Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — Shot by His Dog. [ARTICLE]

Shot by His Dog.

Loills Lezotte was shot !>y his own dog while squirrel hunting in the woods near Rehobetli, Mass. Ho had a dou-ble-barreled gun with biin, and sighting a squirrel high up in an oak, Lezotte let go one barrel, badly wound-’ ing the squirrel. Standing the gun against the tree Lezotte began to climb to secure bis quarry. , The dog, which from the time of the discharge of the gun bad been running excitedly around the tree, begun to jump against the trunk as-it trying to follow his master. His pa tv struck the trigger of the unloaded barrel, sending a charge of shot up past Lor.ottoV, side aud lodging in the muscles of the rigid arm near the shoulder. Lezotte fell, but mnnaged to make his way to a doctor in Rehobeth, who sent for an ambulance to take the wounded man to the Rhode Island Hospital.