Bloomington, July 14th, 1884
Editor Democrat---
On Friday July 11th at 2 o'clock p.m., I was summoned to Montpelier to hold an inquest on the body of Belinda Ann Ellis who was accidently shot Friday morning at 5 o'clock about one mile and a half north of Montpelier. I arrived at the camp soon after 5 o'clock p.m. After due inquiry I learned the following particulars of the very sad accident: A company of emigrants who were on their way to Washington Territory, having come from Jewell Co., Kansas, encamped as stated above about one mile and a half north of Montpelier, Thursday night, July 10th. About 5 o'clock on the following morning the sad accident happened., The deceased was in the act of moving a gun which was lying in the front end of a wagon on a sack of grain, with the hammer down and the muzzle pointing to the front end, where the lady stood on the tongue.
In pulling the gun towards her it is supposed the hammer caught on the sack, discharging the contents which entered the abdomen, coming out at the back. Her son was standing near by, and being startled by the report turned round just in time to catch his mother as she was falling, and to hear her say, “Oh I'm killed.” These were the last words she said and expired in less than five minutes. The ball was a 40 caliber. I was satisfied from what I learned that it was purely an accident, and did not deem it wisdom to hold an inquest, in which all of the company concurred. The body had been washed and dressed before my arrival, and soon after the coffin was brought by F. M. Winters, to whom credit is due for the active part he took in assisting the bereaved in their heavy affliction. We laid the body in the coffin and took it to Montpelier, and on the following morning at about half past 10 o'clock it was buried in the graveyard of that place. Services were conducted by F. M. Winters. The choir sang the hymn, “There is Sweet Rest in Heaven.” Prayer was offered by F. M. Winters, and some very appropriate and condoling remarks were made by G. H. Bridges, after which the grave was dedicated by J. E. Hart. The choir then sang another hymn, and the body was consigned to the grave. The deceased was 50 years of age and leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss, four of whom were with her, two daughters and two sons; two married daughters remained in Kansas. 11 vehicles followed the remains to their final resting place.
Jas. E. Hart
Coroner of Bear Lake Co.
Published in The Bear Lake Democrat in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho Territory, on Friday, July 18, 1884 on page 2
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Editor Democrat---
On Friday July 11th at 2 o'clock p.m., I was summoned to Montpelier to hold an inquest on the body of Belinda Ann Ellis who was accidently shot Friday morning at 5 o'clock about one mile and a half north of Montpelier. I arrived at the camp soon after 5 o'clock p.m. After due inquiry I learned the following particulars of the very sad accident: A company of emigrants who were on their way to Washington Territory, having come from Jewell Co., Kansas, encamped as stated above about one mile and a half north of Montpelier, Thursday night, July 10th. About 5 o'clock on the following morning the sad accident happened., The deceased was in the act of moving a gun which was lying in the front end of a wagon on a sack of grain, with the hammer down and the muzzle pointing to the front end, where the lady stood on the tongue.
In pulling the gun towards her it is supposed the hammer caught on the sack, discharging the contents which entered the abdomen, coming out at the back. Her son was standing near by, and being startled by the report turned round just in time to catch his mother as she was falling, and to hear her say, “Oh I'm killed.” These were the last words she said and expired in less than five minutes. The ball was a 40 caliber. I was satisfied from what I learned that it was purely an accident, and did not deem it wisdom to hold an inquest, in which all of the company concurred. The body had been washed and dressed before my arrival, and soon after the coffin was brought by F. M. Winters, to whom credit is due for the active part he took in assisting the bereaved in their heavy affliction. We laid the body in the coffin and took it to Montpelier, and on the following morning at about half past 10 o'clock it was buried in the graveyard of that place. Services were conducted by F. M. Winters. The choir sang the hymn, “There is Sweet Rest in Heaven.” Prayer was offered by F. M. Winters, and some very appropriate and condoling remarks were made by G. H. Bridges, after which the grave was dedicated by J. E. Hart. The choir then sang another hymn, and the body was consigned to the grave. The deceased was 50 years of age and leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss, four of whom were with her, two daughters and two sons; two married daughters remained in Kansas. 11 vehicles followed the remains to their final resting place.
Jas. E. Hart
Coroner of Bear Lake Co.
Published in The Bear Lake Democrat in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho Territory, on Friday, July 18, 1884 on page 2
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Bloomington, July 14th, 1884
Editor Democrat---
On Friday July 11th at 2 o'clock p.m., I was summoned to Montpelier to hold an inquest on the body of Belinda Ann Ellis who was accidently shot Friday morning at 5 o'clock about one mile and a half north of Montpelier. I arrived at the camp soon after 5 o'clock p.m. After due inquiry I learned the following particulars of the very sad accident: A company of emigrants who were on their way to Washington Territory, having come from Jewell Co., Kansas, encamped as stated above about one mile and a half north of Montpelier, Thursday night, July 10th. About 5 o'clock on the following morning the sad accident happened., The deceased was in the act of moving a gun which was lying in the front end of a wagon on a sack of grain, with the hammer down and the muzzle pointing to the front end, where the lady stood on the tongue.
In pulling the gun towards her it is supposed the hammer caught on the sack, discharging the contents which entered the abdomen, coming out at the back. Her son was standing near by, and being startled by the report turned round just in time to catch his mother as she was falling, and to hear her say, “Oh I'm killed.” These were the last words she said and expired in less than five minutes. The ball was a 40 caliber. I was satisfied from what I learned that it was purely an accident, and did not deem it wisdom to hold an inquest, in which all of the company concurred. The body had been washed and dressed before my arrival, and soon after the coffin was brought by F. M. Winters, to whom credit is due for the active part he took in assisting the bereaved in their heavy affliction. We laid the body in the coffin and took it to Montpelier, and on the following morning at about half past 10 o'clock it was buried in the graveyard of that place. Services were conducted by F. M. Winters. The choir sang the hymn, “There is Sweet Rest in Heaven.” Prayer was offered by F. M. Winters, and some very appropriate and condoling remarks were made by G. H. Bridges, after which the grave was dedicated by J. E. Hart. The choir then sang another hymn, and the body was consigned to the grave. The deceased was 50 years of age and leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss, four of whom were with her, two daughters and two sons; two married daughters remained in Kansas. 11 vehicles followed the remains to their final resting place.
Jas. E. Hart
Coroner of Bear Lake Co.
Published in The Bear Lake Democrat in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho Territory, on Friday, July 18, 1884 on page 2
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Editor Democrat---
On Friday July 11th at 2 o'clock p.m., I was summoned to Montpelier to hold an inquest on the body of Belinda Ann Ellis who was accidently shot Friday morning at 5 o'clock about one mile and a half north of Montpelier. I arrived at the camp soon after 5 o'clock p.m. After due inquiry I learned the following particulars of the very sad accident: A company of emigrants who were on their way to Washington Territory, having come from Jewell Co., Kansas, encamped as stated above about one mile and a half north of Montpelier, Thursday night, July 10th. About 5 o'clock on the following morning the sad accident happened., The deceased was in the act of moving a gun which was lying in the front end of a wagon on a sack of grain, with the hammer down and the muzzle pointing to the front end, where the lady stood on the tongue.
In pulling the gun towards her it is supposed the hammer caught on the sack, discharging the contents which entered the abdomen, coming out at the back. Her son was standing near by, and being startled by the report turned round just in time to catch his mother as she was falling, and to hear her say, “Oh I'm killed.” These were the last words she said and expired in less than five minutes. The ball was a 40 caliber. I was satisfied from what I learned that it was purely an accident, and did not deem it wisdom to hold an inquest, in which all of the company concurred. The body had been washed and dressed before my arrival, and soon after the coffin was brought by F. M. Winters, to whom credit is due for the active part he took in assisting the bereaved in their heavy affliction. We laid the body in the coffin and took it to Montpelier, and on the following morning at about half past 10 o'clock it was buried in the graveyard of that place. Services were conducted by F. M. Winters. The choir sang the hymn, “There is Sweet Rest in Heaven.” Prayer was offered by F. M. Winters, and some very appropriate and condoling remarks were made by G. H. Bridges, after which the grave was dedicated by J. E. Hart. The choir then sang another hymn, and the body was consigned to the grave. The deceased was 50 years of age and leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss, four of whom were with her, two daughters and two sons; two married daughters remained in Kansas. 11 vehicles followed the remains to their final resting place.
Jas. E. Hart
Coroner of Bear Lake Co.
Published in The Bear Lake Democrat in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho Territory, on Friday, July 18, 1884 on page 2
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