Obituaries of Washington County Volume 2, page 101 & 102
The Springdale News
September 16, 1896
A sad accident occurred five miles southwest of Bentonville on last Wednesday. John Grimsley, a farmer residing at the place mentioned above, was walking about his barn that evening when a stray bullet from a target gun struck him in the head killing him instantly.* The target rifle was in the hands of his son who, with a friend, was practicing in the orchard nearby. Grimsley was an old resident of Benton County and assisted in the fight with the outlaws when the Bentonville bank was robbed three years ago.
Late Wednesday afternoon, after taking supper with his brother-in-law, Culver Crowder, about two miles Southwest of Bentonville, Boville Grimsley and Mr. Crowder came out in the yard to practice target shooting with revolvers. They both took aim at a tree and Crowder's bullet struck it but the other missed. They then took aim at another tree which brought them facing the direction of the old Dudley place where the elder Grimsley lived. They both fired but both missed their aim and immediately they heard screaming at Grimsely's home which was only about 300 yards distant and upon going over there they discovered that one of the bullets had struck Mr. Grimsley, who had been stooped over pulling weeds. The gentleman walked about 100 yards and talked a few minutes before his death. Drs. T.W. and Charles Hurley of this city were summoned but did not arrive until after his death which occurred in about thirty minutes after the fatal shot was fired. The ball, which was from the forty-four calibre revolver carried by Young Grimsley, struck Mr. Grimsley in the left side, passed through his liver and lodged near the surface in his right side.* The accident is a sad one and should be a warning to everyone about the careless shooting with revolvers and guns.
*Conflicting accounts of what occurred
THANK YOU JENN AND JADE!!!!
The Springdale News
September 16, 1896
A sad accident occurred five miles southwest of Bentonville on last Wednesday. John Grimsley, a farmer residing at the place mentioned above, was walking about his barn that evening when a stray bullet from a target gun struck him in the head killing him instantly.* The target rifle was in the hands of his son who, with a friend, was practicing in the orchard nearby. Grimsley was an old resident of Benton County and assisted in the fight with the outlaws when the Bentonville bank was robbed three years ago.
Late Wednesday afternoon, after taking supper with his brother-in-law, Culver Crowder, about two miles Southwest of Bentonville, Boville Grimsley and Mr. Crowder came out in the yard to practice target shooting with revolvers. They both took aim at a tree and Crowder's bullet struck it but the other missed. They then took aim at another tree which brought them facing the direction of the old Dudley place where the elder Grimsley lived. They both fired but both missed their aim and immediately they heard screaming at Grimsely's home which was only about 300 yards distant and upon going over there they discovered that one of the bullets had struck Mr. Grimsley, who had been stooped over pulling weeds. The gentleman walked about 100 yards and talked a few minutes before his death. Drs. T.W. and Charles Hurley of this city were summoned but did not arrive until after his death which occurred in about thirty minutes after the fatal shot was fired. The ball, which was from the forty-four calibre revolver carried by Young Grimsley, struck Mr. Grimsley in the left side, passed through his liver and lodged near the surface in his right side.* The accident is a sad one and should be a warning to everyone about the careless shooting with revolvers and guns.
*Conflicting accounts of what occurred
THANK YOU JENN AND JADE!!!!
Obituaries of Washington County Volume 2, page 101 & 102
The Springdale News
September 16, 1896
A sad accident occurred five miles southwest of Bentonville on last Wednesday. John Grimsley, a farmer residing at the place mentioned above, was walking about his barn that evening when a stray bullet from a target gun struck him in the head killing him instantly.* The target rifle was in the hands of his son who, with a friend, was practicing in the orchard nearby. Grimsley was an old resident of Benton County and assisted in the fight with the outlaws when the Bentonville bank was robbed three years ago.
Late Wednesday afternoon, after taking supper with his brother-in-law, Culver Crowder, about two miles Southwest of Bentonville, Boville Grimsley and Mr. Crowder came out in the yard to practice target shooting with revolvers. They both took aim at a tree and Crowder's bullet struck it but the other missed. They then took aim at another tree which brought them facing the direction of the old Dudley place where the elder Grimsley lived. They both fired but both missed their aim and immediately they heard screaming at Grimsely's home which was only about 300 yards distant and upon going over there they discovered that one of the bullets had struck Mr. Grimsley, who had been stooped over pulling weeds. The gentleman walked about 100 yards and talked a few minutes before his death. Drs. T.W. and Charles Hurley of this city were summoned but did not arrive until after his death which occurred in about thirty minutes after the fatal shot was fired. The ball, which was from the forty-four calibre revolver carried by Young Grimsley, struck Mr. Grimsley in the left side, passed through his liver and lodged near the surface in his right side.* The accident is a sad one and should be a warning to everyone about the careless shooting with revolvers and guns.
*Conflicting accounts of what occurred
THANK YOU JENN AND JADE!!!!
The Springdale News
September 16, 1896
A sad accident occurred five miles southwest of Bentonville on last Wednesday. John Grimsley, a farmer residing at the place mentioned above, was walking about his barn that evening when a stray bullet from a target gun struck him in the head killing him instantly.* The target rifle was in the hands of his son who, with a friend, was practicing in the orchard nearby. Grimsley was an old resident of Benton County and assisted in the fight with the outlaws when the Bentonville bank was robbed three years ago.
Late Wednesday afternoon, after taking supper with his brother-in-law, Culver Crowder, about two miles Southwest of Bentonville, Boville Grimsley and Mr. Crowder came out in the yard to practice target shooting with revolvers. They both took aim at a tree and Crowder's bullet struck it but the other missed. They then took aim at another tree which brought them facing the direction of the old Dudley place where the elder Grimsley lived. They both fired but both missed their aim and immediately they heard screaming at Grimsely's home which was only about 300 yards distant and upon going over there they discovered that one of the bullets had struck Mr. Grimsley, who had been stooped over pulling weeds. The gentleman walked about 100 yards and talked a few minutes before his death. Drs. T.W. and Charles Hurley of this city were summoned but did not arrive until after his death which occurred in about thirty minutes after the fatal shot was fired. The ball, which was from the forty-four calibre revolver carried by Young Grimsley, struck Mr. Grimsley in the left side, passed through his liver and lodged near the surface in his right side.* The accident is a sad one and should be a warning to everyone about the careless shooting with revolvers and guns.
*Conflicting accounts of what occurred
THANK YOU JENN AND JADE!!!!
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