Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-26
THE SAD DEATH OF
MRS. SANDSTROM
Particulars of Tragedy Where
by Former BiSbee Woman
Lost Her Life.

DOUGLAS, Aug. 25.-(Special.)-
The sad news of the sudden death OF
Mrs. Fred Sandstrom at her home on
Seventh street as the result of an &C
cidental gunshot wound came as a
great shock to her many friends and
acquaintance in Douglas, and as the
conditions surrounding aer death be-
came better known the sorrow of all
was increased.
While moving a shotgun in cleaning
up the bath room in their home, Mrs.
Sandstrom accidentally struck the
hammer of the gun against the bath
tub and discharged the contents of
one barrel into her abdomen, causing
almost instant death, although it was
in the neighborhood of two hours be-
fore the body was found.
1t was sometime between Z and s
O'Clock, after her husband had started
for his work, that the neighbors heard
the discharge of the gun, but nothing
was thought of it at the time and no
attention was paid to it, as there has
been considerable shooting of pigeons
in the neighborhood recently, those
birds having become rather Of a pest.
Finding the Body.
One of the caildren, the oldest girl,
was in another room looking after the
month-old baby or asleep and was not
disturbed by the shot. 1t was not I'M
til after 9 o'clock that she calleu her
mother, and not receiving any answer,
started about the house in search of
her. She found no sign Of her as she
went about calling her until she came
to the bath room and found that she
could not enter Hilda was then fright
ened and called for help from the
neighbors and when they arrived and
forced the bath room door open they
found the body of Mrs. SandstroL-. AS
she fell, after receiving the wound, the
upper part of the body had rested
against the door, bracing it and keep
ing it effectually closed until the neigh
bors forced the body aside and the
door open. AT that time Mrs. Sand
strom was dead and It was from the
condition of the body at the time as
well as the nature of the wound that
led TO the conclusion that death was
practically instantaneous.
The theory was later still further
born out by. i;;se, finding Of a scratch on
the side of the bath tub and bit of
paint of the same color adhering to
the hammer over the discharged barrel.
Death Was Accidental.
Medical attendance was called by
Mr.. WOlgemuth. next door neighbor
Of the Sandstrom's, although it was
evident that physician would be of
no avail This was in the neighbor of
$3.50 O'clock. On the arrival Of the
physician, the coroner was notified,
a jury hastily empaneIed and taken to
view the scene. Later all testimony
was taken from friends and neighbors
and everything adduced pointed to an
accidental death. At o'clock yesterday
afternoon the jury rendered their YER
dict of accidental death from a gun
shot wound from. a gun in the hands
Of the deceased, 49,
- - oOOlA SlA y cal , SAAltG the Od1LU-
stroms came to Douglas and they have
made many warm friends here whose
sympathy goes out to the bereaved
husband and children. The children
are Hilda, aged fourteen: Fred, aged
nine; and a baby less than a month
old. She leaves a sister in Bisbee and
brother in Globe.
Arrangements for the funeral were
not perfected last night, though it
was stated at Ferguson's undertaking
parlors, where the body was removed,
that ii viii probably occur tomorrow
TRAINING SCHOOL AT TUCSON.
But few people in Tucson are
aware of the magnitude of the Pres
byterian Training School for Pima
and Papago Indians. The original
home place was accordingly sold a1d
brought $4,000 The cost of the
change in the aggregate will amount
to between $4,000 and $4,000, Of
which So 800 was paid for the land.
The difference between receipts and
expenditures was made up by the Pres
5yterian Board Of Home Missions, by
whom the school is controlled