Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Osborne, Frederick March 10, 1880
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6 March 1880 The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; pg. 3 col. 6

SHOOTING AT ST. SIMONS LIGHT HOUSE

	On Sunday morning, at about 8:30, an unfortunate occurrence transpired 
at St. Simons Light House, in which Mr. Fred Osborne was seriously shot by his 
assistant Mr. John W. Stevens.  It seem that there had been bad feeling 
between these gentlemen for several days, and on Sunday morning they went out 
into the bushes in front of the house to settle their difficulty.  During this 
interview Stevens threatened to chastise Osborne, when Osborne drew his pistol 
and ordered him not to advance further, whereupon Stevens went back into the 
house, took down his double barreled shot gun (which had been previously 
loaded with buckshot for deer hunting and as Osborne advanced along the path 
near the fence, leading to the gate, Stevens fired, at a distance of ninety-
eight feet, hitting him in four places, only one shot, however, taking serious 
effect.  This entered the left side of the abdomen, about three and a half 
inches above the umbilicus, passed directly horizontally to the right at least 
nine inches, where it burrowed in the muscular wall of the abdomen.  Osborne, 
at this writing, is doing as well as circumstances will admit, suffering very 
much—will probably recover.  Of the merits of the case, or who is it to blame 
in the transaction, we forbear to express ourself, as it will undergo judicial 
investigation.  It is an affair very much regretted by many friends of both 
parties.

13 March 1880 Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal

	Frederick Osborne, who was shot in the Stevens-Osborne tragedy, an 
account of which we gave last week, died last Wednesday at 3:30 P.M.  His 
remains were taken to Brunswick and interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
 

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