Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1892 — SHOT HIS ROOM MATE. [ARTICLE]

SHOT HIS ROOM MATE.

A sad tragedy occurred at the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, Tuesday evening. R. M. Powell and R. J. Whitthome, room mates, w-*re packing their trunks preparatory to leaving for their homes for the holiday vacation, when Whitthome picked up a pistol to /hand It to Powell. Just as Powell took hold of the pistol it went off, killing him instantly. The shooting was purely an accident. _____________