Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1902 — Shooting Accident At Monticello. [ARTICLE]

Shooting Accident At Monticello.

There was a serious shooting accident near Montioello, Friday. A twelve year old boy named Ernest Magee was passing close to the residence of Bert Burns, with a shot gun, when it was accidentally discharged and Jthe oharge passed through the window and struok Mrs. Burns in the forehead. She is badly wounded, but unless complications ensue she will reoover. One eye is badly injured, and she may lose if. A little girl, Opal Maynard, standing beside Mrs, Burns received one) shot in the face, but was not seriously hurt.