W.M. WILSON
Obit
1915
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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Feb. 5, 1915 - FRIDAY
(FROM SATURDAY'S DAILY PRESS )
AFTER DOG KILL SELF
VANNDALE CITIZEN ACCIDENTALLY SENDS BULLET THROUGH TEMPLE
WYNNE, FEB. 2ND
W.M. WILSON , A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF VANNDALE , ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF TO DEATH WITH A REVOLVER AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY MORNING ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK .
HE WENT OUT WITH HIS PISTOL LOOKINF FOR A DOG THAT HAD BEEN ANNOYING HIS FAMILY DURING THE NIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER HEARING A SHOT MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY FOUND MR. WILSON'S BODY LYING BESIDE THE HOUSE WITH A BULLET HOLE THROUGH THE TEMPLE.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT IN STOOPING TO GET SIGHT OF THE DOG UNDER THE HOUSE HE ACCIDENTALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER OF THE GUN. HE LEAVES A WIFE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN.