The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-01-06
SUNDAY HUNT.
Julius Beck Shot and Instant.
~ Killed.
By the Accidental Discharge Of q
Shot.
The Coroner's Verdict, the Flu
neral, Etc.
A Worthy Young Mans Untimely
Death.
A SUNDAY HUNT.

D6ath.
One Of tho-e accidents by which the sou
!of human being is ever and anon usher-,
unbid.ien inio the presence cf the Gres
Judge of mankind, and which arc nsnsll.
ret down ~ q ''mysserious dispensati"n @
IN All-~ise Providence" happened ys,ter
day morning aboat nine miles from Sedslia
BY which . worthy young man Of this cit,
Tort hia life.
AsuNDAY HUNT.
| 4 party Of young men, Consisting vi q. n
Often. N. A. S-gelbsnm, Z. F. Hsrienbact
aud Juiius Beck, took advantage Of the
pleasant weather and holiday. and hiring
. wagon, loaded their gum, snd started ouI
for dsy's hunt. All went sell with the
party 1t fret. ard Joke. were INDUCED in as
10 the quantity Of game each would secure
! When sbon. nine miles eouthw west Ut town
the wagon WAS stopped. and there, in .
quiet place in the country, the
HoRs IBLE ACCIDENT,
which il j. our painful duty TO relate, took
place. Ia order 70 hunt around, or perhaps
! for some other purpose, two Of the party,
NJ. A. Segeibsn,u srd Julius Beck got out
Of the wagon, taking their suns With them.
Seg-ibaum's gun WAS ia the haIds Of I:eck,
and The other one was lying on the ground.
Suddenly 3 shot ~ss heard. sud Beck cried
out,
30 ny GOD. IN SHOT.
The others hasiened to his ar-ist ancs,
aud after laying him tenderly on the
ground. proceeded. "a besi they could, 10
bind up the wound and stop the f"w of
blood. They then put the unfortunate
young man in ihe wagon and hastily pro-
ceetied 10 farm house in the vicinity, into
which Beck ia. carried and the assistance
OF Dr. Thatcher. who lives in the vicinity,
wss called in. The Doctor arrived a- soon
,a.-sible. and upon removing the ban.
dag~- which had beed hastily wrapped
around the clothes. . horrible sight met
hi- g-z- Both barrel. Of the shotgun
had been discharged, and made . hole in
hi. lex, a iew inches above the knee, cspx-
bic of Submitting = man. hand. 4 glance
II the wound end u the PATIENT eve con-
vinced the Doctor that his service. would
be Of mo value. the patient ieinR
slresdy about dead from ios. Of blood. The
doctor did all in his power 10 II p the flow
Of blood. bu, HE skill var in vain. and
within half AL honr after his arrival
YoUN. BECK cEAskD To BREATHE.
and his spirit returned TO it's Maker. Sor-
rowfully hi- friends placed the remains ia /,
the wagon, and returned 60 town.
Constable Conner Immediately notified |
The Coroner and summoned the following /
gentlemen Il. jurv: T. H. Gnrnti.er. Il.
F. Abbott, Frederick Sh.efi-r. X. Steven
,on, J. n. Hamfeld and Vim. Latour, who |
proceeded To the boarding house Of Mrs. |
Mcdonald. On Lsmine street, between
Fourth and Fifth. and sitter viewing the |
body aud examining the wound, returned
10 the Office Of Coroner Jones. and pro-
,eeded to take the l~st,mony Of witnes.es.
The following is the evidence in full:
IA sEGELBAUN, SWORN.
! am a snerchaDi-lailor in SedAlis; Mr..
Beck, the m.n ~ho was killed, myself and
,,her- went out hunting this morning, and
when abcnt nine mi!es from town we
topped the wagon for the purpose Of look
ng around; Beck and ] got out of the
wagon; Beck reached over in the wagon for
he purpose Of getting his gun; suddenly
,esrd the report Of gun; was looking at
he dogs when ] heard the report Of the gun
vhen the repor, of the gun Vas heard, Beck
20, my God! am shotw
he Others then ran around, and Beck sank
O the ground; we lifted him into the
wagon and carried him to farm hou-e, and
ent for ply sicisn We did no, allow the
vonnd 10 be exposed 10 the weather, but
lpplied some bandsges-on the outside Of
he clothing the doctor did not reach the
,onse for shout an hour and hall, and
Beck died in a ie~ minutes after the doctor
.ams: it vas ahou, eleven O'Clock when he
yea shot, and be died between twelve and
me O'clock Often bandsged the leg after
Beck WA 6rst shot, and when the doctor
:ame he took OF the bandag-s and exposed
he wound, and then rebsndsged H..
q. II. OFTEN, SWORN. |
I nm a blacksmith in Sedalix; THE
re went out hunting, Mr.. Beck.
Mr.. Segelbsum, Mr.. Hartenbach snd
myself; We had stopped the wagon Chas. |
Hareienbach and myself were on the front |
seat; Messrs. Beck and See~lbaum, think,
had got out ii the wagon heard the re-
port Of a gun, aud jumped out and ssw
Beck vas shot having asce-tained where |
the wound wsa, placed my glove-' over
the wound TO stop the 6ov Of blood, End
pm, on handbag; the frat thing heard
him say was. II an shot !" he Was etsnd-
ing up and We laid him down; I did not
notice any gnu, either in bis hand or on
the ground sc put hun in the wagon and
carried him to farm house; he wac kleed.
ing profus-ly sta,d with him all the
time until he died he said nothing what.
ever % to how be received his wound, or
who did it.; the guns we're pus in the