The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-05-11
UNIVERSITY COED
DIES FROM BULLET
Lillian Young, Of Pierre, S. o..
Expires as Result of Ac-
eidentaI Shot.
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Detail. as 10 How Iraaedx oceu-re1
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Details as to How Tragedy Occurred
Are Lackins-vermilion Girl Who
Fired Shot Is Frustrated and
Almost Distracted.

After battling bravely against death
for twenty-four hours, Lillian Young,
h ~19-year-old daughter of State Sen-
ator Warren Young, Pierre, S. d., who
was the victim of a bullet fired from a
revolver in the hands of Miss Hazel
Lotze, OF the South Dakota university
at Vernillion, Monday forenoon, died
Tuesday forenoon at 11:20 o'clock at St
sJoseph's hospital. Sioux City, la.
Miss Hazel Lotze, the girl who did
the shooting, is a daughter of G. F.
Iotze, a we'll known resident and US
mess man of Vermillion.
The unfortunate girl, whose Death
has cast a gloom oyer the university
and engulfed the students in deepest
grief, and Frustrated the young woman,
shooting of her schoollnate, was a
freshman and was one of a party of
forty making q geological research in
the state of Nebraska. seven miles
across the river from Vermillion.
Shooting Wa Accidental.
Surrounded by Prof. e. c. Perisho,
dear of the department of geology;
Mrs. G. N. Young. Miss NJ. Ross and
Miss Breden, friends and college class
mates, and VIM. Latin. the dead girls
intimate friend, Miss Young breathed
her last in the little hospital room, un-
able to withstand the shock of an oper-
alton performed last night.
Prof. Perisho, who had the class in
charge, yesterday a the shooting was
the more terrible from the fact that
Il was accidental inc don by the dead
girls friend and classmate.
Every year I take my class over
into the state of Nebraska for geologi-
cal research. There are some stratiied
rocks across the river from Vermillion
kota,"' said Prof. Perisho. Yesterday
was the day set for our trip and we
left the university in two wagons ana
q private conveyance, and halted about
seven miles over In the state of Ne
sbraska.
Shooting at Target.
while the main body of the students
were getting ready the fires to cook
coffee and spreading the tables and
food for dinner. q umb of them.
Miss Young among them, strolled off
toward a rayine, III began shooting
fred at a target in a bank. Thu girl.
who fired h shot which has ended
in Miss Young's death. snapped the
trigger. aiming the gun, evidently, out
Of range and Miss Young fell to the
ground with a bullet in her left side.
II have not been able to get full
details Of the shooting, and have not
taken much time to inquire. 1t was
purely accidental, and the young wo-
nan who did the shooting is Frustrated
with grief. She was a bosom friend of
Miss Young and both were classmates
and greatly endeared to each other.
miss Young vas standing to one
iSide OF the target some distance away
from the crowd. The superstition is
that the young woman with the gun in
hand. believing that all of the cart
ridges la been exploded, or swapping
the trigger to n out, and unaccus-
toned to the use of such a weapon, in
pulling the trigger threw the gun out
OF range, with terrible results.
Struck in the Side.
while we waited for doctors to ar
rive from Vermillion, we made the un-
fortunate girl as comfortable as pos
,sible at q neighboring house. Three
physicians came from Vermillion. Miss
Young was taken back to Vermillion.
1t was seen thai she needed more ade-
sQuate quarters for an operation and
the injured girl was brought to Sioux
City, arriving at $40 yesterday after
moor"
The bullet entered Miss Young's left
side and, penetrated her intestines and
h walls Of her stomach. An opera
"a performed last night but she
could not Withstand the shock, the
wagon ride from the scene of the
and the ride to Sioux City by.
train.
Senator Young and Mrs. Young, her
parents, will arrive in Sioux City thi
afternoon at 1880 from Pierre. The
body has been removed from the hos
So being prepared for burial. No def
mite arrangements will be made for her
funs-al until the arrival of her parents.
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