Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1914 — HAMMOND ATTORNEY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED [ARTICLE]

HAMMOND ATTORNEY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Vernon McGirr Shot By His Uncle, Attorney W. J. McAleer, While On a Hunting Trip. Vernon McGirr, 24 years of age, nephew and protege of W. J. iMcAleer and the junior member of the law firm of McAleer Bros. & McGirr, was shot by his uncle while out hunting at an early hour Wednesday morning. He died a few hours later a Hammond hospital. The accident occurred in Lake county, near Hartsdale.i. McAleer was accompanied on an early morning hunting trip Iby McGirr, Gus 'Meeker and Hugh Graham. They were getting ready to start home and McAleer was unloading his automatic l&gauge shotgun. Five shells fell from the gun but the sixth caught and slipped into the barrel and the gun was discharged. McGirr had been standing back of the automobile and came around the end just as the gun was discharged. The charge struck him in the abdomen. He realized that he was severely wounded and informed his companions that he was going to die. At the hospital It was reported he had a chance to live but he passed away while an opemtiofi was being performed. *' (McGirr was a pQpular young man and had a 'bright life, in prospect. His uncle is prostrated by the accident. '