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Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Near Owenton, Kentucky, Abner Estes attempted reconciliation with his brother-in-law but assaulted him with a knife, leading to a fatal fight where Estes was shot three times and died, and his brother-in-law was mortally stabbed.
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The Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth gives the particulars of a horrible tragedy, enacted near Owenton, which resulted in the death of both parties—Abner Estes and his brother-in-law, leaving wives and children. They had quarrelled, and the former had gone over to his brother-in-law's house and proposed a reconciliation, when no sooner had consent been given than he commenced a furious assault with a knife. He was repulsed, but came again to the attack, and soon the bloody deed was ended. Abner was shot three times, and was found dead next morning in an open field. The other was mortally stabbed and died soon after. Abner was desperate and dissolute; the other, orderly and respectable.
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Near Owenton, Kentucky
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abner estes shot three times and found dead; brother-in-law mortally stabbed and died soon after; both left wives and children.
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Abner Estes and his brother-in-law had quarrelled. Estes went to his brother-in-law's house proposing reconciliation, but upon consent, assaulted him with a knife. Repulsed, he attacked again, leading to Estes being shot three times and dying in a field, and his brother-in-law being mortally stabbed.