Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1905 — BOY SHOT BY TARGET RIFLE. [ARTICLE]

BOY SHOT BY TARGET RIFLE.

While hunting with some other boys Saturday afternoon, down by the river, Harry Hickman, the eleven year old son of Aaron Hickman of.thie city, was accidently shot in the left leg by a target rifle in the hands of John Hildebrand, the twelve year old son of Henry Hildebrand. The bullet, which was 22-calibre, entered the leg below the knee, striking the bone and flatening out and lodging in the calf of the leg, from which it was extracted. The boy will be laid np for some time.