Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-16
THE RED RECORD


Accidentally Shot BY Com.
rade, Two by Themsclyc
and Four Drowned.
The Red Record" for this yco.,
hunting season in Maine, which u,n
close at midnight Saturday nigh. i,
toll Of II lives. -Four were shot he,
ing mistaken for deer, one was AZ.
cidentally killed by a companion two
accidentally shot themselves and fon.
were drowned.
During the hunting season Of 49,
there were seven fatalities but ONLY
= one person was killed in mistake sor
deer. One boy was accidentally
shot by his brother. three men acci.
dentally shot themselves, one was ac.
cidcntly shot by his companion and
one died in the woods from exposure
The Red Record
The following gives the fatal acct
dents during the hunting season Of
1918:
John A. Roundberg. aged 81 years
was shot and killed on the night OF
Sept. 10 through being mistaken for
a deer. near the sporting camp o.
which he was the proprietor near
! Madawasha lake. Aroostook COUNT,
! It. is alleged that Roundberg was shot
/ By D poachcr.
! ,iamSs. the 12-years old son Of
Man'cy Ran of Bingham. was acct
dontallS shot and killed by the eX
p'osicn of his own gun while hunt,
ing with two of his brothers on the
MaHiieid road, Oct. Is.
! Gordon Pray, aged l. wears, son 0,
Ralph w. Pray of Yarmouth. was
fatally shot while hunting at Pow
ral on tie afternoon OF Oct. % by the
accidental discharge of the shotgun
rhich he vas carrying. 1t is believed
that the gun was fired by the tr:-
ser catching on a twis. The charge
. entered the boys breast.
Sherman Douglass, aged II years,
The son of Granville NJ. Douglass q
bangor. was shot and almost instant
~ killed by n companion, Samuel
Marsh. aged Is years. at Bangor, Oct.
20. while returning from a grow
where they had been shooting at
target with Il 22-caliber rifle owned
by the Douglass boy.
Rev. Joshua NJ. Frost, supcrinten-
dent of the Portland district of the
Maine Methodist Episcopal Confer
cnce, his guide. Harry DcLong and
the latter's wife and child lost thel
lives by the overturning of their bos
in a squall on Upper Richardson lake
Nov. 6. The party was returning from
hunting trip in the Rangclcy Lakes
region.
Alton v. Lailer Of South Portland
was shot and killed while hunting in
the woods near Bremen. Lincoln
county, Nov. z. in mistake for deer
lie was out cunning in company with
William Weston. The men separated
and Weston fired on sighting deeI'
the bullet hitting Lailcr, who was
coming from the opposite direction
An inquest was deemed unnecessary
az the shooting was purely accidcn'
tai.
Calvin +. Drew, an Island Falls
farmer, aged 81 years. was mistaken
for a deer, shot through the hear
and instantly killed by Roy Thomp'
son Of Easton, Nov. i3, while hcnt'
ing along Grecnlaw Stream. Ihe
hunting party had separated. Thomp-
son saw bushes moving and believing
that there was Il deer there, fired WIN
fatal effect.
George w. Davis OF Gardner was
shot in mistake for deer ny Henry
+. Merrill Of Gardiner near Somerse'
junction, Dec. /. After dinner on tha'
afternoon Merrill and Davis went ouI
looking for deer, Davis for the hrs'
time on the trip wearing brown
hunting suit. Tn; men heard nolSe
in a valley and thought it might "
deer, so separated, each % proceeu
to certain designated point anu
there await Developments Merrill or
as agreed and after waiting SOM
time saw something in the distanc'
that looked like a deer He raised ~,
gun several times and aimed but oiu
not fire. He finally whistied ana re-
ceived no reply, so then aimed ahu
fired at the supposed deer Gong "
it, Merrill found that he had sho,
Davis. IL is stated that DAVIS slsh''
paper exonerating Merrill irou
blame for his death, stating thal in
shooting was wholly accidental
Some Of the Accidents
Some of the accidents occariF'
during the hunting season. WIZ
were no" fatal. were as follows:
By the accidental discharge d ~.
shotgun. the right hand OF Era
Dostie Of Augusta was so badly
jured that it was necessary to ampu,
tate the index finger and thumo =
the second joint. a
Crestes Bracket. the 12-yea.'o.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Q. r. BrdcAeu
Of Skowhegan. was struck By sur
bullet Oct. q. the bullet entering ~
hip.
Wesley B;aisdell Of East Rochs:s !,
ter. y. H.. was accidentally sho' IA
the shoulder while hunting 10 ~
woods near Moose pond, BrldsO'
Oct 26. g..
Lyle Smiths gun was acciden'aes
discharged at Bar Harbor. ocl' Il
the bullet entering the front par .,y
his foot. making a very severe w.
wound. "A
Miss Lizzie Foley, the fs-year-v..
daughter Of Daniel Foley OF MeA