The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
VICTIM WELL KNOWN YIn.
DAVID DoHERTY FORMERLY LIVE
IN NORFOLK.
WIFE WAS FLORENCE sHEAREF
10th the Man Who Was Accidental
Killed Near O'Nell and His Widow
Formerly Lived in Norfolk and He
Many Friends here.


Formerly Lived in Norfolk and Ha.,
Many Friends here.
1t develops that Cue hunting TRACED
n Holt county last week, south w.
J'Neill, had for LIS victim n form,
,orfolk man ana tuat the widow lp,
" him is IOrlntr .>oglolk girl.
David Ii. DonelJy, tne man VINO ~.
accidentally ulleu, Was Tor five or sis
ears an at,endanJ ana nurse al III.
Norfolk insane hOapItal curing the a.
linistratlUn 80 Dr. williamson. lie l.
veil known ny dozens yl Norfolk PEI
pie.
Mrs. Doherty, lett widow by thu
peculiarly sad accident, was formerly
Miss Florence Shearer.
The Shedrer home was in Norfol,
or number OF years. The family
door east of the home OF L. Sessions
Mr.. Shearer at that time operated a
ranch near Tilden. Later the family
moved to Holt county, about twenty
miles south of O'Neill.
Unusually Sad Circumstances.
Unusually sad circumstances attend
ed the fatal accident last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Doherty bad been married
but year and only five months of that
time had they lived together, owing to
the fact that Mrs. Doherty, victim
of tuberculosis at the time of their
marriage a year ago, spent seven
months in California for her health,
Mr.. Doherty attending to his duties as
physician-nurse In the Presbyterian
hospital in Chicago. His bride had
fully recovered her health and FIVE
months ago was able to return. It was
thus In his honeymoon that the groom
was accidentally shot to death. Mr..
and Mrs. Doherty, who were visiting
with his parents and with her parents
near Chambers. were just planning to
return to Chicago and to build there q
beautiful home. The accident victim
was a graduate of Rush medical col
rising young physician nurses of Chi
cago. He had at different times nursed
men of national prominence.
Was Hunting.
Mr.. Doherty was hunting when
killed. His body was found with two
shotgun wounds. In the hands was a
knife by means of which he was at
tempting to loosen the ejector blade
Of the gun. The accident was purely
accidental, according to reports re-
ceived in letter received in Norfolk
Information concerning the sad trag
edy was received in Norfolk by Mrs.
NJ. w. Beebe, whose parents live near
The Shearer home. The letter came
ast night. E. d. Hammond also re-
ceived word from O'Neill that the
shooting victim was the same Dave
Doherty who used to be known in
Norfolk Mr.. Doherty frequently Wis
ted here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doherty had planned
10 leave for Chicago the next day after
he accident. The day of the tragedy
Mr.. and Mrs. Doherty had been out for
1 hunt. Returning, Mrs. Doherty
stopped at the home of her parents,
while Mr.. Doherty went on toward the
home of his brother. The next seen
Of him was when his brother, riding
through the grove, came upon the man
sled remains. The victim had been
shot twice. One charge had almost
shot off his face, the other had entered
his heart. A knife in his hand showed
that he had been working at the eject.
Or.
Both Well Known Here.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Doherty were
well known in Norfolk. People at the
hospital and around town remember
David H. Doherty and he had many
friends here. The Shearer family is
also well remembered in Norfolk
There were three daughters - Miss
Emma Shearer, Miss Florence Shearer
and Miss Katherine Shearer. All three
married within the past couple of
years. Miss Emma Shearer was as
sistant librarian at the Nebraska uni
versity from 1900 to 1904. Miss Flor
ence Shearer studied in Iineoln also
at that time.