Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1915 — ANOTHER SHOOTING ACCIDENT MONDAY [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER SHOOTING ACCIDENT MONDAY

William Van Cleve Receives Charge of Shot In His Right Leg— Nephew Had Weapon.

Another shooting accident occurred Monday afternoon, making the fourth for this neighborhood this fall. The victim of the accident was William Van Clove, of near Fair Oaks, who was at the home of his father, George Van Oeve, not far from the home if James F. Britt, of Barkley township.

The facts concerning the accident are as follows: Van Cleve had gone to his father’s home for a visit and in company with his nephew, Ray List, had gone to the woods to saw some wood. List carried a shotgun and when a rabbit jumped up he prepared to shoot. He stumbled over the rabbit and he gun was discharged, the shot passing through Van Cleve’s right leg. Van Cleve was carried by his nephew and a neighbor who was called to his father’s home and Wr. Washburn was called. He found that the charge had passed entirely through the thigh, about half way between the hip and the knee. The bone, however, had been injured but sligtly, the upper part of the femur being grooved a little. The musdes on the inside of the leg were badly torn but were drawn together and it is believed that unless infectious troubles result he will recover with careful nursing and will have a very good leg. Van Cleve is a married man and has three or four children, it is understood. It might be proper to state again that the rabbit season closed on Jan. 10th and that it is unlawful to kill rabbits since that date.