On last Wednesday, Martin MORGAN, a colored barber of this place, was about purchasing a shotgun at the store of Swinebroad & Warren. Wishing to test the locks of the gun, placed a cap on one of the tubes, and not thinking of its being loaded, playfully pointed it at his partner, Richard MOORE, colored, and another colored man who were standing together in a door on the opposite side of the street and pulled the trigger – the gun proved to be loaded with squirrel shot and the consequence is that they both received a full complement of shot in their faces and breasts. Their injuries are painful but not dangerous.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 30 Nov. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.