Rome Sentinel
August 1, 1927
One man dead and two brothers are held for murder, first degree, is the culmination of a line fence dispute between neighbors in the eastern part of the city of Rome. George Chauncey Carpenter is dead and Ralph and Jay Kilbourn are charged with the crime.
The shooting took place shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday night on the road leading from the Floyd avenue road to the River road. The location is near the Kilbourn Corners.
The brothers claimed justification for their act and claimed that they caught Carpenter in the act of cutting a wire fence. Four shots were fired and shot from three took effect. In a seven-inch circle on Carpenter's left breast there were 52 wounds from shot pellets. The left side, just above the hip, was punctured by several shot and a number of the pellets entered the left leg at the ankle.
George Chauncey Carpenter, 63, native Roman, was born in the house where he resided at the time of his death. He was a son of the late David C. and Lovina Lawrence Carpenter. He resided in the town of Floyd for a short time. During his younger life he taught school in rural schools in Rome, Floyd and other towns. For several years he conducted the 60-acre farm where he resided. He never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. George W. Murphy, 208 N. George Street, this city and one brother, Welcome Carpenter, who resides about one-half mile away on the 52-acre section of the old Carpenter farm.
August 1, 1927
One man dead and two brothers are held for murder, first degree, is the culmination of a line fence dispute between neighbors in the eastern part of the city of Rome. George Chauncey Carpenter is dead and Ralph and Jay Kilbourn are charged with the crime.
The shooting took place shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday night on the road leading from the Floyd avenue road to the River road. The location is near the Kilbourn Corners.
The brothers claimed justification for their act and claimed that they caught Carpenter in the act of cutting a wire fence. Four shots were fired and shot from three took effect. In a seven-inch circle on Carpenter's left breast there were 52 wounds from shot pellets. The left side, just above the hip, was punctured by several shot and a number of the pellets entered the left leg at the ankle.
George Chauncey Carpenter, 63, native Roman, was born in the house where he resided at the time of his death. He was a son of the late David C. and Lovina Lawrence Carpenter. He resided in the town of Floyd for a short time. During his younger life he taught school in rural schools in Rome, Floyd and other towns. For several years he conducted the 60-acre farm where he resided. He never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. George W. Murphy, 208 N. George Street, this city and one brother, Welcome Carpenter, who resides about one-half mile away on the 52-acre section of the old Carpenter farm.
Rome Sentinel
August 1, 1927
One man dead and two brothers are held for murder, first degree, is the culmination of a line fence dispute between neighbors in the eastern part of the city of Rome. George Chauncey Carpenter is dead and Ralph and Jay Kilbourn are charged with the crime.
The shooting took place shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday night on the road leading from the Floyd avenue road to the River road. The location is near the Kilbourn Corners.
The brothers claimed justification for their act and claimed that they caught Carpenter in the act of cutting a wire fence. Four shots were fired and shot from three took effect. In a seven-inch circle on Carpenter's left breast there were 52 wounds from shot pellets. The left side, just above the hip, was punctured by several shot and a number of the pellets entered the left leg at the ankle.
George Chauncey Carpenter, 63, native Roman, was born in the house where he resided at the time of his death. He was a son of the late David C. and Lovina Lawrence Carpenter. He resided in the town of Floyd for a short time. During his younger life he taught school in rural schools in Rome, Floyd and other towns. For several years he conducted the 60-acre farm where he resided. He never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. George W. Murphy, 208 N. George Street, this city and one brother, Welcome Carpenter, who resides about one-half mile away on the 52-acre section of the old Carpenter farm.
August 1, 1927
One man dead and two brothers are held for murder, first degree, is the culmination of a line fence dispute between neighbors in the eastern part of the city of Rome. George Chauncey Carpenter is dead and Ralph and Jay Kilbourn are charged with the crime.
The shooting took place shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday night on the road leading from the Floyd avenue road to the River road. The location is near the Kilbourn Corners.
The brothers claimed justification for their act and claimed that they caught Carpenter in the act of cutting a wire fence. Four shots were fired and shot from three took effect. In a seven-inch circle on Carpenter's left breast there were 52 wounds from shot pellets. The left side, just above the hip, was punctured by several shot and a number of the pellets entered the left leg at the ankle.
George Chauncey Carpenter, 63, native Roman, was born in the house where he resided at the time of his death. He was a son of the late David C. and Lovina Lawrence Carpenter. He resided in the town of Floyd for a short time. During his younger life he taught school in rural schools in Rome, Floyd and other towns. For several years he conducted the 60-acre farm where he resided. He never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. George W. Murphy, 208 N. George Street, this city and one brother, Welcome Carpenter, who resides about one-half mile away on the 52-acre section of the old Carpenter farm.
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