Talbot-Chattahoochee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bentley, W.M. September 1, 1907
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The Marion County Patriot, September 6, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 34
Friday, September 6, 1907
Page Five

Accidental Shooting Near Geneva

Geneva, Ga., Sept. 1st – This community was thrown into quite an excitement 
late Sunday evening, by the news of the sudden death of Mr. W.M. Bentley from a 
pistol shot.  His brother-in-law, Mr. D.R. Cauthan, had been cleaning the 
pistol, and to see if it would work was snapping it.  One of the chambers was 
charged and went off, the ball striking Mr. Bentley in the back just under the 
shoulder blade, passing through the heart and lodging under the skin of the 
left breast.

The coroner’s jury gave a verdict of accidental shooting.

Mr. Bentley was 74 years old and was a soldier in the Confederate army.  He 
leaves a son in Alabama, a sister in Columbus, a niece, Mrs. W.R. Worthen, in 
Buena Vista, and his wife and other relatives to mourn his loss.  He was laid 
to rest in the family burial ground near the home.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 34
Friday, September 6, 1907
Page Four

Kills Aged Man; Accident Claimed

Columbus, Ga., Sept. 3 – News reached the city today of a tragedy in 
Chattahoochee County Sunday afternoon in which J.I. Bentley, aged seventy 
years, was shot and killed by a man named Cothan.

Only the two were present.  Details are not known.

Cothan says the killing was accidental.


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