The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-05-21
KILLED ED''ij1 UNj'Df;1yly.> Nj'Df;1ly
HORSES FEET
Mrs. w. D. Copeland Trampled
to Death Monday Afternoon.
HUSBAND FINDS THE BODY
Mr.. Copeland Returning from Field
Discovers His Wife's Body in Barn.
Funeral Held Wednesday.


prominent farmer, living about six
miles east of Glasgow, was killed
Monday afternoon by being kicked
and tramped on by two horses.
The accident occurred about three
o'clock, although the exact time is
not known, the body having been found
by Mr.. Copeland about four o'clock.
The body had been horribly mutilat-
ed from the kicks, the skull being
crushed and the features so dis
torted as to be almost unrecognizable.
After finding the body, Mr.. Cope
land had gone for help and the body
was carried into the house. DR.. A.
N. Smith and the Coroner were sum-
moned from Glasgow, arriving there
about an hour after the finding of
the body.
While no one knows exactly how
Mrs. Copeland came to her death, it
is thought that she was kicked and
tramped on by an infuriated stall
lion.
II left in the morning to go to
work on Gleason's breaking," said Mr..
Copeland in telling what he knew of
the sad affair, "and she said to be
sure and bring the drag home with me
at noon, and l got there about 1890
or 12:45. After dinner put the drag
together and then took the corn plant
er and started planting corn. There
was something wrong with the corn
planter and went to the house to fix
it. She was all right then, and went
out in the field again and planted until
three o'clock when came to the well
to get drink of water. didn't
see anybody around and went back to
the field and planted for probably an
hour. When l came to the north end
of the field I looked up and saw the
stallion's head sticking out of the barn
window. I knew that the horse
should not be loose so l went to the
barn to see what was the matter,
When I came to the barn noticed
that milk stool was holding the
door shut. When l opened the door
! saw her lying there at the horses
feet. I pulled her to the end of the
barn and ran over to the schoolhouse
for help and Arthur Sektnan came
over with me. Arthur called his ia
ther, Marius Sektnan, who was plant
ing corn across the road and we carri-
ed the body into the house."
While Mrs. Copeland's purpose in
entering the barn is not known, it is
thought that she had been kicked by
a gray mare which had been recently
bought, and was then kicked and
trampled on by the stallion. Accord
ing to Mr.. Sektnan, when his son had
called him he went to the barn anc
saw Mr.. Copeland on his knees be.
side his wife's body, crying.
Arthur Sektnan stated that he hat
seen Mr.. Copeland ont in the ield
working about three o'clock, about
the time when the accident occurred
Shortly after three o'clock some of the
Copeland children had been over tt
their home but could not find theil
mother and thinking that she was out
in the field they went back to school
At the Coroner's inquest held Thurs
day afternoon, the jury found thai
she came to her death by kicks ant
bruises inflicted by stallion in th'
barn on the farm of w. D. Copeland
on the 18th day of May, 1915. Th'
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Elsie M. Copeland was borr
in 10 vain 1880 and had come to Mon
tana with her husband in February
1908. Mr.. Copeland took up home
stead six miles east of town and the!
lived there since that time. She i
survived by her husband and six chill
dren.
LARGE RANCH CHANGES HANDS
One of the largest land deals re
corded in this mart of the state fO