Source: Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 17 Dec 1907, page 13. Submitted by Carol Strayer:
Mrs. Leo Flug was shot in the head with a bullet from a twenty-two caliber rifle in the hand of her brother Louis Nuenke, aged 11 years, says Chippewa Falls Herald. Mrs. Flug was seated at a table in the kitchen at the home of her father, Ludwig Nuenke, 1009 Walter Street.
The bullet entered her head an inch above and slightly behind the left ear. The youthful brother was in the backyard and the bullet went through the glass in a storm window and that of the inside window. The glass broke the force of the ball. Mrs. Flug arose from her chair when the bullet struck her and went into the next room and told her mother Mrs. Nuenke who at once became alarmed.
William Nuenke another brother of Mrs. Flug rushed into the house and at once telephoned from a neighbor's house to Dr. Ellenson who sent the ambulance and had the woman taken to ST. Joseph's Hospital. All the while, she was not suffering and did not become unconscious. She was quite comfortable yesterday and enjoyed a fine rest last night. Today she has been apparently well and DR. Ellenson has attempted to locate the ball.
The shooting was accidental. William Nuenke, the twenty-two year old brother of Mrs. Flug, had been hunting Saturday afternoon. Upon his return, he handed the rifle to his younger brother and told him to set it in the smokehouse. He supposed the lad did so but in a moment a shot was heard and William ran into the house and learned his sister was shot.
The boy was questioned as to how it had happened and he seems to know very little. He states he threw the gun over his should and as he stepped up to the door of the smokehouse the gun suddenly exploded with the results as above stated. The boy offers no other explanation buts states that he did not know the gun was loaded.
(News story contributed by Carol Strayer)
Mrs. Leo Flug was shot in the head with a bullet from a twenty-two caliber rifle in the hand of her brother Louis Nuenke, aged 11 years, says Chippewa Falls Herald. Mrs. Flug was seated at a table in the kitchen at the home of her father, Ludwig Nuenke, 1009 Walter Street.
The bullet entered her head an inch above and slightly behind the left ear. The youthful brother was in the backyard and the bullet went through the glass in a storm window and that of the inside window. The glass broke the force of the ball. Mrs. Flug arose from her chair when the bullet struck her and went into the next room and told her mother Mrs. Nuenke who at once became alarmed.
William Nuenke another brother of Mrs. Flug rushed into the house and at once telephoned from a neighbor's house to Dr. Ellenson who sent the ambulance and had the woman taken to ST. Joseph's Hospital. All the while, she was not suffering and did not become unconscious. She was quite comfortable yesterday and enjoyed a fine rest last night. Today she has been apparently well and DR. Ellenson has attempted to locate the ball.
The shooting was accidental. William Nuenke, the twenty-two year old brother of Mrs. Flug, had been hunting Saturday afternoon. Upon his return, he handed the rifle to his younger brother and told him to set it in the smokehouse. He supposed the lad did so but in a moment a shot was heard and William ran into the house and learned his sister was shot.
The boy was questioned as to how it had happened and he seems to know very little. He states he threw the gun over his should and as he stepped up to the door of the smokehouse the gun suddenly exploded with the results as above stated. The boy offers no other explanation buts states that he did not know the gun was loaded.
(News story contributed by Carol Strayer)
Source: Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 17 Dec 1907, page 13. Submitted by Carol Strayer:
Mrs. Leo Flug was shot in the head with a bullet from a twenty-two caliber rifle in the hand of her brother Louis Nuenke, aged 11 years, says Chippewa Falls Herald. Mrs. Flug was seated at a table in the kitchen at the home of her father, Ludwig Nuenke, 1009 Walter Street.
The bullet entered her head an inch above and slightly behind the left ear. The youthful brother was in the backyard and the bullet went through the glass in a storm window and that of the inside window. The glass broke the force of the ball. Mrs. Flug arose from her chair when the bullet struck her and went into the next room and told her mother Mrs. Nuenke who at once became alarmed.
William Nuenke another brother of Mrs. Flug rushed into the house and at once telephoned from a neighbor's house to Dr. Ellenson who sent the ambulance and had the woman taken to ST. Joseph's Hospital. All the while, she was not suffering and did not become unconscious. She was quite comfortable yesterday and enjoyed a fine rest last night. Today she has been apparently well and DR. Ellenson has attempted to locate the ball.
The shooting was accidental. William Nuenke, the twenty-two year old brother of Mrs. Flug, had been hunting Saturday afternoon. Upon his return, he handed the rifle to his younger brother and told him to set it in the smokehouse. He supposed the lad did so but in a moment a shot was heard and William ran into the house and learned his sister was shot.
The boy was questioned as to how it had happened and he seems to know very little. He states he threw the gun over his should and as he stepped up to the door of the smokehouse the gun suddenly exploded with the results as above stated. The boy offers no other explanation buts states that he did not know the gun was loaded.
(News story contributed by Carol Strayer)
Mrs. Leo Flug was shot in the head with a bullet from a twenty-two caliber rifle in the hand of her brother Louis Nuenke, aged 11 years, says Chippewa Falls Herald. Mrs. Flug was seated at a table in the kitchen at the home of her father, Ludwig Nuenke, 1009 Walter Street.
The bullet entered her head an inch above and slightly behind the left ear. The youthful brother was in the backyard and the bullet went through the glass in a storm window and that of the inside window. The glass broke the force of the ball. Mrs. Flug arose from her chair when the bullet struck her and went into the next room and told her mother Mrs. Nuenke who at once became alarmed.
William Nuenke another brother of Mrs. Flug rushed into the house and at once telephoned from a neighbor's house to Dr. Ellenson who sent the ambulance and had the woman taken to ST. Joseph's Hospital. All the while, she was not suffering and did not become unconscious. She was quite comfortable yesterday and enjoyed a fine rest last night. Today she has been apparently well and DR. Ellenson has attempted to locate the ball.
The shooting was accidental. William Nuenke, the twenty-two year old brother of Mrs. Flug, had been hunting Saturday afternoon. Upon his return, he handed the rifle to his younger brother and told him to set it in the smokehouse. He supposed the lad did so but in a moment a shot was heard and William ran into the house and learned his sister was shot.
The boy was questioned as to how it had happened and he seems to know very little. He states he threw the gun over his should and as he stepped up to the door of the smokehouse the gun suddenly exploded with the results as above stated. The boy offers no other explanation buts states that he did not know the gun was loaded.
(News story contributed by Carol Strayer)
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