Husband of Albina Masse; son of Joseph T. and Marguerite (LaDouceur)Flebotte.
Saturday Dec. 19, 1936
The Springfield Daily Republican
Orchard Man Dead Of Gun Accident,
Examiner States
Young Niece Finds Amos Flebotte Dying In Kitchen-He Tells Brother Weapon Went Off
Amos Flebotte, 38, of 305 Main street, Indian Orchard, is dead, the victim of what Medical Examiner Charles J. Downey termed a "presumably accidental shooting."
First knowledge of the tragedy came when Mr. Flebotte's niece, Doris Flebotte, who lives in the first floor apartment of the Main street address, stopped in to show her uncle some Christmas presents. Upon finding him lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor with a shotgun nearby, the little girl ran to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noe Flebotte, and told them and Mrs. Albert Charron also of the same address, what she had seen.
While her parents went to Mr. Flebotte's assistance the girl put through an emergency call to Dr. Raymond R. Meunier and Mrs. Charron called in Dr. George C. Flynn. Dr. Meunier, the first physician to arrive, immediately called the Springfield hospital ambulance, but Mr. Flebotte was dead upon arrival, according to Dr. Horace B. Pease of the hospital staff.
Noe Flebotte, brother of the victim, told Sergt. Charles J. Murphy of the bureau of investigation, that he had talked with his brother prior to the arrival of Dr. Meunier and that he had mumbled over and over again that the gun went off while he was cleaning it. As far as Sergt. Murphy could learn in a preliminary investigation the gun had not been used for about one year.
Found Half Hour Afterward
The investigation shows that Mr. Flebotte, who is employed in the Hodges Carpet company, was not feeling well yesterday and that he had stayed home. His wife left early in the day for the Ludlow mills where she is employed.
About 5:30 last night Mrs. Charron told Sergt. Murphy that she heard a sound like a chair falling over. At the time she paid no attention to it until little Doris, about a half hour later, rushed in with the announcement her uncle was bleeding and lying on the floor.
Dr. Downey told police that the shotgun slugs had ripped through the man's chest and through the lower tip of the heart. police reported there were powder burns around the wound. Death, they said, was hastened by an internal hemmorrhage.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Alben A. (Masse) Flebotte, Mr. Flebotte leaves his father, Joseph T., of Indian Orchard; two brothers, Noe of Springfield and George of Southbridge, and four sisters, Mrs. Alice Clifford of Hartford, Ct.; Mrs. Eva Chouinard, Mrs. Emery Graveline and Mrs. Wilfred Letendre, all of Indian Orchard. The funeral will be held at Ratell Brothers' funeral home, 200 Main street, Indian Orchard.
Saturday Dec. 19, 1936
The Springfield Daily Republican
Orchard Man Dead Of Gun Accident,
Examiner States
Young Niece Finds Amos Flebotte Dying In Kitchen-He Tells Brother Weapon Went Off
Amos Flebotte, 38, of 305 Main street, Indian Orchard, is dead, the victim of what Medical Examiner Charles J. Downey termed a "presumably accidental shooting."
First knowledge of the tragedy came when Mr. Flebotte's niece, Doris Flebotte, who lives in the first floor apartment of the Main street address, stopped in to show her uncle some Christmas presents. Upon finding him lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor with a shotgun nearby, the little girl ran to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noe Flebotte, and told them and Mrs. Albert Charron also of the same address, what she had seen.
While her parents went to Mr. Flebotte's assistance the girl put through an emergency call to Dr. Raymond R. Meunier and Mrs. Charron called in Dr. George C. Flynn. Dr. Meunier, the first physician to arrive, immediately called the Springfield hospital ambulance, but Mr. Flebotte was dead upon arrival, according to Dr. Horace B. Pease of the hospital staff.
Noe Flebotte, brother of the victim, told Sergt. Charles J. Murphy of the bureau of investigation, that he had talked with his brother prior to the arrival of Dr. Meunier and that he had mumbled over and over again that the gun went off while he was cleaning it. As far as Sergt. Murphy could learn in a preliminary investigation the gun had not been used for about one year.
Found Half Hour Afterward
The investigation shows that Mr. Flebotte, who is employed in the Hodges Carpet company, was not feeling well yesterday and that he had stayed home. His wife left early in the day for the Ludlow mills where she is employed.
About 5:30 last night Mrs. Charron told Sergt. Murphy that she heard a sound like a chair falling over. At the time she paid no attention to it until little Doris, about a half hour later, rushed in with the announcement her uncle was bleeding and lying on the floor.
Dr. Downey told police that the shotgun slugs had ripped through the man's chest and through the lower tip of the heart. police reported there were powder burns around the wound. Death, they said, was hastened by an internal hemmorrhage.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Alben A. (Masse) Flebotte, Mr. Flebotte leaves his father, Joseph T., of Indian Orchard; two brothers, Noe of Springfield and George of Southbridge, and four sisters, Mrs. Alice Clifford of Hartford, Ct.; Mrs. Eva Chouinard, Mrs. Emery Graveline and Mrs. Wilfred Letendre, all of Indian Orchard. The funeral will be held at Ratell Brothers' funeral home, 200 Main street, Indian Orchard.
Husband of Albina Masse; son of Joseph T. and Marguerite (LaDouceur)Flebotte.
Saturday Dec. 19, 1936
The Springfield Daily Republican
Orchard Man Dead Of Gun Accident,
Examiner States
Young Niece Finds Amos Flebotte Dying In Kitchen-He Tells Brother Weapon Went Off
Amos Flebotte, 38, of 305 Main street, Indian Orchard, is dead, the victim of what Medical Examiner Charles J. Downey termed a "presumably accidental shooting."
First knowledge of the tragedy came when Mr. Flebotte's niece, Doris Flebotte, who lives in the first floor apartment of the Main street address, stopped in to show her uncle some Christmas presents. Upon finding him lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor with a shotgun nearby, the little girl ran to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noe Flebotte, and told them and Mrs. Albert Charron also of the same address, what she had seen.
While her parents went to Mr. Flebotte's assistance the girl put through an emergency call to Dr. Raymond R. Meunier and Mrs. Charron called in Dr. George C. Flynn. Dr. Meunier, the first physician to arrive, immediately called the Springfield hospital ambulance, but Mr. Flebotte was dead upon arrival, according to Dr. Horace B. Pease of the hospital staff.
Noe Flebotte, brother of the victim, told Sergt. Charles J. Murphy of the bureau of investigation, that he had talked with his brother prior to the arrival of Dr. Meunier and that he had mumbled over and over again that the gun went off while he was cleaning it. As far as Sergt. Murphy could learn in a preliminary investigation the gun had not been used for about one year.
Found Half Hour Afterward
The investigation shows that Mr. Flebotte, who is employed in the Hodges Carpet company, was not feeling well yesterday and that he had stayed home. His wife left early in the day for the Ludlow mills where she is employed.
About 5:30 last night Mrs. Charron told Sergt. Murphy that she heard a sound like a chair falling over. At the time she paid no attention to it until little Doris, about a half hour later, rushed in with the announcement her uncle was bleeding and lying on the floor.
Dr. Downey told police that the shotgun slugs had ripped through the man's chest and through the lower tip of the heart. police reported there were powder burns around the wound. Death, they said, was hastened by an internal hemmorrhage.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Alben A. (Masse) Flebotte, Mr. Flebotte leaves his father, Joseph T., of Indian Orchard; two brothers, Noe of Springfield and George of Southbridge, and four sisters, Mrs. Alice Clifford of Hartford, Ct.; Mrs. Eva Chouinard, Mrs. Emery Graveline and Mrs. Wilfred Letendre, all of Indian Orchard. The funeral will be held at Ratell Brothers' funeral home, 200 Main street, Indian Orchard.
Saturday Dec. 19, 1936
The Springfield Daily Republican
Orchard Man Dead Of Gun Accident,
Examiner States
Young Niece Finds Amos Flebotte Dying In Kitchen-He Tells Brother Weapon Went Off
Amos Flebotte, 38, of 305 Main street, Indian Orchard, is dead, the victim of what Medical Examiner Charles J. Downey termed a "presumably accidental shooting."
First knowledge of the tragedy came when Mr. Flebotte's niece, Doris Flebotte, who lives in the first floor apartment of the Main street address, stopped in to show her uncle some Christmas presents. Upon finding him lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor with a shotgun nearby, the little girl ran to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noe Flebotte, and told them and Mrs. Albert Charron also of the same address, what she had seen.
While her parents went to Mr. Flebotte's assistance the girl put through an emergency call to Dr. Raymond R. Meunier and Mrs. Charron called in Dr. George C. Flynn. Dr. Meunier, the first physician to arrive, immediately called the Springfield hospital ambulance, but Mr. Flebotte was dead upon arrival, according to Dr. Horace B. Pease of the hospital staff.
Noe Flebotte, brother of the victim, told Sergt. Charles J. Murphy of the bureau of investigation, that he had talked with his brother prior to the arrival of Dr. Meunier and that he had mumbled over and over again that the gun went off while he was cleaning it. As far as Sergt. Murphy could learn in a preliminary investigation the gun had not been used for about one year.
Found Half Hour Afterward
The investigation shows that Mr. Flebotte, who is employed in the Hodges Carpet company, was not feeling well yesterday and that he had stayed home. His wife left early in the day for the Ludlow mills where she is employed.
About 5:30 last night Mrs. Charron told Sergt. Murphy that she heard a sound like a chair falling over. At the time she paid no attention to it until little Doris, about a half hour later, rushed in with the announcement her uncle was bleeding and lying on the floor.
Dr. Downey told police that the shotgun slugs had ripped through the man's chest and through the lower tip of the heart. police reported there were powder burns around the wound. Death, they said, was hastened by an internal hemmorrhage.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Alben A. (Masse) Flebotte, Mr. Flebotte leaves his father, Joseph T., of Indian Orchard; two brothers, Noe of Springfield and George of Southbridge, and four sisters, Mrs. Alice Clifford of Hartford, Ct.; Mrs. Eva Chouinard, Mrs. Emery Graveline and Mrs. Wilfred Letendre, all of Indian Orchard. The funeral will be held at Ratell Brothers' funeral home, 200 Main street, Indian Orchard.
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