Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — SAD ACCIDENT NEAR KERSEY [ARTICLE]

SAD ACCIDENT NEAR KERSEY

Winnie Stroup KilledbyAccldental Discarge of Rifle. ACCIDENT OCCUREDTHURSDAY And Victim Lived an Hour and a Half After Being Shot—Rifle Was In Hands of Young Man Named Crawford. Winnie Stroup, a daughter of Wm. Stroup of near Kersey or Demotte, was killed Thursday evening by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of a young man named Crawford. The bullet penetrated her forehead just about one of the eyes, and she died within an hour and a half thereafter. The inability to hear anything distinctly over the telephone lines yesterday morning from the north end makes it impossible for us to give the particularly, but undertaker Keene at Wheatfield, by repeating of the message by “central,” notified Zern Wright here of the ( accident, which he stated was purely accidental, and said he had gone ahead and embalmed the body. Coroner W. J. Wright was himself out of the city, but was expected home some time yesterday When he returns no doubt some little investigation may be made, although everyone in the vicinity seems satisfied that the shooting was purely accidental. The girl was a young lady, we understand, but as to just how the accident occurred we were unable to learn at time of going to press.