The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-02-17
AUTOMATIC GUN
CAUSES DEATH
ED SCHULTZ YOUNG LAKE
COUNTY FARMER DIED
LAST NIGHT.

In the Hallenbeck undertaking
rooms there lies today the dead body
of Edward Schultz, aged about 26
years, with terrible gunshot wound
over the left breast, the puncture be-
ing larger than the diameter of a
silver dollar.
The incident, tragic as it was,
that caused the death of this young
Lake county farmer, occurred near
O'Clock last evening on the John
Walters farm four miles north of
Madison. On the place resided not
only the deceased who was married,
but also a brother Gus, the latter .
single man.
The wife of the deceased is visit
ing relatives in Iowa, and in let
ter found on the body of the dead
man was letter the wife had writ
ten expressing a desire to return
home.
According to the facts CLEANED
from several sources it was learned
that the victim of the strange affair
had a gun stored in bin in the
main barn on the Walters place. A
neighbor had been assisting him pre-
pare a granary for living purposes,
the neighbor departing for home
before dark So far as known at
the present time the two brothers
were the only persons about the
place. 1t appears that Gus, the
brother of the victim, had been 20
Madison in the afternoon and got
home in time to do the chores. After
these were finished he started hitch
ing up the team to sled, prepara-
tory to returning to town.
Ed Schultz, the married man, and
the victim, was killed by an automa-
tic, twelve gauge gun that had two
shells in the magazine after the boo
was found cold in death.
The brother Gus stated that when
nearly through hitching up his team
name called twice. On turning
around he beheld his brothers pros
trate form on the ground few feet
out from the barn. Gus then drove
north to the Zuelke farm, where he
and his brother were stopping since
the day of the fire that burned the
house on the Walters place. There
he notified Mr.. Zuelke of what had
happened.
A telephone message to Madison
brought the County Coroner and
Deputy Sheriff e. A. Keller to the
scene. Together they inspected the
ground and buildings, gathered up
the body and the automatic gun and
came back to town.
At IL O'Clock today the coroner
ordered an investigation of the cir
cumstances and called jury to hear
testimony Henry Rohrer, w. f.
Sponholz and T. A. Johnson consti-
tuted the jury that was asked to re-
port at 1880 p. m, after viewing the
remains.
The deceased had on an outer coal
and a sweater at the time of death
The discharge from the loaded car
fridge tore wide hole through each
garment. The automatic must have
been poised in a slanting position
butt upwards, judging from the
course of the gaping wound thai
went through flesh and bone above
the heart and diagonally downward
as il to come out below the shoulder
| blade. The body was not entirel,
| perforated by the discharge, and nj
gun wads were found after the prob
ing had been done.
The whole affair is indeed sal
one and shock to the community
| The Schultz boys were renters ant
reported to have been industriou
and good managers.
The jury sitting at the coroner
inquest brought in a verdict at 1:3'
D. m, finding that the said Edwar'
Schultz came to his death by gun
shot wounds, the gun being in tn
hands of some party unknown to tn
Jury. No arrests have followed.
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