Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1914 — Boy Accidentally Shoots His Sister at Judyville. [ARTICLE]

Boy Accidentally Shoots His Sister at Judyville.

Ruth Pugh, the little 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pugh, of Judyville, died Monday morning itrom gunshot wounds inflicted by her brother, Ralph, aged 8, Saturday evenings The two children had gone Vt the home of their grandfather,/James B. Pugh, near their home. No one was there and they took a rifle from the wall and began to play with it. The gun was discharged and the bullet-entered the little-girl’s right side. The pluck of the child was shown when she went to her home and told her mother of the accident. She was torn and bleeding and had to climb two fences to reaeh her home. Bhe shielded her brother and told her mother that It was purdy accidental. Med leal aid was hurriedly summoned and everything possible was done to stop the flow of blood and save her life, but without avail.