Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — WIFE KILLED BY TRAP GUN [ARTICLE]

WIFE KILLED BY TRAP GUN

Knew Snare For Burglars Had Been Set, but Had Forgotten. Smithville, Ga., July 30. —A trap gun which Emmet Booker, a merchant, had get for burglars, was discharged when Mrs. Booker opened the store door, two charges of buckshot entering the woman’s body. > Death resulted four hours later. Mrs. Booker knew of the presence of the gun in the store, but had forgotten it