Columbus Daily Enquirer, Georgia
26 February 1895
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KILLED WHILE HUNTING
YOUNG ROBERT ADAIR, OF TALBOTTON, LOSES HIS LIFE.
TALBOTTON, February 25 - [Special] - Robert Adair, while hunting with a friend Saturday, accidentally shot himself in the knee, from the effect of which he died the same night. Hunting with his gun on his shoulder he stumbled, the gun fell behind him and exploded when it struck the ground. The rest was as above stated. The deceased is a son of Mrs. G. D. Adair, of this place, and was about eighteen years old, and a young man of much promise. The sad accident is very much regretted.
