Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1906 — BOY SHOT WHILE OUT HUNTING. [ARTICLE]

BOY SHOT WHILE OUT HUNTING.

The 14-year-old son of Peter Wood, south of town, was shot in the legs while out bunting rabbits with an older brother Saturday afternoon, and quite badly hurt, although unless blood poisoning sets in, which is always a possibility in such cases, it is thought he will get along all right. The gun was in the hands of the older brother, it appears, and the discharge of shot took effect in the younger boy’s legs just above the knees, some six or eight shot lodging in one leg and forty or fifty in the other. Some particles of clothing were picked out with the shot by Dr. Kresler, to whom the boy was brought for surgical attention, but some of the shot and some few particles of cloth it is thought remain. While driving home from town after bringing in the boy for treatment, the team of mules which other members of the family driving took fright at a big paper poster along the road south of town and ran away, throwing all the occupants out and injuring the shoulder somewhat of Mr. Wood’s daughter. One wheel of the wagon was smashed to pieces and some little other damages done to the rig. The boy who got shot was not hurt, fortunately, by being thrown out.