The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-13
VICTIM DIES At HOSPITAL
Boy Struggles Manfully in Losing Fight
Parents Were Absent from Home
on Visit Older Child is Near
Prostitution With Grief.

ohOb Uy 1l1O bWOANO OcA
old brother, Carl Jensen, aged ten,
died at the Kenosha hospital on Friday
afternoon from a gun-shot wound in
the abdomen. The tragedy resulting i'll
the grewsome death, occurred on
Thursday afternoon at the home of the
boys father, Albin Jensen, who lives
on the Gilbert Gullick farm in the
| neighborhood Of Paris. The victim
was conscious until the end and com
pletely exonerated his brother in his
stories of the shooting. The older
child IS distracted with remorse and
is threatened with brain fever from
the poignancy of his grief.
The fatal accident transpired while
Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen were, visiting at
neighbor S. The children had been
left in the care Of grandfather, who
had been cutting corn most Of the af-
ternoon and was lying down at the
time that the shooting occurred. An
older brother, fourteen years of age,
witnessed the tragedy, but was too far
away to intervene before the deadly
shot had been fired. From him the
details of the casualty were learned af-
ter he had recovered sufficiently from
the shock to tell a connected story.
The boys had been playing most Of
the afternoon until they were tired of
the usual diversions and had gone into
the house to find something more in
teresting to their childish fancies On
mantel, presumably out of their
reach, was 32-guage revolver, the
property of an uncle who had recently
visited at the johnson home. The
glitter Of the gun attracted them and
probably induced them to take it from
its hiding place. Since the room was
dark they carried the gun into the yard
in order that they might better see it
and discover the secret of it's CLEAN.
Here the usual examination resulted.
The boys, now accompanied by
younger brother, lowered curiously
about the new plaything and fondled
it gently as they passed it back and
forth between them. Gradually they
became holder and frmer in their
touch, until the revolver was acct
dentally discharged while in the hands
of Bert, the older of the boys. The
bullet struck Carl in the stomach and
he fell Immediately. By this time, the
oldest brother and the grandfather
were at the scene of the tragedy and
carried the wounded child from the
doorstep into the house. They saw i'm
mediately that the boy was seriously
wounded and summoned a physician.
In the meantime Bert, the unwilling
cause of the accident, was near pros
tratiOn with shock and remorse. Too
grieved for tears, he babbled airy
nothings about ''the gum" its
"glitter,o and his ignorance of dan
ger. AS the full consciousness of the
tragedy dawned upon him he became
delirious and required the immediate
attention of the doctor, when the lat
ter arrived to treat his brother. His
condition is still critical and both
family and physicians are fearful
OF brain feVer.
The parents of the children were no.
titled at o-lce of the accident and hast |
ened home from the neighbor s. At |
the advice Of the surgeon the boy was !
taken Immediately to the Kenosha hos
pital, where every effort was made to |
save his life. For while hopes for |
his recovery were entertained, but |
these became fewer and fewer as his |
condition became gradually worse. |
Death came at thTee-thirty Friday |
afternoon and brought an end to
intense suffering, manfully borne by
the childish victim.
Carl Leonard Jenson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Albin Jensen, was born ON
the Gilbert Gullick farm on August |
Is, 1907. His life was more or less
At the age of six he
started to school at the Newberry |
school house and soon became favor
tie among the scholars by reason of
his vivacity and sunny disposition.
He frequently attended the Sunday
school at the Bristol Paris church
where he was likewise known for his
brilliancy of mind and genial thought
fulness. Childishly happy, he iv-
ed a life close to nature and conse-
quently near to God. |
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