A SAD SURPRISE.
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CAPT. JOHN G. POTTS FOUND WELTERING IN BLOOD.
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He had lighted the Fire in the Cook Room and Arranged Things for Breakfast, When Members of his Family Found Him Lying on the Floor With a Bullet Hole in His Head.
Capt. John G. Potts, a veteran of the Confederate war and for some timpast [sic] a resident of Charlotte, died at his home, corner of Eighth and B streets, at 8 o'clock this morning, from a pistol shot wound in the head. It will possibly never be known whether his death was the result of accident, or an event broght about deliberately by his own hand.
Capt. Potts arose early this morning about daylight and went down into the kitchen to kindle a fire, so that, as he said, he could get an early breakfast and be off to business. He carried his overcoat down stairs so that he would not have to go back up stairs for it. The members of his household shortly afterwards followed him, and when the door of the cook room, which is located in the basement, was opened, a shocking sight was revealed. Mr. Potts was lying on the floor, his face in a pool of blood, and from a wound in his head, blood and brains were oozing. A fire had been lighted in the stove, fresh water put in the vessels and everything arranged for the preparation of breakfast. A forty-two caliber pistol was lying on the floor by the side of the prostrate man. He was found to be still breathing, but was unconscious. A messenger was dispatched for a physician and Dr. J. P. McCombs responded, but at first glance he saw that Capt. Potts' wound was fatal. Capt. Potts lived for about two hours after being shot. He wore his hat at the time the shot was fired. The bullet entered just above the hatband on the right hand side, ranged downward through his brain and shattered the skull just behind the left ear, but did not come out.
None of the family heard the shot and discovery of the unconscious form was a great shock to the. They did not know that Capt. Potts had a pistol. He was in a more cheerful mood than usual Sunday, and attended church both morning and night. He had recently secured a good situation and the absence of any known motive for suicide leads to the belief that the affair was accidental.
Capt Potts was a native of Steel Creek township, this county, and was one of the best known men of Mecklenburg. He was a gallant soldier and was wounded at Gettysburg. He married Miss Maggie Ardrey, a sister to Capt. Wm. E. Ardrey. His wife and family of grown children survive him. Capt. Potts was for a long time in business in Pineville, but had lived in Charlotte for about a year. He accepted a position last Monday as a bookkeeper at the Racket store and had been giving good satisfaction in that capacity.
Charlotte Observer
December 15, 1890
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CAPT. JOHN G. POTTS FOUND WELTERING IN BLOOD.
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He had lighted the Fire in the Cook Room and Arranged Things for Breakfast, When Members of his Family Found Him Lying on the Floor With a Bullet Hole in His Head.
Capt. John G. Potts, a veteran of the Confederate war and for some timpast [sic] a resident of Charlotte, died at his home, corner of Eighth and B streets, at 8 o'clock this morning, from a pistol shot wound in the head. It will possibly never be known whether his death was the result of accident, or an event broght about deliberately by his own hand.
Capt. Potts arose early this morning about daylight and went down into the kitchen to kindle a fire, so that, as he said, he could get an early breakfast and be off to business. He carried his overcoat down stairs so that he would not have to go back up stairs for it. The members of his household shortly afterwards followed him, and when the door of the cook room, which is located in the basement, was opened, a shocking sight was revealed. Mr. Potts was lying on the floor, his face in a pool of blood, and from a wound in his head, blood and brains were oozing. A fire had been lighted in the stove, fresh water put in the vessels and everything arranged for the preparation of breakfast. A forty-two caliber pistol was lying on the floor by the side of the prostrate man. He was found to be still breathing, but was unconscious. A messenger was dispatched for a physician and Dr. J. P. McCombs responded, but at first glance he saw that Capt. Potts' wound was fatal. Capt. Potts lived for about two hours after being shot. He wore his hat at the time the shot was fired. The bullet entered just above the hatband on the right hand side, ranged downward through his brain and shattered the skull just behind the left ear, but did not come out.
None of the family heard the shot and discovery of the unconscious form was a great shock to the. They did not know that Capt. Potts had a pistol. He was in a more cheerful mood than usual Sunday, and attended church both morning and night. He had recently secured a good situation and the absence of any known motive for suicide leads to the belief that the affair was accidental.
Capt Potts was a native of Steel Creek township, this county, and was one of the best known men of Mecklenburg. He was a gallant soldier and was wounded at Gettysburg. He married Miss Maggie Ardrey, a sister to Capt. Wm. E. Ardrey. His wife and family of grown children survive him. Capt. Potts was for a long time in business in Pineville, but had lived in Charlotte for about a year. He accepted a position last Monday as a bookkeeper at the Racket store and had been giving good satisfaction in that capacity.
Charlotte Observer
December 15, 1890
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A SAD SURPRISE.
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CAPT. JOHN G. POTTS FOUND WELTERING IN BLOOD.
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He had lighted the Fire in the Cook Room and Arranged Things for Breakfast, When Members of his Family Found Him Lying on the Floor With a Bullet Hole in His Head.
Capt. John G. Potts, a veteran of the Confederate war and for some timpast [sic] a resident of Charlotte, died at his home, corner of Eighth and B streets, at 8 o'clock this morning, from a pistol shot wound in the head. It will possibly never be known whether his death was the result of accident, or an event broght about deliberately by his own hand.
Capt. Potts arose early this morning about daylight and went down into the kitchen to kindle a fire, so that, as he said, he could get an early breakfast and be off to business. He carried his overcoat down stairs so that he would not have to go back up stairs for it. The members of his household shortly afterwards followed him, and when the door of the cook room, which is located in the basement, was opened, a shocking sight was revealed. Mr. Potts was lying on the floor, his face in a pool of blood, and from a wound in his head, blood and brains were oozing. A fire had been lighted in the stove, fresh water put in the vessels and everything arranged for the preparation of breakfast. A forty-two caliber pistol was lying on the floor by the side of the prostrate man. He was found to be still breathing, but was unconscious. A messenger was dispatched for a physician and Dr. J. P. McCombs responded, but at first glance he saw that Capt. Potts' wound was fatal. Capt. Potts lived for about two hours after being shot. He wore his hat at the time the shot was fired. The bullet entered just above the hatband on the right hand side, ranged downward through his brain and shattered the skull just behind the left ear, but did not come out.
None of the family heard the shot and discovery of the unconscious form was a great shock to the. They did not know that Capt. Potts had a pistol. He was in a more cheerful mood than usual Sunday, and attended church both morning and night. He had recently secured a good situation and the absence of any known motive for suicide leads to the belief that the affair was accidental.
Capt Potts was a native of Steel Creek township, this county, and was one of the best known men of Mecklenburg. He was a gallant soldier and was wounded at Gettysburg. He married Miss Maggie Ardrey, a sister to Capt. Wm. E. Ardrey. His wife and family of grown children survive him. Capt. Potts was for a long time in business in Pineville, but had lived in Charlotte for about a year. He accepted a position last Monday as a bookkeeper at the Racket store and had been giving good satisfaction in that capacity.
Charlotte Observer
December 15, 1890
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CAPT. JOHN G. POTTS FOUND WELTERING IN BLOOD.
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He had lighted the Fire in the Cook Room and Arranged Things for Breakfast, When Members of his Family Found Him Lying on the Floor With a Bullet Hole in His Head.
Capt. John G. Potts, a veteran of the Confederate war and for some timpast [sic] a resident of Charlotte, died at his home, corner of Eighth and B streets, at 8 o'clock this morning, from a pistol shot wound in the head. It will possibly never be known whether his death was the result of accident, or an event broght about deliberately by his own hand.
Capt. Potts arose early this morning about daylight and went down into the kitchen to kindle a fire, so that, as he said, he could get an early breakfast and be off to business. He carried his overcoat down stairs so that he would not have to go back up stairs for it. The members of his household shortly afterwards followed him, and when the door of the cook room, which is located in the basement, was opened, a shocking sight was revealed. Mr. Potts was lying on the floor, his face in a pool of blood, and from a wound in his head, blood and brains were oozing. A fire had been lighted in the stove, fresh water put in the vessels and everything arranged for the preparation of breakfast. A forty-two caliber pistol was lying on the floor by the side of the prostrate man. He was found to be still breathing, but was unconscious. A messenger was dispatched for a physician and Dr. J. P. McCombs responded, but at first glance he saw that Capt. Potts' wound was fatal. Capt. Potts lived for about two hours after being shot. He wore his hat at the time the shot was fired. The bullet entered just above the hatband on the right hand side, ranged downward through his brain and shattered the skull just behind the left ear, but did not come out.
None of the family heard the shot and discovery of the unconscious form was a great shock to the. They did not know that Capt. Potts had a pistol. He was in a more cheerful mood than usual Sunday, and attended church both morning and night. He had recently secured a good situation and the absence of any known motive for suicide leads to the belief that the affair was accidental.
Capt Potts was a native of Steel Creek township, this county, and was one of the best known men of Mecklenburg. He was a gallant soldier and was wounded at Gettysburg. He married Miss Maggie Ardrey, a sister to Capt. Wm. E. Ardrey. His wife and family of grown children survive him. Capt. Potts was for a long time in business in Pineville, but had lived in Charlotte for about a year. He accepted a position last Monday as a bookkeeper at the Racket store and had been giving good satisfaction in that capacity.
Charlotte Observer
December 15, 1890
Page 1
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