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Lexington Intelligencer, August 11, 1916
DICK STALLING KILLED WHILE HUNTING
Receives Death Wound From Accidental Discharge of Shot Gun
The community was grievously shocked Tuesday night when word reached here that Dick Stalling had been shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun while hunting on the Davis Creek, eight miles southeast of Mayview. How the accident happened is problematical, as he was alone at the time, and while only about one hundred yards from the rest of the party, no one saw the manner of the accident. He was with a party consisting of John I. Ashurst, Joe Long and J.A. McDaneld. They were working their way to their car and Dick was passing through some thick brush, when gun shot was heart by others of the party and about twenty minutes later when they arrived at the car and signaled by shouts and blowing of the horn, Dick did not respond, they started a search. They knew about where he was last seen, but wholly unconscious of the accident, they soon ran upon his body. The charge had entered the body just below the breast bone and death must have been instantaneous. His pipe lay but a short distance from him and it can easily be conjectured that he was in the act of filling his pipe and had let the gun lean against his body when it exploded. The gun was a 16 gauge hammer-less Winchester.
The body was brought to Lexington and taken to the Winkler Undertaking parlors for preparation for burial.
Diedrich Stalling was the son of the late Deidrich Stalling, and was Born Feb. 1, 1881, in Oldenburg, Germany. His parents came to Lexington when he was a baby and most of his life had been spent here. Mr. Stalling was the original proprietor of Stalling's Bakery. This he afterwards sold to his brothers and then spent a few years in the state of Washington. On his return here, he opened a shoe store on West Main in the building formerly occupied by his father, and of which he was still proprietor. "Dick," as he was familiarly known, was held in the highest esteem by everyone. He was an energetic soul, always up and doing something, and commanded respect by his honest and honorable dealings.
Mr. Stalling is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Amelia Stalling; four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Taubman, Misses Laura, Ida and Esther Stalling, and three brothers, Otto, of Pueblo, Colo., Robert and Bettin of this city.
The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Lexington Intelligencer, August 11, 1916
DICK STALLING KILLED WHILE HUNTING
Receives Death Wound From Accidental Discharge of Shot Gun
The community was grievously shocked Tuesday night when word reached here that Dick Stalling had been shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun while hunting on the Davis Creek, eight miles southeast of Mayview. How the accident happened is problematical, as he was alone at the time, and while only about one hundred yards from the rest of the party, no one saw the manner of the accident. He was with a party consisting of John I. Ashurst, Joe Long and J.A. McDaneld. They were working their way to their car and Dick was passing through some thick brush, when gun shot was heart by others of the party and about twenty minutes later when they arrived at the car and signaled by shouts and blowing of the horn, Dick did not respond, they started a search. They knew about where he was last seen, but wholly unconscious of the accident, they soon ran upon his body. The charge had entered the body just below the breast bone and death must have been instantaneous. His pipe lay but a short distance from him and it can easily be conjectured that he was in the act of filling his pipe and had let the gun lean against his body when it exploded. The gun was a 16 gauge hammer-less Winchester.
The body was brought to Lexington and taken to the Winkler Undertaking parlors for preparation for burial.
Diedrich Stalling was the son of the late Deidrich Stalling, and was Born Feb. 1, 1881, in Oldenburg, Germany. His parents came to Lexington when he was a baby and most of his life had been spent here. Mr. Stalling was the original proprietor of Stalling's Bakery. This he afterwards sold to his brothers and then spent a few years in the state of Washington. On his return here, he opened a shoe store on West Main in the building formerly occupied by his father, and of which he was still proprietor. "Dick," as he was familiarly known, was held in the highest esteem by everyone. He was an energetic soul, always up and doing something, and commanded respect by his honest and honorable dealings.
Mr. Stalling is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Amelia Stalling; four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Taubman, Misses Laura, Ida and Esther Stalling, and three brothers, Otto, of Pueblo, Colo., Robert and Bettin of this city.
The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Lexington Intelligencer, August 11, 1916
DICK STALLING KILLED WHILE HUNTING
Receives Death Wound From Accidental Discharge of Shot Gun
The community was grievously shocked Tuesday night when word reached here that Dick Stalling had been shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun while hunting on the Davis Creek, eight miles southeast of Mayview. How the accident happened is problematical, as he was alone at the time, and while only about one hundred yards from the rest of the party, no one saw the manner of the accident. He was with a party consisting of John I. Ashurst, Joe Long and J.A. McDaneld. They were working their way to their car and Dick was passing through some thick brush, when gun shot was heart by others of the party and about twenty minutes later when they arrived at the car and signaled by shouts and blowing of the horn, Dick did not respond, they started a search. They knew about where he was last seen, but wholly unconscious of the accident, they soon ran upon his body. The charge had entered the body just below the breast bone and death must have been instantaneous. His pipe lay but a short distance from him and it can easily be conjectured that he was in the act of filling his pipe and had let the gun lean against his body when it exploded. The gun was a 16 gauge hammer-less Winchester.
The body was brought to Lexington and taken to the Winkler Undertaking parlors for preparation for burial.
Diedrich Stalling was the son of the late Deidrich Stalling, and was Born Feb. 1, 1881, in Oldenburg, Germany. His parents came to Lexington when he was a baby and most of his life had been spent here. Mr. Stalling was the original proprietor of Stalling's Bakery. This he afterwards sold to his brothers and then spent a few years in the state of Washington. On his return here, he opened a shoe store on West Main in the building formerly occupied by his father, and of which he was still proprietor. "Dick," as he was familiarly known, was held in the highest esteem by everyone. He was an energetic soul, always up and doing something, and commanded respect by his honest and honorable dealings.
Mr. Stalling is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Amelia Stalling; four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Taubman, Misses Laura, Ida and Esther Stalling, and three brothers, Otto, of Pueblo, Colo., Robert and Bettin of this city.
The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Lexington Intelligencer, August 11, 1916
DICK STALLING KILLED WHILE HUNTING
Receives Death Wound From Accidental Discharge of Shot Gun
The community was grievously shocked Tuesday night when word reached here that Dick Stalling had been shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun while hunting on the Davis Creek, eight miles southeast of Mayview. How the accident happened is problematical, as he was alone at the time, and while only about one hundred yards from the rest of the party, no one saw the manner of the accident. He was with a party consisting of John I. Ashurst, Joe Long and J.A. McDaneld. They were working their way to their car and Dick was passing through some thick brush, when gun shot was heart by others of the party and about twenty minutes later when they arrived at the car and signaled by shouts and blowing of the horn, Dick did not respond, they started a search. They knew about where he was last seen, but wholly unconscious of the accident, they soon ran upon his body. The charge had entered the body just below the breast bone and death must have been instantaneous. His pipe lay but a short distance from him and it can easily be conjectured that he was in the act of filling his pipe and had let the gun lean against his body when it exploded. The gun was a 16 gauge hammer-less Winchester.
The body was brought to Lexington and taken to the Winkler Undertaking parlors for preparation for burial.
Diedrich Stalling was the son of the late Deidrich Stalling, and was Born Feb. 1, 1881, in Oldenburg, Germany. His parents came to Lexington when he was a baby and most of his life had been spent here. Mr. Stalling was the original proprietor of Stalling's Bakery. This he afterwards sold to his brothers and then spent a few years in the state of Washington. On his return here, he opened a shoe store on West Main in the building formerly occupied by his father, and of which he was still proprietor. "Dick," as he was familiarly known, was held in the highest esteem by everyone. He was an energetic soul, always up and doing something, and commanded respect by his honest and honorable dealings.
Mr. Stalling is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Amelia Stalling; four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Taubman, Misses Laura, Ida and Esther Stalling, and three brothers, Otto, of Pueblo, Colo., Robert and Bettin of this city.
The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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