The Journal and Republican Page dated December 26th, 1901
John Beecher, Jr., age 23 years, son of John Beecher Sr., of West Turin, while hunting Sunday morning on the Henry Bauer farm, near Fish Creek in Highmarket, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Coroner O.G. Harrington was called and examined Joseph Miller as witness who deposed as follows: "The deceased was stand on a log, holding the gun by the barrel, the breach of the gun resting on the log. Suddenly my attention was called by hearing the discharge of the gun and hearinf him hallo, and looking, I saw him put both hands to his abdomen and then fall backward to the ground. He died immediately." The spring of the gunlock was found to be a very weak one; and it is presumed that the weapon slipped off the log, and as it descended to the ground the hammer struck the lof, thereby discharging the gun. Much sympathy is expresed by the entire community for the breaved relatives of the deceased, who was highly esteemed and had many friends.
John Beecher, Jr., age 23 years, son of John Beecher Sr., of West Turin, while hunting Sunday morning on the Henry Bauer farm, near Fish Creek in Highmarket, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Coroner O.G. Harrington was called and examined Joseph Miller as witness who deposed as follows: "The deceased was stand on a log, holding the gun by the barrel, the breach of the gun resting on the log. Suddenly my attention was called by hearing the discharge of the gun and hearinf him hallo, and looking, I saw him put both hands to his abdomen and then fall backward to the ground. He died immediately." The spring of the gunlock was found to be a very weak one; and it is presumed that the weapon slipped off the log, and as it descended to the ground the hammer struck the lof, thereby discharging the gun. Much sympathy is expresed by the entire community for the breaved relatives of the deceased, who was highly esteemed and had many friends.
The Journal and Republican Page dated December 26th, 1901
John Beecher, Jr., age 23 years, son of John Beecher Sr., of West Turin, while hunting Sunday morning on the Henry Bauer farm, near Fish Creek in Highmarket, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Coroner O.G. Harrington was called and examined Joseph Miller as witness who deposed as follows: "The deceased was stand on a log, holding the gun by the barrel, the breach of the gun resting on the log. Suddenly my attention was called by hearing the discharge of the gun and hearinf him hallo, and looking, I saw him put both hands to his abdomen and then fall backward to the ground. He died immediately." The spring of the gunlock was found to be a very weak one; and it is presumed that the weapon slipped off the log, and as it descended to the ground the hammer struck the lof, thereby discharging the gun. Much sympathy is expresed by the entire community for the breaved relatives of the deceased, who was highly esteemed and had many friends.
John Beecher, Jr., age 23 years, son of John Beecher Sr., of West Turin, while hunting Sunday morning on the Henry Bauer farm, near Fish Creek in Highmarket, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Coroner O.G. Harrington was called and examined Joseph Miller as witness who deposed as follows: "The deceased was stand on a log, holding the gun by the barrel, the breach of the gun resting on the log. Suddenly my attention was called by hearing the discharge of the gun and hearinf him hallo, and looking, I saw him put both hands to his abdomen and then fall backward to the ground. He died immediately." The spring of the gunlock was found to be a very weak one; and it is presumed that the weapon slipped off the log, and as it descended to the ground the hammer struck the lof, thereby discharging the gun. Much sympathy is expresed by the entire community for the breaved relatives of the deceased, who was highly esteemed and had many friends.
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