Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-11
Asa Noe, of Eddyville, Has Mem
ber Shot to Pieces.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE HUNTING
oliver FothereilI, Lost Creek Boy,
Gets Bullet Through Leg by Dis
charge of 22 Target Rifle - Man
Found Dead in Bed at Fremont.

One young man killed, one with his
hand torn to pieces and boy with a
bullet hole through MS leg, are the
casualties caused by the accidental
discharge of firearms in this vicinity
yesterday while hunting.
The Dead.
FRANK PERKINS, JR., near Mt.
Zion.
The Injured.
Asa Noe. of Eddyville;
Oliver Fothergill, of Lost Creek.
Bullet Through Brain.
Birmingham, Nov. 10.-tSpecial.) y
With a bullet hole through his eye,
thought to have been caused by the
accidental discharge of a revolver in
his own hands, Frank Perkins, Jr.
aged II years, was found yesterday by
Where he died about an houv later of
the injuries
The victim of the accident was
son of Frank Perkins, a prominent
near Mt. Zion. The last that was seen
of young Perkins was during the fore
noon when he took revolver and
went out into the yard 10 kill chick
en-. When found Frank was uncon,
scious and nothing could be learned
from him as to how the accident hap
Sc hot 40
first trial the revolver was not dis
charged and that young Perkins was
examining the weapon when it eXplod>
ed, sending the bullet through his
brain. No arrangements have as yet
been made for the funeral.
Another Story.
Keosauqua, Nov. To- Especial y
Frank Perkins, Jr.. the sixteen year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Per-
kins, who reside between this place
and Mt Zion, went out yesterday
forenoon to shoot a chicken for din
ner with .32 caliber revolver and
snapped the revolver at a chicken and
it failed to go off. He then turned
the revolver toward himself to see
what was wrong and the revolver was
discharged into his face, the ball en-
tering the right eye and passing down
ward and back through the brain and
lodging at the base of the skull. He
lived only about ten minutes. Dr. j.
A. Craig, of this place, was called, but
before he arrived the boy was dead.
No one saw the accident except lit
tie sister, who is very small, and from
what can be learned from her it is
supposed that the revolver hung fire
and that he looked into the muzzle
to see what was the matter and that
the revolver then discharged. 1t was
very sad accident, Mr. and Mrs
Perkins have the entire sympathy of
che community The funeral services
will be held tomorrow.
Has Hand Shot Off.
Eddyville. Nov. TO- (Special) -
With his hand shot to pieces by the ac-
eidental discharge of his own gun, Asa
Noe. a young man residing near this
city Yesterday walked to the home OF
his parents, where physicians We're
called and the hand was amputated. As
an exhibition of nerve the young mans
actions were rare. to say the least.
Yesterday Mr. Noe. went hunting
He carried a shot gun and while on
the Northwestern railroad bridge two
miles northwest of Eddyyille, received
his injuries. He rested the butt of the
gun on the railroad ties, his hand GOV
ering the muzzle. In some unexplain
ed manner the gun slipped from it;
resting place. The hammers strucl
the ties and the discharge exploded
tearing the young mans left hand tt
4 shreds His cries attracted the atten
ton of employees of the Northwestern
road at the pump house near by
They ran to his assistance and helped
him to a nearby house, where hi
wounds were temporarily dressed
After having the hand bound up the
injured man walked to his home abou
one-half mile away Drs. r. q. Vance
and E. l.. Vey of Eddyville, were sum
moned, and found 1t necessary to am
putare the member just above th
wrist The patient will recover.
Hit by Rifle Ball.
Lost Creek, Nov. Especially .
with a bullet hole through his leg
Oliver Fothergill son OF George Foth
y a L