The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-30
DEER SEASON is
DEATHS HARVEST
Many Hunters Seeking Prey Fall
Victims to Dangers Of
Forest.
CASUALTY ROLL SHOWS
38 KILLED, rs INJURED
Terrible Loss Of Life Among MIN.
rods Hunting Deer in the
Northwestern States.
CASUALTY ROLL OF
THE DEER SEASON

! Totals. ............. SO rs
With few hours yet remaining of
able for greater activity among the
hunters on account Of the snowfall and
the consequent facility of tracing their
prey, and with everything combining to
add to the manifold dangers of the,
sport, it will not be surprising if the
present. roll of casualties shows "a
marked increase before midnight, when
| the timid moose and deer may again
roam the woods with impunity, safe for
at least a year from the army of mini
rods now securing the woods of the
| northwestern states.
| Already the known loss of life has
reached total of thirty-eight, and the
reported injured, total Of seventy
| five. What the final count will be cam
not even be conjectured. A reckless
ing hours of the open season, and this
is especially true of those who have not
yet bagged their game. It will be days
before the final reports come in and the
fate of some who have wandered in
the wilderness may never be known.
/ That the casualties, enormous as they
are, have not been more numerous ls
| UldTNSlOuS. Nlduy uuutGlS WI udSO AO
turned, relate the details of. narrow es-
}, capes Death stalked abroad in the
forests and it was not always the timld
deer that was marked out for prey.
Stories are told. and most Of them sub
, stantiated, of hair-raising experiences.
, One hunter was in the act of brushing
against a piano wire attached to a set
gun. The next moment he would With
certainty have been killed. A COM
i panion pulled him back within "a few
inches of the wire.
Mistaken for Deer.
1; Another man, well-known Michigan
merchant, was mistaken for a deer while
= driving near the edge of a forest. He
! was the target for nine shots. When
the first whizzed past, he stopped his
!. horse and craWled under the buggk
) where he watched the bullets bury
I themselves in the banks of the road ir
. his immediate vicinity. Perhaps the
most thrilling experience was that OF
two Princeton, Minn., hunters who were
o with party of eight operating IN the
r vicinity of Otter and Boulder lakes
ID They are NJ. Sjoblem and P. johnson: a
shot was fired and bullet passed thru
Sioblem's s boot leg. Both turned, ant
tween them. They were two feet apart
It The man who did the, shooting diseov
" cred his mistake as he was about t.
/ fire again. He was profuse IN nj
n apologies and promised to leave tn
d, woods at once. -, ~.
O. O. These are come of the many escapees
,, that have been reported. There VII
: be more and no doubt as exciting. Ate
# midnight, there will be no excuse 10
IS such occurrences.
r, The list of casualties that follows
,s q comnilation of reports received from
70 Th q Journal s special correspond
a. ents up to and including this date
Many more accidents will undoubtedl
be reported when the hunters leave IN
woods tomorrow. Following are TN
=, lists of killed and injured, arranged ac
,ee cording to states:
G. Minnesota Death List.
i List of killed in Minnesota:
1e SCHULTZ, William, Winonaa, Will
er S'lH15NE HENEDRf5CKsoN, Bi5 PHILLIP, Amman
dale, shot by companion, Nov. II
ne HARRISON, JOE, Aitkin, killed b.
s sss set dgH9, gaHa9 NsHi &EokaE, a conductor, go5tl
ng} ern Pacific, Tamarack, gun -e3piooes
s. l>fsi BARTLETT, CHARLES. Park Raj
ed ids. drowned in Crow Wing lax
. NY NovoTNY, "; JOSEPH, Montgomer,
fell from fence and gun discharged
'. NGti ANY, y ARCHIE. A boy boy, w Wilma kn
30 30 N'fT FRANK, PETER, Raining, shot b
% al companion, Nov. 26.
- "a RoFORfH, WILLIAM. Welconl
y. MINI, died Nov. 26 Of injuries receive
or while hunting.
be be- Bones Of human skeleton found
to woods near Two. .Harbors, believed :,
III be victim of hunting accident, Nov. i
Wisconsin Death List.
List of killed in Wisconsin:
CRUGER, EMIL, Stevens Poin
killed RfdRy y oHf HRggMAS, gsn Septie Grand r Rapid
IN killed by william Repton, Sept. /.
IN Hi HiNTz, EMIL, Milwaukee, killed
cousin near Barron, Sept. 27.
: win ~WTNAUGHT, ORvfLLE, Merri
H5A sTuKET i1 JAMES fsh ssRt Mazomanie, aSl kill
ar. y isNYDER, SYI Err JACOB, Spring Gree
ng. killed in taking gun from wagon, Oct
KERTCHER, FRANK, Farmingtc
EMMERY, BERT West Bend, kill
by companion, Oct. 8.
ru DICKINSON, JUDGE S. T., Superi
AN Nov. 5.
BAUGHMAN, LEMUEL, North j.
son, Ind. killed by companion at Pc
s ons nington, Nov. Z.
5ea re- BOURGO1SE., FRANK, Sturge
del Bay, killed while putting gun in DO
me, Nov 3.
The ST SHELLEY, SIMON, Waupaca, kill
by his own gun at Grant, Mimi, Nov.
me. BRISKE, EDWARD, New Amst
dam, killed while hunting, Noy: H.
rell. EBBEFEN, PETER. Merrill, kill
n.g- near Ashland, Nov. ii.
T EASTMAN, ROY, Kewaunee, Kill
ner- himself at Wausaukee, Nov. IL.
and MILLER, HENRY. Sheboygan, Kill
nily by gun while knocking apples fr
ing tree. Oct. s.
who RIVER, BENJAMIN., Pike Rlv
rty. Wis, explosion OF gun, Nov. IA.
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