Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-16
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Mrs. F. r. Kent of Mandan Meets
Death By the Accidental Dis
charge of a Shot Gun.

Mrs. F. E. Kent Of Mandan, wife of
Attorney Kent, who is we'll known in
this city, lies dead at her home to-day,
the top Of her head literally blown off
by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun in the hands of a hired man. The
shock of the accident has cast a sort of
gloom over the city of Mandan, where
she lived, and where she had a large
circle of friends and acquaintances.
AS nearly as the particulars of the
accident can be learned, it seems that
Mrs. Kent was awakened last night by
noise outside the house, aud suspected
that there we're tramps in the near
violently. She aroused the hired man,
and told him to take the shot gun, which
hung near, and shoot through the front
door to scare the tramps away. The
man took the weapon as indicated, and
started for the door, Mrs. Kent standing
in the door behind him. Just how the
discharge of the gun occurred cannot be
told. Whether the man was carrying it
oVer his shoulder, and slipped, or
whether he carried it across one arm,
and his nervousness in handling the
trigger caused the discharge cannot be
said. The only knowledge of how the
tragedy occurred is from the man him
self, and his fright renders his story in
coherent. At any rate, the weapon was
discharged IN some way, and the entire
charge struck Mrs. Kent in the head,
killing her instantly.
Immediately after the shooting, the
man at whose hands the accident occur
red ran down town, and gave himself up,
and from his story the particulars we're
obtained. He was placed under arrest,
pending an investigation, and a number
of persons made way at once to the
house, where the body Of Mrs. Kent was
found, just where it had fallen.
A sad part of the accident is that Mr..
Kent was away from home at the time,
having gone to Minneapolis a few days
ago.
Mrs. Kent was about 40 years of age.
and left a devoted husband and one son,
little fell ow, to mourn the sad accid-
ent. She was an estimable woman,
highly respected by all who knew her,
and sorrow is expressed on every hand
while symp atby is extended from every
one to the husband, whose sorrow can
not we'll be imagined.
LATER.
An inquest is being held in Mandan
this afternoon. It is said now that the
whereabouts Of MI. Kent cannot be dis
covered by those who are t%elegraphing
to apprise him Of the sad news, and
that as yet no telegram has reached him
Tried and true is the verdict Of people
who take Hoods S~arsparilla. The good
effects Of this medicine are soon felt in
nerve strength restored, appetite created
and health given.
Last week q somewhat unusual cast
was tried at LaMoure, it being a prose
cution for cruelty to ANIMALS. Thu
driver of q livery team, owned at Edge
ley, was ordered by the owner OF the barr
to make q certain distance with the team
in q given time. This was done, q dis
tance of 1O2 miles being made in tel
hours. On return to the stable one o
the horses died and the other was fount
badly injured. The animals were higl
! spirited and made the long drive, it i
said, without much urging, but stagger
ed and fell at the end Of the trip. OWN
chiefly to the directions Of the owner o
the team the driver wa acquitted by til
jury.