People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1894 — A SAD CHRISTMAS. [ARTICLE]

A SAD CHRISTMAS.

An Accidental Death Mars a Family Reunion in Florida. Jtcksonville, Fla., Dec. 25. —A special from Orlando, Fla., says: A tragedy marked the Christmas reunion of the families of the three Prescott brothers who live near this place. The children found an old pistol which was supposed to be unloaded, and were playing with it. One oi them pointed the revolver at little Alice Prescott, aged 9 years, and pulled the trigger. There was an explosion, and little Alice fell dead, shot through the heart.