Image:Levi Lightcap Killed Instantly.jpg

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Date
13 Dec 1870
Place
North Judson, Starke, Indiana, United States
People
Henry Lightcap1851 - 1914
Levi Lightcap1822 - 1870
Families
Levi Lightcap and Mary Smith (2)

A fight occurred near the depot at North Jackson, Stark county, Ill., on the evening of the 9th, between Lightcap, the station agent, and his son Henry on one side, and two men named Brown and Hoffacker, on the other. During the melee Hoffacker and the older Lightcap struggled over a pistol, and discharged it, the ball passing through the heart of the latter, killing him instantly. Henry Lightcap, Hoffacker and Brown were arrested.

[the shooting actually took place in North Judson, Starke County, Indiana]

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