From the November 1, 1883 New York Times:

“Charles M. Sams, assistant purser of the steam ship Nacoochee, of the Savannah Line, was shot in the head early yesterday morning by Jennie Mitchell, of No. 106 West Thirty-first Street, in T.H. Moffat’s shooting gallery, No. 484 Sixth Avenue, and he died in New York Hospital at 9 o’clock A.M. The homicide, it is believed, was an accident due to Sams disconcerting the aim of the woman while she was about to shoot at a clay pipe. Sams and a friend named Harris had been on a frolic with Jennie Mitchell and Alice Sinclair since 10:30 o’clock on Tuesday night. After eating and drinking at a restaurant they went into the shooting gallery to have some fun. Sams picked up a Ballard rifle of 22 calibre and broke a pipe at the targets. The woman Mitchell then wanted to shoot, and, although the men laughed at her, she had the rifle reloaded and attempted in an awkward way to take aim. Sam stood a little in advance of her at her right, and as she was sighting the gun he playfully tickled her under the arm. The girl swung around suddenly and the rifle went off just as Sam’s head was in front of the muzzle.”