Greene County GaArchives News.....Mrs. Joshua Barnes, formerly Miss Caroline Ledbetter July 13, 1882
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Greensboro Herald July 13, 1882
  Mrs. Joshua Barnes, formerly Miss Caroline Ledbetter, who lived a short 
distance below White Plains, near the line between Greene and Hancock, died 
Sunday last. 
  We learn that her death was very sudden and that suspicions are entertained 
that she was poisoned. To all appearances she was in perfect health when last 
seen alive. After she was found dead, we learn that two letters, which she had 
written probably the previous day or night, were discovered under her head. One 
of these letters was addressed to Mr. James R. King of White Plains and the 
other to her sister. We learn that she spoke positively in these letters that 
she would be murdered that night. She then went on to declare her wishes about 
certain dispositions to make of her property.
  We understand that a post mortem examination developed the fact that the 
deceased died from the effects of strychnine. A bottle that contained this drug 
was found under her bed.
  From the above facts as related to us the most rational theory that occurs to 
our mind is that this was a case of suicide, and that for some strange reason 
known only to the deceased, she preferred that her friends believe that she was 
murdered, rather than to think that she died at her own hands.

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