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January 24, 1828
Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
A tragic accidental shooting occurred about 7 miles from Centreville on Friday week, where two young men at a wedding aftermath played with loaded pistols, resulting in the death of Benjamin Walters.
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Tragical Affair.-We record the following melancholy transaction which happened on Friday week, about 7 miles from Centreville, in the hope that it will prove a salutary admonition to the unthinking youthful part of the community.
Some friends had been invited to a wedding, and the morning following two of them got possession of a gun and a pair of horse pistols which were in the house; these pistols, it seems, had been loaded about two years ago by the owner who belonged to the Centreville troop. The circumstance had entirely slipped his memory, and the young men without being apprised of the fact commenced snapping them at one another: being but a short distance off one of the pistols discharged its contents into the upper part of the head of one of the young men! he immediately fell to the floor, and survived but a few hours.
The name of the deceased was Benjamin Walters: he had attended the wedding as groomsman -It is said the young man who killed him is the subject of excessive grief.--Times
Some friends had been invited to a wedding, and the morning following two of them got possession of a gun and a pair of horse pistols which were in the house; these pistols, it seems, had been loaded about two years ago by the owner who belonged to the Centreville troop. The circumstance had entirely slipped his memory, and the young men without being apprised of the fact commenced snapping them at one another: being but a short distance off one of the pistols discharged its contents into the upper part of the head of one of the young men! he immediately fell to the floor, and survived but a few hours.
The name of the deceased was Benjamin Walters: he had attended the wedding as groomsman -It is said the young man who killed him is the subject of excessive grief.--Times
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Accidental Shooting
Wedding Accident
Benjamin Walters Death
Centreville
Loaded Pistols
What entities or persons were involved?
Benjamin Walters
Where did it happen?
About 7 Miles From Centreville
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
About 7 Miles From Centreville
Event Date
Friday Week
Key Persons
Benjamin Walters
Outcome
benjamin walters died after a few hours from a gunshot to the head; the young man who fired the pistol is in excessive grief
Event Details
Two young men at a wedding aftermath found loaded horse pistols forgotten by their owner from the Centreville troop and snapped them at each other, causing one pistol to discharge into Benjamin Walters' head