WILLIAM BRIGGS KILLED WHEN GUN IS DISCHARGED
Lad 14 Years of Age Living Southwest of City Found Dead Saturday Morning by Friends.
After hours of searching, the body of William Briggs was found in Walter Rothenberger's orchard by Walter Rothenberger and William Gunther at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, where he had fallen the night before, when his gun was accidentally discharged. Briggs, who was 14 years old, had been killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which he was hunting, the charge tearing into the right side of the abdomen and instantly killing him.
William Briggs was in the habit of going hunting almost every evening about 5 o'clock and after it got dark he often went home or to some neighbor's home. Friday evening he took his shotgun and told his mother he was going hunting. He said he had only two shells to shoot. When he was about a mile and a half from home, he met his brother-in-law, Mr. Tompkins, who asked him where he was going. William had one rabbit hanging on his side and told his brother-in-law that he had only one shell left and thought he could get a rabbit on the way home. William left his brother-in-law and went down the road and was gone about fifteen minutes when Mr. Tompkins heard a shot, and said to his wife, "Well, I guess William got his rabbit."
When it got dark and William did not come home his parents thought he stayed a the home of some of his friends over night. When he did not return in the morning his parents and friends started to search for him. William was in the habit of taking his gun by the muzzle to poke in brush piles to scare out rabbits. He would take the barrel of the gun and poke at the brush with the butt end of the gun. It was supposed that when he was poking at the brush the hammer of the gun caught and discharged. The family home is near the old county poor farm, 8 miles from Leavenworth.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Briggs, five brothers, Earl, who is at Camp Funston, Walter, Frederick, Edward and Raymond, who are all at home. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ina Cain of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Vera Tompkins of Rosedale, Kan., and Miss Dottie, who is at home. The funeral will probably be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Davis chapel.
From The Leavenworth Post, Sunday, October 20, 1918.
Lad 14 Years of Age Living Southwest of City Found Dead Saturday Morning by Friends.
After hours of searching, the body of William Briggs was found in Walter Rothenberger's orchard by Walter Rothenberger and William Gunther at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, where he had fallen the night before, when his gun was accidentally discharged. Briggs, who was 14 years old, had been killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which he was hunting, the charge tearing into the right side of the abdomen and instantly killing him.
William Briggs was in the habit of going hunting almost every evening about 5 o'clock and after it got dark he often went home or to some neighbor's home. Friday evening he took his shotgun and told his mother he was going hunting. He said he had only two shells to shoot. When he was about a mile and a half from home, he met his brother-in-law, Mr. Tompkins, who asked him where he was going. William had one rabbit hanging on his side and told his brother-in-law that he had only one shell left and thought he could get a rabbit on the way home. William left his brother-in-law and went down the road and was gone about fifteen minutes when Mr. Tompkins heard a shot, and said to his wife, "Well, I guess William got his rabbit."
When it got dark and William did not come home his parents thought he stayed a the home of some of his friends over night. When he did not return in the morning his parents and friends started to search for him. William was in the habit of taking his gun by the muzzle to poke in brush piles to scare out rabbits. He would take the barrel of the gun and poke at the brush with the butt end of the gun. It was supposed that when he was poking at the brush the hammer of the gun caught and discharged. The family home is near the old county poor farm, 8 miles from Leavenworth.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Briggs, five brothers, Earl, who is at Camp Funston, Walter, Frederick, Edward and Raymond, who are all at home. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ina Cain of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Vera Tompkins of Rosedale, Kan., and Miss Dottie, who is at home. The funeral will probably be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Davis chapel.
From The Leavenworth Post, Sunday, October 20, 1918.
WILLIAM BRIGGS KILLED WHEN GUN IS DISCHARGED
Lad 14 Years of Age Living Southwest of City Found Dead Saturday Morning by Friends.
After hours of searching, the body of William Briggs was found in Walter Rothenberger's orchard by Walter Rothenberger and William Gunther at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, where he had fallen the night before, when his gun was accidentally discharged. Briggs, who was 14 years old, had been killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which he was hunting, the charge tearing into the right side of the abdomen and instantly killing him.
William Briggs was in the habit of going hunting almost every evening about 5 o'clock and after it got dark he often went home or to some neighbor's home. Friday evening he took his shotgun and told his mother he was going hunting. He said he had only two shells to shoot. When he was about a mile and a half from home, he met his brother-in-law, Mr. Tompkins, who asked him where he was going. William had one rabbit hanging on his side and told his brother-in-law that he had only one shell left and thought he could get a rabbit on the way home. William left his brother-in-law and went down the road and was gone about fifteen minutes when Mr. Tompkins heard a shot, and said to his wife, "Well, I guess William got his rabbit."
When it got dark and William did not come home his parents thought he stayed a the home of some of his friends over night. When he did not return in the morning his parents and friends started to search for him. William was in the habit of taking his gun by the muzzle to poke in brush piles to scare out rabbits. He would take the barrel of the gun and poke at the brush with the butt end of the gun. It was supposed that when he was poking at the brush the hammer of the gun caught and discharged. The family home is near the old county poor farm, 8 miles from Leavenworth.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Briggs, five brothers, Earl, who is at Camp Funston, Walter, Frederick, Edward and Raymond, who are all at home. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ina Cain of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Vera Tompkins of Rosedale, Kan., and Miss Dottie, who is at home. The funeral will probably be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Davis chapel.
From The Leavenworth Post, Sunday, October 20, 1918.
Lad 14 Years of Age Living Southwest of City Found Dead Saturday Morning by Friends.
After hours of searching, the body of William Briggs was found in Walter Rothenberger's orchard by Walter Rothenberger and William Gunther at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, where he had fallen the night before, when his gun was accidentally discharged. Briggs, who was 14 years old, had been killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which he was hunting, the charge tearing into the right side of the abdomen and instantly killing him.
William Briggs was in the habit of going hunting almost every evening about 5 o'clock and after it got dark he often went home or to some neighbor's home. Friday evening he took his shotgun and told his mother he was going hunting. He said he had only two shells to shoot. When he was about a mile and a half from home, he met his brother-in-law, Mr. Tompkins, who asked him where he was going. William had one rabbit hanging on his side and told his brother-in-law that he had only one shell left and thought he could get a rabbit on the way home. William left his brother-in-law and went down the road and was gone about fifteen minutes when Mr. Tompkins heard a shot, and said to his wife, "Well, I guess William got his rabbit."
When it got dark and William did not come home his parents thought he stayed a the home of some of his friends over night. When he did not return in the morning his parents and friends started to search for him. William was in the habit of taking his gun by the muzzle to poke in brush piles to scare out rabbits. He would take the barrel of the gun and poke at the brush with the butt end of the gun. It was supposed that when he was poking at the brush the hammer of the gun caught and discharged. The family home is near the old county poor farm, 8 miles from Leavenworth.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Briggs, five brothers, Earl, who is at Camp Funston, Walter, Frederick, Edward and Raymond, who are all at home. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ina Cain of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Vera Tompkins of Rosedale, Kan., and Miss Dottie, who is at home. The funeral will probably be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Davis chapel.
From The Leavenworth Post, Sunday, October 20, 1918.
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