Newton County GaArchives News.....NEGRO BOY KILLED November 24 1898
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Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 June 21, 2004, 7:08 pm

Georgia Enterprise
  A little negro boy, by the name of Barto Bell, about 18 years old, was shot
and instantly killed on Saturday evening last, by another negro boy about the 
same age, whose name is Will Simmons.
  The shooting occurred about 6 o'clock Saturday evening, in front of W. B. Lee
& Co's., furniture store, with a muzzle loading shotgun, the whole load striking
the boy just under the left arm, touching the heart and killing him before 
anyone arrived at the place where he fell.
  It seems that Simmons had been out hunting, and on coming back through town 
was joined by Bell, and they were playing with the gun when it was accidentally
discharged, with the above stated results.
  A coroners inquest was held and the verdict was that the boy was accidentally
shot and thence his death, but it is believed by some that it was done 
purposely, although no evidence to that effect could be produced and Simmons 
was turned loose.
  This is the fruits of "kids" having guns, and the law makers of our country
should prohibit a boy under 16 years of age carrying one. It is miraculous that 
more small boys do not come to an untimely end in this manner.

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