and shot. He was taken home, when twenty-seven buckshot were taken out of his clothes, and nine of them entered his body, and are there yet. He must bear a charmed life, for it seems very strange that a man could go through what he has and not lose it. They have hit nearly every spot on him except the vital parts.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Jerry Little, the leader of one of the rival factions in the Breathitt county (Ky.) vendetta, has evidently been shot more than any other man in the United States. His body is scarcely anything but scars. He has bullet wounds in his feet, his legs, his arms, his face, his side, his breast, his back, shoulders, head, and neck. I put my hand beneath his shirt, and felt bullets in all parts of his body. On his left side there are three that seem to be very close to the surface. One day he was going home from Jackson (about two miles distant), when he was waylaid and shot. He was taken home, when twenty-seven buckshot were taken out of his clothes, and nine of them entered his body, and are there yet. He must bear a charmed life, for it seems very strange that a man could go through what he has and not lose it. They have hit nearly every spot on him except the vital parts.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
Survival
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Survival
Fate Providence
What keywords are associated?
Vendetta
Gunshot Wounds
Survival
Breathitt County
Buckshot
Ambush
What entities or persons were involved?
Jerry Little
Where did it happen?
Breathitt County (Ky.), Jackson
Story Details
Key Persons
Jerry Little
Location
Breathitt County (Ky.), Jackson
Story Details
Jerry Little, leader in Breathitt County vendetta, has survived multiple shootings with bullets embedded throughout his body, including nine buckshot from an ambush near Jackson.