Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1904 — Five-Year-Old Shoots Father. [ARTICLE]

Five-Year-Old Shoots Father.

Hammond, Ind., Nov. 23. —Pointing a revolver playfully at his father, Roy Kernan. aged 5, accidentally shot John Kernsn in the head. His recovery is doubtful. Kernan is night tower man for the Indiana Harbor Railroad company. When he. came home from work he laid liis pistol on a chair while washing his hands. The child picked it up, unnoticed by his father.