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James Beck Trease

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James Beck Trease

Birth
Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Jun 1895 (aged 6)
Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Block 1, lot 21
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Trease, Jimmie d. 1895 - TREASE
The Newton Record, Friday,June 21, 1895, Page 1, Column 6
Trease, Jimmie
Celis, the eleven-year-old son of Joseph Trease, shot and killed his eight-year-old brother, Jimmie, Wednesday morning about six o'clock, at the farm home five miles northeast of Kellogg in Rock Creek Township.
The shocking accident was another case of didn't know it was loaded. The facts are, briefly: Mr. and Mrs. Trease had eaten their breakfast and the older boy had gone upstairs to waken his little brother and sister. A few minutes later the parents were startled by a loud report and rushing upstairs a horrible sight met heir gaze. Through the smoke that darkened the room the youngest boy could be seen lying in his bed, dead, with his life-blood staining the sheets, the pillows and his nightdress.
Celis had picked up a gun standing in the room and told his brother to get up or he would shoot him, and pulled the trigger never thinking for a moment that there was a load in the gun. The charge entered Jimmie's neck just back of the right ear nearly severing the head from the body, and splashing the victim's brains against the wall. His nine and a half year old sister in the bed was unhurt, although several shot went through her nightdress. It was one of the most dreadful, heart-rending scenes ever witnessed, and the bereaved mother and father have the sympathy of everyone. Mr. Trease was not in the habit of leaving a loaded gun in the house, but this one time had forgotten to draw out a charge prepared the night before for some annoying cats. Celis ran away after the shooting and hid in a slough until found some time after by a neighbor.
Trease, Jimmie d. 1895 - TREASE
The Newton Record, Friday,June 21, 1895, Page 1, Column 6
Trease, Jimmie
Celis, the eleven-year-old son of Joseph Trease, shot and killed his eight-year-old brother, Jimmie, Wednesday morning about six o'clock, at the farm home five miles northeast of Kellogg in Rock Creek Township.
The shocking accident was another case of didn't know it was loaded. The facts are, briefly: Mr. and Mrs. Trease had eaten their breakfast and the older boy had gone upstairs to waken his little brother and sister. A few minutes later the parents were startled by a loud report and rushing upstairs a horrible sight met heir gaze. Through the smoke that darkened the room the youngest boy could be seen lying in his bed, dead, with his life-blood staining the sheets, the pillows and his nightdress.
Celis had picked up a gun standing in the room and told his brother to get up or he would shoot him, and pulled the trigger never thinking for a moment that there was a load in the gun. The charge entered Jimmie's neck just back of the right ear nearly severing the head from the body, and splashing the victim's brains against the wall. His nine and a half year old sister in the bed was unhurt, although several shot went through her nightdress. It was one of the most dreadful, heart-rending scenes ever witnessed, and the bereaved mother and father have the sympathy of everyone. Mr. Trease was not in the habit of leaving a loaded gun in the house, but this one time had forgotten to draw out a charge prepared the night before for some annoying cats. Celis ran away after the shooting and hid in a slough until found some time after by a neighbor.

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