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    1. [TNWEAKLE] Historical Newspapers KESSE KEESE WALLACE POTTER
    2. 1843-06-21-DAILY ATLAS-Massachusetts A SHOCKING MURDER.-A revolting murder was recently perpetrated in Obion county, Tenn. It is stated that "Gilbert Kesse, armed with a double barrelled shot gun, and Joshua Wallace, armed with a rifle, went on Friday evening, the 2nd inst. to the house of Mr. Monroe Potter; there arrived, Kesse called out John Potter, (Monroe's brother,) who had hardly stepped out when Kesse deliberately raised his shot gun and killed him dead upon the spot, lodging eleven buck shot in his body; upon this the ruffian wheeled and fled. Monroe Potter, hearing the report of the gun, rushed out and tried to secure the murderer, but Kesse stopped and fired at him the other barrel load of his gun, planting the principal contents of this gun in his victim's breast, and leaving him weltering in his blood. The murderers have fled and have as yet not been taken. Monroe Potter, whose life is despaired of, was Kesse's brother-in- law." 1843-06-21-NORTH AMERICAN-Pennsylvania MURDER.-A revolting murder was committed in Obion county, Tennessee, on the 2nd inst., by Gilbert Keese and Joshua Wallace. Keese shot two brothers, by the names of John and Monroe Potter, that latter of whom was his brother-in -law. The murderers fled and have not yet been arrested.

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