The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-11-30
MANY ARE DEAD OR HURT.
Deer Season Shows a Startling
Increase in Fatalities.
KILLED 26; WOUNDED 81.
Large Number Mistaken for Deer, but
Accidental Discharges Harm Majority
-Carelessness More Evident.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Nov, TWIN
three more days left Of the 1909
hunting sea son. the list of direct and in
direct casualties in the ranks Of hunters
of Wisconsin and nothcrn Michigan,
shows a startling increase over that OF
last year
Dead, 26; Wounded, 81.
The total number Of the dead so far
this year in Wisconsin and northern
Michigan is 2G, and 81 were wounded,
More hunters were killed this year by ino
accidental discharge of their own GuH.
than ever before \ great number OF
the dend were mistaken for deer by over
anxious hunters. one man was killed
by bullet from his gun, while knocking
apples from a tree with II, preparatory
to going on a hunt.
Brofhcr killed brother, relative killed
relative ana friend killed friend, though
by accident The northern woods dur
ing the hunting season seem 10 oHcf
about the same kind of cXhilcra ton rs
the skirmsh line IN battle.
Outsiders in Great Fear.
The farmers in the hunting area live
in constant dread and anguish. School
fear Of aeralrnts. Que Old man was
driving int, Arpin when stray bullet
shot his whip out Of the socket. \ man
shiugluc q barn was struck by bullet
and fell off. being killed. At Gil!cti,
Frank Bri8tcG aged II, was wounded
by Il butler whiir walking across the
barnyard Of his fathers farm.
The variety Of accidents IL great. The
slaughter Of deer is greater, bat the
number Of hunters j. still greater.
In the lists of casualties following
many Of the victims were not directly
killed or wounded in the woods, some
Of them came to harm Willie preparing
10 20 hunting and others after their re
turn from trips.
Those Killed in Wisconsin.
The list Of the killed in Wisconsin Is
az follows:
CRuGER. EMIL, aged 49, Stevens Point,
Killed by own gun. September /
RICK, HERMAN, aged ~, Grand Rapids,
killed by william Rauton. September !.
HINTI, EMIL, ngcd IS, Milwaukee, killed
by cousin near Barron, September Y
WINAGGlIT ORNlLLE, aged 10, Merrill,
Killed by own gun September 30
STUART. JAMES, aged IL, MnzomanIc,
Killed by own gun, October ..
SNYDER, JACOB. Spring Green. Killed In
taking gun from wagon, October =.
KERTCHEE, FRANK, aged lG, Farming
ton, Killed while hunting rccoons, octo.
EMMERY, BERT West Bend, Eillcd by
DICKINSON, JUDGE S r. superior,
killed by own gun while cleaning, NoEem'
HAJGGiMAN. LEMUEL. North Judson,
Ind. Killed by companion at Pennington,
November
uOTRGEIOsE FRANK, aged II, stur.
econ Bay, Killed while putting gun In boat
SSIiELLEY SIMON. aged a.. waupacr,
killed by his own gun AT Grant. MINI,
LrCAs. rnANK, aged q, Mouomlqec,
Mich, Killed by boy shooting at owl, No
ERISKE, EDWARD, New Amsterdam.
Killed while hunting N"ycmhrr II.
EBBElEN PETER, Merrill, Killed near
Ashland, November T.
EASTMAN. ROY. aged r. Krwauncc.
Killed himself ~ Nnu4uukcr, November II.
MILLER, HENRY, aged 20, Shrboygnh,
Killed by gun while knocking apples from
tree, October s.
Gray, GEoRGE, Ia Crosse. killed az
1amararh MINI, November H.
HANLIN. fRyING. Wnufoma, killed by
MouIus HI:nT, clnton. AIlIcd by own
gun, November o.
Dead on the Peninsula.
Those E.Olcd 10 northern Michigan arc.
SAEAE. GUSTAV. aged 80 Nrgauurr
hllrd white .lwulu. euu. October 10
M.AtEISTEN joins Maple tde,. EDnoa
10y brother Ibl", bf'n.". III
IA ElA>rlt rLIGH IuLlUs AUna by
r0sIGH EDWARD. H.urIa Iam.,la..
Killed nt 500 while hgnuHg >a.,mnrr
WEBSTER DANIEL, Lura rogntr found
dnnd In wuuda. Nuynmhrr rs
FlNLN<pER unm" unknown. I..srurt.
mltnhrU for . deer, November -
Wounded IN Wisconsin.
The li4 II wounded In Wisconsin,.
Iced Green, Jr, ana Harold Gibson. Shr.
huyEuu. wounded by shotgun, September 4.
llprypN Adulr of Chicago llpIgnis. sh,,
tumhrrluud. September
John Johnson Of Euu claire wounded
hm-rIf september ., while at lr,rt pIur
ticr
rrnuR Grlstcn Gulrtt aged 10. wounded
September IT, while working on fathers
farm
james Murlot, Chctck wounded in anou,
der. September =" Mt tnrget practice.
Niliium shannon, MCbiil, shot In head
October T. by Fay lIuiro AT Rice lake, skull
fractured
August Hozlrrs. Green Bay, arm broken
Ortohrr =. pulling hiH gun through u fence,
Theodore Follows, aged H. Merrill
crippled for llfr, October Z dog knorIiur
down rtGr lying against tree
ONO Wire, bloomer. accidentally shot IN
lloyd WccGurd aged H. Stanley. accident
nIy wounded by compnuiou. nrtobor ~
otto BoCh, ~ Thorpe, accidentally shot In
legs. October 49,
Paul oLcury, aged -. Mnocoua ar,i
druruly shot. October 20
Paul HrIrhthum. shot lu the mech nud
shoulder hy companion at Clubs lake, o..
tobrr -
Erin sundstrum, aged a.. Morlncrtr. ybo,
IN thigh. october 20
F,qnk nttnsgr Of Ncw Denmark, wis.
accidentally shot IN thigh October 10
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