Putnam County TN Archives News.....Both Were Killed. June 25, 1891
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The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 25, 1891
A Tragedy in a Tennessee Town in Which Two Men Lost Their Lives.

Nashville, Tenn., June 24. -- In a difficulty near Silver Point, in Putnam 

county, yesterday evening, James Mitchell, of that place, and Oscar Plunkett, 

of Valley, were both killed.



The men had been on bad terms for over a year.  They had a quarrel at a picnic 

Saturday, and meeting Sunday morning had a lively fight.



Yesterday they met, and Mitchell rode behind Plunkett to Jones & Gibbons's 

store, where Mitchell said he had nothing against Plunkett, and requested that 

he go home to dinner with him.



Plunkett declined with oaths, and immediately drew a revolver and shot Mitchell 

just below the heart.



The men then grappled and Mitchell succeeded in wresting the pistol from 

Plunkett and shot him.  Mitchell fired a second time and then fell.



A friend of Mitchell's, Dr. Thomas Syprety, seized the pistol and also fired at 

Plunkett, who received two wounds, either of which was fatal.



Both the men died this morning.  Mitchell was a dangerous man in a fight.  Some 

years since he insisted on making a democratic speech at a republican 

gathering, and broke up the meeting, knocking out seven men.  Plunkett was a 

bad man when drunk.  Both of them leave families.

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