SAD OCCURRENCE-January 2, 1874
Thomas Amzi Barnett, age 23 years, son of Alexander Hamilton Barnett and Jane Meek Adams Barnett, residing near Bethel, York County, was accidentally shot on Friday, January 2. On that day he was tending a saw-mill near the house, and had with him his gun for the purpose of shooting ducks. No persons were present at the time of the accident; but from his position when discovered, it was assumed that on quitting the mill and starting to the house to answer a summons of his sister, in his haste, he seized his gun by the muzzle and in drawing it toward him from the pile of boards on which it was lying, the hammer of the lock caught against the projecting end of a stick, which raised it so as to fall with sufficient force to explode the cap. The contents of the gun were discharged in the right breast of the unfortunate man, and death must have been almost instantaneous.
Thomas was born June 23, 1850 and was never married. The accident happened between the Barnett homeplace and Bethel Presbyterian Church.
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