Will accidentally shot himself while hunting, Monday, 17 January 1898, near Princeton, Kansas, and died the next week on Tuesday, the 25th. Will and his father share a large gravestone in the Princeton Cemetery.
The following three accounts were printed in the Princeton news portion of the Ottawa Daily Republican.
- - While Os Nesbitt and William Bradley, the latter a young man working for E T Warner, were out hunting Monday, they scared up and followed a rabbit until it ran into a brush heap from which Bradley tried to drive it by poking into the pile with the butt of his gun, which was not only loaded but cocked ready for firing. The gun discharged its contents, tearing the flesh from wrist to elbow of the left arm, and then skipping to and entering the side, taking into the cavity thus produced pieces of shirt and coat. Nesbitt picked his comrade up and started to carry him to town. Young Larkins, coming along on horseback just then, and soon after Mat Reb, and between them the horribly mangled boy was conveyed to the office of Dr Davis. His mother in Ottawa was telegraphed to and after Dr Davis had done all he could Mr. Yarham, one of the township trustees took him on the afternoon express to his mother. Os Nesbitt accompanied them. They left him in charge of Dr Wright but with no hopes of his recovery.
Wed., Jan. 19, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Young Bradley, the boy accidentally shot at Princeton, died of his injuries last night.
Wed., Jan. 26, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Wm Bradley, the subject of accidental shooting, noticed last week, died at his mother's home in Ottawa Tuesday night. The remains, accompanied by parents and friends, were brought here Thursday noon by train for interment. Rev Howard at the M E Church conducted funeral services at one pm. Schools were closed that pupils might attend, as the young man was widely known among the young people. He would have been twenty years old next March; and was a brother of Mrs. Jack Johnson west of town.
- - Juvenile hunters still handle guns in a criminally careless manner, notwithstanding last weeks awful warning.
Wed., Feb. 2, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
The following three accounts were printed in the Princeton news portion of the Ottawa Daily Republican.
- - While Os Nesbitt and William Bradley, the latter a young man working for E T Warner, were out hunting Monday, they scared up and followed a rabbit until it ran into a brush heap from which Bradley tried to drive it by poking into the pile with the butt of his gun, which was not only loaded but cocked ready for firing. The gun discharged its contents, tearing the flesh from wrist to elbow of the left arm, and then skipping to and entering the side, taking into the cavity thus produced pieces of shirt and coat. Nesbitt picked his comrade up and started to carry him to town. Young Larkins, coming along on horseback just then, and soon after Mat Reb, and between them the horribly mangled boy was conveyed to the office of Dr Davis. His mother in Ottawa was telegraphed to and after Dr Davis had done all he could Mr. Yarham, one of the township trustees took him on the afternoon express to his mother. Os Nesbitt accompanied them. They left him in charge of Dr Wright but with no hopes of his recovery.
Wed., Jan. 19, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Young Bradley, the boy accidentally shot at Princeton, died of his injuries last night.
Wed., Jan. 26, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Wm Bradley, the subject of accidental shooting, noticed last week, died at his mother's home in Ottawa Tuesday night. The remains, accompanied by parents and friends, were brought here Thursday noon by train for interment. Rev Howard at the M E Church conducted funeral services at one pm. Schools were closed that pupils might attend, as the young man was widely known among the young people. He would have been twenty years old next March; and was a brother of Mrs. Jack Johnson west of town.
- - Juvenile hunters still handle guns in a criminally careless manner, notwithstanding last weeks awful warning.
Wed., Feb. 2, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
Will accidentally shot himself while hunting, Monday, 17 January 1898, near Princeton, Kansas, and died the next week on Tuesday, the 25th. Will and his father share a large gravestone in the Princeton Cemetery.
The following three accounts were printed in the Princeton news portion of the Ottawa Daily Republican.
- - While Os Nesbitt and William Bradley, the latter a young man working for E T Warner, were out hunting Monday, they scared up and followed a rabbit until it ran into a brush heap from which Bradley tried to drive it by poking into the pile with the butt of his gun, which was not only loaded but cocked ready for firing. The gun discharged its contents, tearing the flesh from wrist to elbow of the left arm, and then skipping to and entering the side, taking into the cavity thus produced pieces of shirt and coat. Nesbitt picked his comrade up and started to carry him to town. Young Larkins, coming along on horseback just then, and soon after Mat Reb, and between them the horribly mangled boy was conveyed to the office of Dr Davis. His mother in Ottawa was telegraphed to and after Dr Davis had done all he could Mr. Yarham, one of the township trustees took him on the afternoon express to his mother. Os Nesbitt accompanied them. They left him in charge of Dr Wright but with no hopes of his recovery.
Wed., Jan. 19, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Young Bradley, the boy accidentally shot at Princeton, died of his injuries last night.
Wed., Jan. 26, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Wm Bradley, the subject of accidental shooting, noticed last week, died at his mother's home in Ottawa Tuesday night. The remains, accompanied by parents and friends, were brought here Thursday noon by train for interment. Rev Howard at the M E Church conducted funeral services at one pm. Schools were closed that pupils might attend, as the young man was widely known among the young people. He would have been twenty years old next March; and was a brother of Mrs. Jack Johnson west of town.
- - Juvenile hunters still handle guns in a criminally careless manner, notwithstanding last weeks awful warning.
Wed., Feb. 2, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
The following three accounts were printed in the Princeton news portion of the Ottawa Daily Republican.
- - While Os Nesbitt and William Bradley, the latter a young man working for E T Warner, were out hunting Monday, they scared up and followed a rabbit until it ran into a brush heap from which Bradley tried to drive it by poking into the pile with the butt of his gun, which was not only loaded but cocked ready for firing. The gun discharged its contents, tearing the flesh from wrist to elbow of the left arm, and then skipping to and entering the side, taking into the cavity thus produced pieces of shirt and coat. Nesbitt picked his comrade up and started to carry him to town. Young Larkins, coming along on horseback just then, and soon after Mat Reb, and between them the horribly mangled boy was conveyed to the office of Dr Davis. His mother in Ottawa was telegraphed to and after Dr Davis had done all he could Mr. Yarham, one of the township trustees took him on the afternoon express to his mother. Os Nesbitt accompanied them. They left him in charge of Dr Wright but with no hopes of his recovery.
Wed., Jan. 19, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Young Bradley, the boy accidentally shot at Princeton, died of his injuries last night.
Wed., Jan. 26, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
- - Wm Bradley, the subject of accidental shooting, noticed last week, died at his mother's home in Ottawa Tuesday night. The remains, accompanied by parents and friends, were brought here Thursday noon by train for interment. Rev Howard at the M E Church conducted funeral services at one pm. Schools were closed that pupils might attend, as the young man was widely known among the young people. He would have been twenty years old next March; and was a brother of Mrs. Jack Johnson west of town.
- - Juvenile hunters still handle guns in a criminally careless manner, notwithstanding last weeks awful warning.
Wed., Feb. 2, 1898, Ottawa Daily Republican
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