School Boy at Bertig Accidentally Killed 1911
03/07/2009
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS RECORD WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
TINA EASLEY
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THE DAILY PRESS - SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 9, 1911
VOL. I
GILBERT REECE RECEIVES FATAL WOUND
THROUGH THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A 32-CALIBRE RIFLE GILBERT REECE , AGE 13 YEARS , LIVING WITH THE FAMILY OF PLUMMER MEREDITH NEAR BERTIG . HE RECEIVED THE FATAL WOUND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK .
THE DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT WERE RELATED AS FOLLOWS ;
DID BROOKS AGE 18 TOOK THE RIFLE FROM THE RACK IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR THE PURPOSE OF KILLING A CHICKEN WHEN IS SOME WAY IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED . THE BALL WENT THROUGH A CRACK IN THE LOG PORTION OF THE LIVING ROOM FROM THE KITCHEN AND STRUCK REECE IN THE RIGHT SIDE , PENETRATING HIS INTESTINES AND EXITING ON HIS LEFT SIDE .
THE LAD WAS A STRANGER TO BERTIG HAVING COME HERE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO . HE SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT AT THE MERIDETH FARM AND WAS TAKEN IN AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. IT IS SAID HIS PARENTS WERE DEAD BUT HAD TWO SISTERS RESIDING IN KENNETT .
THE BODY WAS TURNED OVER TO TRICE BROTHERS FOR HOLDING TILL THE ARRIVAL OF MR. MERIDETH WHO WAS IN THE WEST PART OF THE COUNTY. IF MR. MERIDETH DOES NOT ARRIVE BY TODAY THE BODY WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE POTTER'S FIELD.