Man Shot Dead Accidentally.
Resident of State Line Community Victim of Own Rifle.
A verdict of accidental death, caused by a shot from a .22 caliber rifle, was returned yesterday afternoon by Coroner J. B. Womack in the death of John Talley Bains, near the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Bains, according to the coroner, was accidentally shot in the head with a .22 rifle as he sought to shoot a squirrel in a small patch of woods near his home. The shooting occurred just 20 yards from the state line. Had it occurred at the other side of the wooded section, it would have been the duty of Tennessee officers, who were called to the scene, to handle the case. Bains, the coroner reported, carried his rifle to the field where he was plowing, a distance of some 200 yards from his home. He had stopped his mule and squirmed into a bunch of dead limbs. The rifle, the coroner reported, must have been cocked and apparently the trigger was caught by a limb, sending the short bullet into the man’s brain. His body was found shortly before noon by his wife. Coroner Womack was not notified, however, until after 2 o’clock. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Raby of Fayetteville. Funeral services for Mr. Bains were held at the State Line church this afternoon. Burial was made there. Elder Arthur Towry officiated. Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Carolyn and Charlotte; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bains of Lincoln County; three sisters, Miss Flora Bains and Mrs. Eleanor Fite of Lincoln county and Mrs. Robert Powell of Huntsville; four brothers, Oscar, Olen and Willard Bains of Nashville, and Willie Earl Bains of Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Published in The Huntsville Times, Thursday, June 12, 1941, p. 8, c5
Resident of State Line Community Victim of Own Rifle.
A verdict of accidental death, caused by a shot from a .22 caliber rifle, was returned yesterday afternoon by Coroner J. B. Womack in the death of John Talley Bains, near the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Bains, according to the coroner, was accidentally shot in the head with a .22 rifle as he sought to shoot a squirrel in a small patch of woods near his home. The shooting occurred just 20 yards from the state line. Had it occurred at the other side of the wooded section, it would have been the duty of Tennessee officers, who were called to the scene, to handle the case. Bains, the coroner reported, carried his rifle to the field where he was plowing, a distance of some 200 yards from his home. He had stopped his mule and squirmed into a bunch of dead limbs. The rifle, the coroner reported, must have been cocked and apparently the trigger was caught by a limb, sending the short bullet into the man’s brain. His body was found shortly before noon by his wife. Coroner Womack was not notified, however, until after 2 o’clock. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Raby of Fayetteville. Funeral services for Mr. Bains were held at the State Line church this afternoon. Burial was made there. Elder Arthur Towry officiated. Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Carolyn and Charlotte; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bains of Lincoln County; three sisters, Miss Flora Bains and Mrs. Eleanor Fite of Lincoln county and Mrs. Robert Powell of Huntsville; four brothers, Oscar, Olen and Willard Bains of Nashville, and Willie Earl Bains of Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Published in The Huntsville Times, Thursday, June 12, 1941, p. 8, c5
Man Shot Dead Accidentally.
Resident of State Line Community Victim of Own Rifle.
A verdict of accidental death, caused by a shot from a .22 caliber rifle, was returned yesterday afternoon by Coroner J. B. Womack in the death of John Talley Bains, near the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Bains, according to the coroner, was accidentally shot in the head with a .22 rifle as he sought to shoot a squirrel in a small patch of woods near his home. The shooting occurred just 20 yards from the state line. Had it occurred at the other side of the wooded section, it would have been the duty of Tennessee officers, who were called to the scene, to handle the case. Bains, the coroner reported, carried his rifle to the field where he was plowing, a distance of some 200 yards from his home. He had stopped his mule and squirmed into a bunch of dead limbs. The rifle, the coroner reported, must have been cocked and apparently the trigger was caught by a limb, sending the short bullet into the man’s brain. His body was found shortly before noon by his wife. Coroner Womack was not notified, however, until after 2 o’clock. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Raby of Fayetteville. Funeral services for Mr. Bains were held at the State Line church this afternoon. Burial was made there. Elder Arthur Towry officiated. Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Carolyn and Charlotte; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bains of Lincoln County; three sisters, Miss Flora Bains and Mrs. Eleanor Fite of Lincoln county and Mrs. Robert Powell of Huntsville; four brothers, Oscar, Olen and Willard Bains of Nashville, and Willie Earl Bains of Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Published in The Huntsville Times, Thursday, June 12, 1941, p. 8, c5
Resident of State Line Community Victim of Own Rifle.
A verdict of accidental death, caused by a shot from a .22 caliber rifle, was returned yesterday afternoon by Coroner J. B. Womack in the death of John Talley Bains, near the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Bains, according to the coroner, was accidentally shot in the head with a .22 rifle as he sought to shoot a squirrel in a small patch of woods near his home. The shooting occurred just 20 yards from the state line. Had it occurred at the other side of the wooded section, it would have been the duty of Tennessee officers, who were called to the scene, to handle the case. Bains, the coroner reported, carried his rifle to the field where he was plowing, a distance of some 200 yards from his home. He had stopped his mule and squirmed into a bunch of dead limbs. The rifle, the coroner reported, must have been cocked and apparently the trigger was caught by a limb, sending the short bullet into the man’s brain. His body was found shortly before noon by his wife. Coroner Womack was not notified, however, until after 2 o’clock. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Raby of Fayetteville. Funeral services for Mr. Bains were held at the State Line church this afternoon. Burial was made there. Elder Arthur Towry officiated. Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Carolyn and Charlotte; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bains of Lincoln County; three sisters, Miss Flora Bains and Mrs. Eleanor Fite of Lincoln county and Mrs. Robert Powell of Huntsville; four brothers, Oscar, Olen and Willard Bains of Nashville, and Willie Earl Bains of Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Published in The Huntsville Times, Thursday, June 12, 1941, p. 8, c5
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