Charles Nichols Mistakenly Shot

Article taken from The Delphos Daily Herald, May 25, 1903

Mistaken for Burglar

    Portsmouth, O., May 25. - Charles Nichols, postmaster at South Portsmouth, Ky., was shot and dangerously wounded
by Ernest Stockham.  Nichols had gone to the Stockham home with a special delivery letter.  Young Stockham coming home at nightsaw Nichols and mistook him for a burglar.  The ever-ready Kentucky gun got in its work and now Stockham is terribly distressed over his rash deed.  Nichols' right thigh bone is broken.