Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1909 — SALOON HORSEPLAY IS FATAL [ARTICLE]

SALOON HORSEPLAY IS FATAL

Umbrella Thrown In Fun Pierces Brain and Causes Death. Bessemer, Mich., Nov. s.—August Byarklund will be in court tomorrow to answer for the death of his com■panion, Leander Mattson. Both were miners and were skylarkin* in a saloon. Byarklund playfully made a harpoon of his umbrella and shot ft toward Mattson. The point entered Mattson’s brain above the eye and killed him.