The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-01
HARRY KISTLER DEAD
AccidentaIIyShot Near Cheney
Yesterday Morning.
WAS HELPING HIS DOG
Into the Buggy to Come Home
From a Hunt.

Yesterday L1OI4AuS III NlcLt4Ld Wa
startled by the report that Harry Kistlel
had been accidentally shot and killed
near Cheney. NOBODY believed the re
port for some tine, but a message from
Cheney at 10 o'clock told the worst
Mr. Kisder went out to Cheney Wed
nesday morning and with friends there
had put in a good part Of the day Wed
nesday hunting. He was an inveterate
hunter and had gone out several times
this fall, as he had done every fall for
years. He frequently carried his gun
with the trigger set ready to wing quail
or a duck the minute one few up, and
all Wednesday afternoon he had kept his
gun this way. Jerome Turley and Roy
T1rley. his son, with whom Mr.. Kister
was visiting, spoke 70 him about the
matter a tune or two, but Mr.. Kistler
said ne guessed there was no danger.
The party went out for a hunt early
yesterday morning and returned about 8
o'clock About half past Mr.. Kistler
said he guessed he would go home. He
got into his buggy and picking up the
shot gun. which was cooked ready for
shot, he stood It up on the bottom Of inc
buggy, holding the reins with his right
arm about the gun. When he was ready
he called TO his dog, whistling for him
to jump into the buggy. The dog jumped
and after getting his fore feet into the
buggy bed he seemed about TO fall. Mr..
Kistler, still holding the gun, reached
over to pull the dog up so he could get
in. The dog in getting in threw his feet
over IN a clambering sort Of way and
struck the trigger of his masters gun,
and in a moment one Of Sedgwick coun-
tvs best known citizens was dead. The
barrel OF the gun, as Mr.. Kistler leaned
over, was pointed directly at his right
cheek under the Jaw and the shot de-
stroyed almost the entire right side Of
his face. Roy and Verne Turley ran TO
him, but could do nothing. Mr.. Kistler
fell over limp and lifeIess without word
or a groan.
The body was brought to Wichita yes
terday afternoon by Mr.. Turley and was
dressed for burial at GilIs undertaking
establishment The funeral will occur
at some hour Sunday which has not yet
been determined.
Mrs. Kistler, who was at home where
the Kistler family has lived for some
time over the Kistler restaurant, 132
North Main street, said she had dreaded
some accident, there have been so many
accidental shootings lately about Wichita
among hunting parties. She was too
much grief-stricken to talk Of funeral
arrangements or Of anything but the sor-
row that so suddenly came TO her. She,
with three children, Minnie, Charles and
Mary. aged p 2 and 6 years respective
". are left, and hundreds OF friends who
have known and appreciated Mr.. kistler's
sturdy and honest character for years
eyUnpathize.
Mr.. .Kis1ler came to Wichita IN 1855 and
Immediately opened the Red Front res
taurant on North Main street. He kept
this for a year. when he sold It. went,
back 10 Pennsylvania, where he was born
In 1859, and married Miss Sarah Lamper-
Ter. They came back 70 Wichita and Mr..
Kistler started the Blue Front restaur-
ant near where Hellar's meat market
IS now. He afterwards had a place in
the third block on Main street near the
old Occidental hotel which he sold TO
come down on Douglas avenue. He soon
went back on North Main street again
and had been there, for a time near
where the Pennsylvania restaurant is
now; then down by Varaey's jewelry
store. on the west side of the street, and
from there down to the place now occu-
MED by the Model clothing store, and
then across to the place he owns now
which was closed last night and dark.
He owned a nice residence property on
Eagle street, which some time ago he
rented and moved down town 20 be close
10 his place Of business. This fact was
made necessary. he thought no less for
the convenience and pleasure Of the fam
sly than for the protection Of his house
hold goods, his house having been rob
bed about year ago while the family
We're all away.
He was a man Of strong character and
knew the value Of time and money. He
was known to be strictly a man Of his
word. and his long life Of restaurant
keeping made him acquainted more or
less all over the county and over south
ern Kansas.
At Mulvane. Tuesday Arthur Hanes
was shot in almost idenucaIly the same
way that Mr. Kisrler was killed. The
child that was killed near Andover sat
ur5av was accidentally shot by a ham
merless gun and it has been less than
ten days since the accidental shooting
of William Giles northeast Of Wichita
was reported He was hunting.
Harry's restaurant was closed last
night There was crepe on the door and
the men who had not heard Of his death,
saw il and turned away 70 md
Thanksgiving meal somewhere else with
a heavy heart
II was the 5rst time IL had been closed
for many years. Harry had his own
clientele. There were Young fellows who
remained " till almost daybreak who
would wander in long after midnight and
gather around the stove while their late
snack was preparing and train them
selves into being raconteurs. by relating
warns more or less improbable. After
dayb-eak the ola bachelor crowd would
come in cold and farlo-u looking, and
homeless for a man who hasn't bis own