Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-04
% IRE KILLED
AND II WOUNDED
WHILE HUNTING
FEWER FATALITIES IN WISCONSIN,
AND UPPER MICHIGAN THIS
YEAR THAN IN 1907.
"a DEAD IN BADGER STATE,
New Michigan Hunting Law Works Wei
Only Four Killed in Upper
Peninsula.
CARELESSNESS OFTEN THE CAUSE

MIL w AZ w Is, NOV. ~, 1JOO
In the number of killed and wounded.
the season of 1908 has been about nor
NAL, according to figures for the past
four years The 1907 figures have al
ready been quoted. The previous year
was an unusually safe one in which 10
go hunting, there being only eight killed
and twenty wounded In 1905 twenty
six met death. while ffty-one returned
home with marks to show that they have
been hunting.
The list Of fatalities and casualties dur
ing the 1908 season is as follows
Killed in Wisconsin.
Tomahawk Sept I-George Krieg aged
49, Killed by his brother while hunting
La Crosse, Sept John Bona, aged %
Accidentally shot himself while stepping
BianchardYiIe, Sept 18-EmiI Hari, aged
30 Killed by accidental discharge Of gun
while rabbit hunting.
Wausau, Sept 1S-John Duerrstein resd-
Ing in the village of Marathon. Killed by
discharge from shotgun while rabbit hunt
ing.
Wausau, Oct 5-Ottlie VIII, aged IL Ac-
cidentally shot by father.
Wausaukee, oct. 0-Andrew Jermack
Killed by the accidental discharge Of %
Mellen, oct. 11-Frank Sawicki. Killed by
an unknown hunter.
Killed BY accidental discharge of shotgun.
Green Bay, Oct. 14-Edward Weisse.
Killed by accidental discharge Of rifle.
Oshkosh, Oct 18~WalIace Lawrence.
Killed by unknown hunter in Marinette
county.
10. Mistaken for rabbit.
Hewitt, Oct 18-John Digman. Killed by
friend while hunting rabbits.
Chippewa Falls, Oct 19-William Brown
Killed by o. Cheaver while duck hunting.
Medford, Oct. 19---Oswald Schuster. Killed
by the accidental discharge Of his shotgun
Wausau, Oct 29-John Hett, Jr Killed
by companion while rabbit hunting
Oconto, Oct. 31-Otto Pate. Killed by
the accidental discharge Of his gun. Caught
trigger of gun on log that he had stumbled
over.
Merrill, oct.31-Henry Butt Killed by a
south Superior Nov. John Koridge.
Killed by Joe, Eganash,. his companion, who
mistoOk him for q rabbit
Racine, Nov. 5-Charles W. Mott, aged Az
Killed while cleaning gun preparatory TO
hunting trip in northern woods.
Viroqua, Nov. 10-Mrs. Robert Sherry.
Killed by husband while he was cleaning
gun getting ready for a rabbit hunt.
Medford, Nov. 13-Harry Kyle. Mistaken
for a deer and killed by an unknown hunt
Babcock, O., Nov 1G-John DAVIS Killed
by his brother, who mistook him for a deer.
Chippewa Falls Nov. 25-Edward Eiseth.
Mistaken for deer and killed by an I'M
known hunter.
Killed in Upper Michigan.
Houghton,, Oct; 4-Herbert Collins. Killed
while duck hunting.
sault Ste. Marie, Oct. 31-Eno Hill, aged
16. Killed by brother who mistool him for
a rabbit.
Rosedale Nov. duncan Mckay. killed
by a companion while duck hunting
Menominee, Nov. 1O-Duncan Mckay.
Killed while deer hunting; The trigger OF
his gun caught on a log the Discharge kill
Ing Mckay instantly.
Wounded in Wisconsin.
Fond dU Lac, Sept. 1-Anthony Lemeiux
Slightly wounded while duck hunting
Appleton, Sept 1-Raymond Peterson.
Shot in the knee.
Menasha, Sept. s-Walter Werner. Shot
through hand with birdshOt.
Kaukauna, Sept S-Rudolph Feldt. Shot
In hand.
in foot, necessitating amputaton
Madison, Sept. 21-H. c. Wilson. Shot in
Washburn, Sept 25-WilIiam Day. Hand
blown off while cleaning rifle.
OconOmowoc, Sept. ga. A. Eastman.
Green Bay, oct. 3-John Klish Arm shat
tered Gun caught on log.
North Fond du Lac, Oct 4-Edward Nc
Gray. Shot in leg. Not serious.
Manitowoc, Oct 6--George Peters Mis-
taken for rabbit and shot in the arm
Sheboygan, Oct. emil Aschenbach. Left
hand blown of.
Lindsey, Oct S-James Wheelock. Shot
in legs while rabbit hunting, Not serious.
e.
wounded while duck hunting.
Glenwood, Oct. 9.-John Eyjeu Arm torn
off by discharge of shotgun. Trigger caught
LoganvllIe Oct 12-George Emery. Foot
shattered, necessitating amputation
Fond du Lac, Oct. 13-Earl HackbuSh.
Shot in leg. Not serious.
Durand, Oct 14-Louis Erickson. Arm
blown off.
Shot in arm, necessitating amputation.
Merrill, Oct. 16-Burns Anderson Slightly
wounded.
Spooner, Oct. 1S-Emory Page Shot in
Wausau, Oct 19-Stanislaus Wietryzkow-
ski. Shot in the leg by companion. Seri-
Gus.
ously wounded while duck hunting.
Chippewa Falls, Oct 19-Benjamin Shaw.
Shot in leg by an unknown hunter.
Boyd, Oct 10-John Green. Shot himself
in back of neck while climbing through a
fence.
Tarbox. Oct. 2o-Frad Tarbox. Arm
Oconomowoc, Oct 22-Fred Luce Struck
by stray bullet Not serious.
Plymouth, Oct. 29-Oscar Hitler. Shot III
Mayville Nov 1EWilliam Adelmeyer
sI Iad y nfi Nov. 2-Roy Malone. Shot in
Milton. Nov. S-Herman Moth. Slightly
wounded duck hunting
Washburn, Nov. edwin Thorsby. Shot
lola, Nov. 10-Thomas Hess Shot by
brother while latter was preparing to &C
hunting
Tomahawk, Nov. 1o-Adolph Miller. Slight
" wounded while rabbit hunting.
Grand Rapids, Nov 12-W. A. Henderson
Gun exploded, blowing out both of Hen
Medford, Nov 12-John Steiner. Shot il
shoulder. Dropped gun.
Mcmillan, Nov. 15-oscar Sprague. Shot
in hip.