Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....WILLIAMS, Robert August 26, 1879
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Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 30 August 1879; pg. 3 col. 4

FATAL SHOT

On Tuesday afternoon last about half past two o’clock, we were sitting in our 
office and heard a pistol fire.  Seeing a crowd gathering in front of Mr. 
Robt. Williams’ house, just across the street from the livery stables, we 
hastened thither and see lying on the floor the body of Mr. Williams; a pistol 
on the floor and a blackened spot on his vest, just over the heart, told the 
tale.  The evidence before the Coroner’s jury seemed to lead to the belief 
that the shot was accidental, nine of them concurring in this opinion; the 
remaining three, however, seemed to think it intentional.  Mrs. Noble was the 
only one present when he shot himself, but was not looking at him when he 
fired, so she is not able to say whether the deed was accidental or 
intentional.  Some persons tell of recent remarks of his that would seem to 
indicate a determination on his part to do some such deed.  In the absence of 
any positive proof in this direction, let us throw the mantle of charity over 
the affair and, giving him the benefit of the doubt, conclude as the nine 
jurors, that his death was accidental.  The unfortunate man leaves to or three 
children and his aged parents to mourn his untimely end.

Below we give the jury’s

VERDICT:

We the jury, find that R.F. Williams came to his death by a pistol shot, held 
in his own hand accidentally, August 26th, 1879 nine concurring in accidental 
shot and three as intentional.


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