Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-05
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Shortly after the supper hour Satur-
day evening the sad news was tele-
pboned from Schofirld46f the accidental
death of Miss Ethel Drake, who lived
at home with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Drake, on a farm about one and
half miles from that village The
story Of the death as related to us by the
father is about as follows:
Saturday afternoon Miss Ethel and
little brother, Eugene, aged three years,
were at home alone, Ethel perform
ing the household duties. Late n the
afternoon Mr. Drake returned home
and found that the little boy had strayed
away and he and his daughter started
out to look for the little fellow MIR. Drake
going toward Schoield The latter
found the boy about eighty rods from
home near creek the boy at the time
being engaged in throwing sticks and
stones in the water and said that he had
gone to meet his mother, who that day
was in the city doing some shopping.
Mr.. Drake induced the boy to go
home, and after they had reached about
one-third of the distance on their home
ward journey they, upon looking back,
discovered that Mrs. Drake was APP
preaching with the horse and carriage,
and they went back and met her and
got into the rig and then started
homeward, arriving j soon after. At
the home, Mrs. Drake and child alighted
from the carriage, Mr.. Drake going to
The stable to unhitch, when terrifying
screens from his wife summoned him
to the house. When he got there he
found Ethel lying across the threshold
of the door, almost lifeless, bleeding
profusely from bullet hole over the
heart, through the left lung. Mr. Drake
lost no time in summoning physician,
who arrived about an hour after, but
the girl died in the meantime. She was
unconscious when picked up and after
being laid on sofa died in about
twenty minutes. Beside the girl lay an
old broken revolver belonging to her
brother George and it is presumed that
the girl was intending shooting at some
stationery object when the shell ex-
ploded causing her death
Throughout the day preceding her
death she had been in a happy mood
and in fact it was her nature to be joy
Gus and light hearted and the theory
that her life was taken by her own hand
Intentionally is unreasonable to believe.
Sunday was her birthday and she had
been making active preparations to
celebrate the event.
Deceased was born in this city April
Sd, 1888, and had attended the city
schools since old enough to attend, and
for several years the school at Schofield.
For three years she had been a student
of the high school in this city,
boarding with Mrs. Lucinda Marsh on
Adams street, but went home every
Friday night to visit her parents over
Saturday and Sunday. She was a very
bright girl, advanced in her studies and
a universal favorite among her class
mates and with all who knew her.
just TlpouiIS luIO Inc UlOOun Ol young
womanhood and being the only daugh-
ter, her death, tragic in its character, is
blow to her parents and friends as
we'll Ills blow that cannot be real.
lied except by those who have passed
through a similar experience, and MIR.
and Mrs Drake have the heartfelt sym
pathy of their old neighbors and /
friends in this city in this, their hour of
calamity.
Besides her parents Ethel is survived
by three brothers George H., Frank N.
and Eugene, all of whom are living
here. The funeral will be held Wednes-
day afternoon at 1:3O, Rev. Geo. Z.
Carmichael, pastor of the NJ. E. church
of this city, officiating.
Saturday evening, Justice Frank
Broecker, of Schofield held an inquest
over the remains, which resulted in a
verdict being rendered that deceased
came to her death through accidental
shooting.