Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-27
GRAND ISLAND HUNTER KILLED
Henry HshiE, veteraa BuEineer, is
Accidentally shot ny His
sOn-in-Lnw,

GRAND ISLAND Neb.. Nov. 6.--(Sps-
Habig was shot and instantly
KILLED yesterday afternoon while hunting
along the Platte river, near the Nine
Bridges p gun In the hands Of his son-in-
law. Arnold Fehrenkamp, having accident.
ally dicharged. IIAbiE had time only to
say: Arnold. you've killed me" lie
thereup0n reeied and fell before Fehren-
kamp. who did not know that his own gun
had been discharged. could cover the ten
steps between them. The body was imme-
diately brought 10 the city in a hack,
which was AZ the time returning from
trip 70 Doniphan Habig. Fehrenkamp. and
Chauncoy Habie, son OF the dead man,
having gone down on handcar over the
st. Joseph & Grand Island. Of which Hebig
was = local engineer.
Fehrenkamp states that he and Habig
were in the underbrush and some quail
arose. They both shot Fehrenksmp saw
a bird fall and the dogs were beginning
70 handle tho bird roughly. He ran up
and was about to get the quail and was
slapping the dogs with an open hand. In
his other hand he held his gun. One barrel
had been discharged. It was a double
barrcled hammerless gun. He heard an
outcry. rather than a shot, and Il
Nppears that while Fehrenkamp was try
to get the bird and mildly chastisins
!. Gogs, the trigger OF the gun. in the
= hand. must have caught on a twig.
sad In the meantime come up close
and received the charge 1T a dis
ta,sse Of only about ten feet. The load
entered the body just below the left nipple
and tore to shreds the left side of the
heart A pocketbook. IN an upper vest
pocket. was riddled with a few stray shot
and they perforated the receipts he had in
the same for his September and October
duee 20 the Locomotive Engineers Life and
Accident association. The clothins was
literally soaked with blood. ana the nose
and mouth had bled profusely.
tIabig was a years OF age. had run into
Grand Island on the 81. Joseph & Grand
Island for at least twenty-five years was
married and had three children, the sor
who was in the party. but about 100 yards
away when the accident occurred; mar
ried daughter, wife Of the Young man who
held the gun the accidental discharge Of
which killed him. and a younger daughter
single. aged 10. A sister lives at Nortt
Yakima Wash.
Fchrenksmp is a bookkeeper in the Ne
braSsa Mercantile company. IL a ine
steady ana INDUSTRIOUS young man, ana M
and his father-in-law made many hunting
trips together, neither being novices at tn,
sport Fehrenkamp is naturally intensely
distressed over the affair.
Coroner Sutherland. who was immediatei.
notified, after ascertsining the cause o
death and investigating, immediatel,
turned the body over to the family and thu
funeral viii take place from Hanover. from
which place Habis moved TO this city abou
two years ago.
A brother OF the deceased was also
locomotive engineer, running on the Unioi
Pacific out of Beatrice. Some years -agr
he was struck, while in the cab Of his en-
gine. by a waterspout, and the injurie
eventually resulted iu his death,
Itabig leaves, besides tho Children. hi
wife. lie was member OF the Masoni
fraternity and carried further insurance II
! the FTatefnals Life