Charlotte Observer, North Carolina
25 November 1893
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Accidentally Killed by His Wife
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov 23 -- A special to the Constitution from Buchanan, Ga, says: William Schell, a prominent citizen from Bremen, was accidentally shot and killed by his wife at 10 o'clock this morning. Yesterday he bought a revolver. To-day it was lying on a table near where he was sitting in a chair. Mrs. Schell picked up the pistol, and was playing with it and an eighteen months old baby, when the pistol was discharged, the ball passing through her husband's body near the heart. The only words he uttered were in reply to her question if he forgave here. He replied, "I forgive you," and expired.
