Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1909 — FLOYD HEMPHILL WAS SHOT THROUGH ARM. [ARTICLE]

FLOYD HEMPHILL WAS SHOT THROUGH ARM.

Floyd, the young son of Mr, and Mrs. I. N. Hemphill, is the victim of the first hunting accident of the season. Saturday, in company witty Carl Eiglesbach, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eiglesbach, he had shouldered his trusty rifle and filed out to the sand bank west of town to ambush any game that might stray their way. Carl, after they had eaten a luncheon, concluded that he must make a thorough examination of his gun, and it was accidently discharged and the bullet passing through the muscle of his companion’s arm, just below the left shoulder. The wound is not serious but should serve as a warning to 12-year-old aspiring nimrods.