Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-22
A FATAL SHOT.
A LAD INTERNATIONALLY SHOOTS HIS
BROTHER THROUGH THE HEAD.
A Peculiarly Sad and Distressing Accident That
Destroys the Happiness Of Family
The Particulars Of the Affair

An exceedingly sad accident occurred,
yesterday afternoon, which resulted in the
terrible death of Frank, thirteen-year-
old son of George Hibberd, the Market
street plumber, who resides at 1913 Four
teenth street. About l o'clock the sharp
report of revolver rang out from an upper
story in the residence and startled the
neighbors as we'll as the members of the
family, who were home at the time.
When the latter ran up stairs horrible
sight met their gaze. Frank was lying
upon the floor with blood gushing from a
wound in the side of his head, and in the
commissions of death.
The family was horrOr-stricken but they
attempted to make the unfortunate boy as
comfortable as possible. The family ply
stefan, DR.. Will Bates, was telephoned for,
but he not being at home DR.. Dickey was
called and arrived in very short time
afterwards. He found the boy still lying
upon the floor, and one of his Older
brothers attempting to stop the flow Of
blood. Upon examination he found bull
let hole through the boys head, the Ell.
trance being inst behind the right ear and
the exit at 4 corresponding point on the
left side The brain was prOtruding al
the time and it was necessary TO keep q
damp cloth against the wound the whole
time TO prevent the flow of blood and the
brain from oozing out.
About fifteen minutes later DR.. Bates
arrived, and the two physicians, although
they knew that the boy could not possibly
| live long. remained and did all they cOnld
TO comfort the family. The scene was, In
deed, heartrending, the parents implOrlng
the physicians to save the boy, who ap'
peared to he favorite of the whole family
Strange TO say the little fellow lived until
half-paSt three o'clock, two hours and a
half after being shot, although he OF
course was perfectly unconscious during
the whole time.
The particulars of the distressing affair
rs far as can be learned, are rs follows:
After dinner, Frank and his brother Will,
aged about fifteen years, were playing
about the house, and the former was espe'
cially happy over the fact that Christmas
was so close at hand and was clapping his
hands in glee and shouting jOyously,
While in the upstairs room, Will came
across his fathers revolver, which an older
brother had laid down, first having, as
he supposed, taken out all the cartridges,
Will picked up the weapon, and thinking
it was empty, pointed it at Frank and
pulled the trigger. 4 loud report followed
and the lad was Mortified to sec his brother
drop to the floor with q shrek The shock
to his nervous system was so great that he
went into commissions and remained in a
very weak condition all day. Another
brother who was just recovering from
a spell of sickness was so shocked that
he became worse, and the house was indeed
one of mourning. The pistol was 3S-cali-
bre, and afterwards the ball was found
imbedded in the plaster of the wall about
five feet from the floor, having gone clear
through the lads skull and flattened itself
out against gas pipe in the wall,
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