The press reported things back then. I've read old newspapers and they were very frank. If someone went to town and got drunk and fell under their buggy coming home and was dragged to death, the local paper would print all the details with no euphemisms.
Thomas “Tom” Ogles was shot and killed by officials near Fountain Church, a few miles south of
Marion, Williamson County last week, and was buried in Fountain Cemetery. He and his brother, Ben Ogles, were horse thieves. Ten year ago Tom jumped from the courthouse window during his trial for stealing wheat. (See also 16 Jul 1898, and 1 Oct 1898, issues.)
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Kitty May Sams Tanner, widow of George Tanner, who shot himself in Kentucky some time ago,
committed suicide by poisoning herself Monday (12 Dec 1898) at her room in the Farmers Hotel in Cairo, Alexander County, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mrs. Joseph Keyser, of Jonesboro. She married William Hess, of Jonesboro, and had two children, both of whom died in infancy. She and Hess then separated and later she shot and killed Ransom Sampson and wounded his wife in Cairo in a jealous rage, but was acquitted.
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