William Smith, a 42-year-old Caucasian male, had only been in his elected position as Sheriff of Greene County for a little over a month before his untimely death on Friday, October 9, 1908. On that fateful Thursday morning, while in the courthouse, Smith was in the process of opening a box of cuspidors. His unholstered revolver, which had been in his coat pocket, fell out and struck the floor. The impact caused the firearm to discharge, and the single shot entered his left breast, passing throu
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