The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

A Four-year-old Babe Filled
with Gun Shot.
The Deadly Weapon is Discharged
Accidentally by HE Brother.


sr .nger came riding has j Y Into town
from the w,st and going 10 Dr. Dun APPS
Office call FIR his s'teudaDc al once uFop
little child Which had been scc'd-ntaily
shot out It Muddy creek bridge He was
too excited to give shy acc punt OF the affair
and BAzoo c'ibe WIS di-paIched 10 huht
I'D the sffeir aud gather the particulars.
After brisk ride he came upon The scene
of the accident, which was a movers camp
on the west side of Muddy CT. elk. near the
county road bridge. The party consisted
of very old gentleman, three Younger
ones who were his sons, wife OF one OF Inc
latter, and four small children, who gave
their nam as Minor. The whole party
seemed 10 be in rsther dest t1!e cIrcum-
stare. and claimed to be trAveli g 5, IN
search of work, but for the p 81 lew days
they have bee ergag curing 8 ned
of corn near their camp, VIII CHI
Job they had abon comp.et d
and were preparing 10 e. elsewhere. In the
W g,n lsy t Is lie victim IL the terrible
acr,d nj brra IA ns he wi! mi . c'sion
ly feaving
AsAD SIGH.
He wa. a four.year-old boy baby, bright
10 king and handsome but for the terrible
look of agony on his face. 10 the wagon
beside him sat his father soothing HIM
with his hand and weeping bitter tears,
VIII lie some Thirty feet away upon the
, ground Law the older boy, whose careless
ness had caused the disaster, c'ving a ii
his heart would break. ABB ut the camp
sto d the other members of the t. ml'y
: while little apart was DR.. Dunlap pr,-
psring some medicine for the little SUD- rer
Approaching the father the reporter began
uuestiobiCg him and Cleaned the following
! story
named Willie. He is four years old. HIS
brother. who lies over there crying, IL
eight yeas old. His name is James.
LEFT THEM HERE IN CAMP
: this morning and went 10 Sedalia TO huu'
work. Ihad made arrangements with Mr..
, Yea.er to 90 to work for him chopplns
wood this winter and was just startins
back when my brother came IN and told
7 me INV boy was shot. His aunt was the
= oply one in the camp with tue children
E and she can tell you best hos
il occurred. My boy has nc
mother, and it seems as if
FATE BORE HIM A GRUDGE.
! Last winter he was run over by wsgor
and half of his left hear was cut Of as you
see. To day a horse tramped on hl'
7 Iittle foot and mashed it. He was put ii
. the wagon and soon after was shot. Here
The moor man broke down and could sa.
- no more.
The aunt stated that she he'd just g!veI
!. the two bows a drink of water and wa
nursing her baby about thirty feet from tn
i wagon when my little by told me ths
Jimmie was pouring water into lis grand
fathers gun. |. called to HIM to Let th
:, gun be, and got up to 60 TO him. Jus
81 then the gun fired and i heard Will
scream. ran to him, but he wa
g unconscious and I thought he wcs dead
1 and bel gan to scream, nv husband VIII
wss in the field ht ard me and came an
s. went after doctor. This was about a
\. that could be CLEANED from the partie
a themselves.
~ THE GUN
is was SIN III s:zel mUz'e loading doub
E. barrel shotgun, which the boys father san
!, had one barrel loaded but that he had r
III moved the cap and set against tree befol
leaving. When the accident happene
James the elder boy had The gun IN n
hands and was st .ndipg on the ground lie;
the wagon. The charged entered the So
of the wagon bed obliquely tearing no
about one inch in diameter aod sha.te
ct inc the board for some distance around
from thence it passed through two quill
D. and into the chiId's body f,irly riddllIg
D. from the lower part Of tie abdomen TO q
throat and several shot passed mo u
IN fsce. DR.. Dunlsp stated that he counts
er sixty-eight shot wounds but that there VI
many more. How deep they went he W
IL unable to say, but has some faint hope tn
IN the resistance offered by the wagon boo
~ has prevent d them entering the cavity
NC the child's body, in which case there
ty some hope Tor It's recovery, otherwise
no expressed il as his opinion that If won
scarcely live uutil morning.