In the course of researching his book on the boxing world of Robert E. Howard, Brian Leno keeps tumbling to interesting tidbits — such as the news item above.
Brian notes, “As far as I know, this is a first — printed at a time when Howard was still alive after shooting himself, and his body was fighting to keep him alive.”
Yeah, there are a number of obits, but this one is what they now call “breaking news.”
Brian found it in the Coleman County Chronicle — Texas, of course — for Thursday, June 11, 1936.
