Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielder Ty Cobb shoots and kills him

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On August 9, 1904 “COME AT ONCE STOP VERY SORRY STOP YOUR FATHER DEAD IN SHOOTING ACCIDENT STOP HURRY.” –

Ty Cobb, playing for the Augusta Tourists of the South Atlantic League, receives a telegram sent by his long-time hometown Royston friend Joe Cunningham informing him that his father Professor W. H. Cobb has been killed in a shooting accident the previous night. The incident, which will have profound effect on the life of the 18 year-old minor leaguer, will become a sordid affair when it is revealed that his mother pulled the trigger.

She thought her husband was a burglar, and shoots and kills him, an incident. The “Georgia Peach” will make his major league debut with the Tigers later this month.

 

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