Wayne County Press
November 5, 1885
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Last week we noted a row between Charles Roberts and Thos. McClung in which McClung was shot in the cheek. Roberts left immediately after the shooting and had not been seen up to last Sunday morning, except by his own family and near friends.

Early Sunday morning Jas. Gilliard, a tenant on Jos. Bleakley's farm, heard groans in the barn and went to investigate. He found Charles Roberts in a dying condition with a bullet in his brain and a pistol in his hand. He was unconscious at the time and did not revive so as to give any statement in regard to the shooting.

He was taken to his father's home where he died Sunday evening. In his place of concealment in the barn were found a jug of milk and a good supply of provisions. The pistol with which he committed suicide was doubtless the same with which he shot McClung. The ball entered his head just behind the right ear and remained in the brain.

A coroner's jury was empaneled Monday morning whose everdict was as follows: Causes which generally are to be found for such acts seem to be lacking in this case, unless

Roberts was wrongly informed as to McClung's condition. The latter was rapidly getting well so that Roberts need have no fears of excessive punishment on account of the shooting. Remorse for his act seems to have been the cause.