Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Ohio Obituary Lesson: He Was Just Playing [1895]

 To day if ye will hear his voice
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14
 
"SMITH, DAUGHTER
Killed While Playing Indian
The 11-year-old son of Joe Smith of Columbus Grove, Ohio, while
playing Indian with a shotgun, shot and blew the entire head off his little 5-year-old sister
. The girl, while nursing her 5-months-old brother, noticed her elder brother advancing toward her with gun cocked, and exclaimed: "Charley, drop that gun",  whereupon the boy dropped the gun, the trigger striking a chair and discharging the load, tearing the girl's head horribly
Some of the shot grazed the little baby's head, which will recover, but the girl died instantly. 
The mother was near by when the horrible act occurred. [The World Decatur March 13 1895 ]."