Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Thursday, July 13, 1893
Page 5
Accidental Shooting.
Last Monday S.S. Andrews, his wife, Lewis Andrews, their son, and a younger son composed a party who went to the strip on a haying expedition. They stopped on Duck creek and commenced work. Lewis Andrews complained of feeling badly and his father told him to remain in the wagon and recuperate. Tuesday Mr. Andrews cut hay; yesterday morning Lewes was feeling no better and Mr. Andrews concluded that he would rake a little more hay, have an early dinner,load up and return to the city. At about 11 o'clock Mr. Andrews came to the camp from where he had been a work and all ate dinner. Lewis ate hearty, drinking two cups of coffee and was in good spirits. When dinner was over Mr. Andrews went to finish raking what hay he had cut; Lewis remained in the wagon and his mother and the younger son went to the creek after a bucket of water. What at the creek a pistol shot was heard and the little boy remarked to his mother "Pa has shot something." Mrs. Andrews replied "I guess not because I see him at work." They she told the boy to run to the wagon and see if Lewis had done anything. The boy went and in a short time came back and said Lewis had shot himself. The mother commenced screaming and ran to the wagon. Mr. Andrews heard the screams of his wife and started for the wagon too. On his arrival there his wife said Lewis had killed himself. Looking into the wagon Mr. Andrews saw his son lying on the floor of the wagon bed dead. A bullet hole was in the center of his forehead and the blood was oozing from the wound. At the boys side lay the revolver. The family endeavored to attract the attention of someone by calling, but no one came to their assistance, so they hitched up and started for this city, arriving here last night at midnight.
Mr. Andrews told the above to the Traveler reporter and said he thought the shooting was accidental; that he believed his boy went to a box in the fore part of the wagon, which contained a watch, revolver and some other traps, to see what time of day and in some way picked up the revolver and shot himself in handling it.
Lewis Andrews was 28 years of age and was strong and healthy. His indisposition was but a few days old; he was never despondent. He came here last March with his parents from Northern Kansas to go to the strip. In order to make expenses the family has been putting up hay.
The funeral will occur in the morning at eleven o'clock. This afternoon complaint was lodged with the health officer Heck that the body smelled badly and should be buried this afternoon even if the family insisted on it being done tomorrow. That officer was attending to the case during the afternoon.
The funeral occurred this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Arkansas City, Kansas
Thursday, July 13, 1893
Page 5
Accidental Shooting.
Last Monday S.S. Andrews, his wife, Lewis Andrews, their son, and a younger son composed a party who went to the strip on a haying expedition. They stopped on Duck creek and commenced work. Lewis Andrews complained of feeling badly and his father told him to remain in the wagon and recuperate. Tuesday Mr. Andrews cut hay; yesterday morning Lewes was feeling no better and Mr. Andrews concluded that he would rake a little more hay, have an early dinner,load up and return to the city. At about 11 o'clock Mr. Andrews came to the camp from where he had been a work and all ate dinner. Lewis ate hearty, drinking two cups of coffee and was in good spirits. When dinner was over Mr. Andrews went to finish raking what hay he had cut; Lewis remained in the wagon and his mother and the younger son went to the creek after a bucket of water. What at the creek a pistol shot was heard and the little boy remarked to his mother "Pa has shot something." Mrs. Andrews replied "I guess not because I see him at work." They she told the boy to run to the wagon and see if Lewis had done anything. The boy went and in a short time came back and said Lewis had shot himself. The mother commenced screaming and ran to the wagon. Mr. Andrews heard the screams of his wife and started for the wagon too. On his arrival there his wife said Lewis had killed himself. Looking into the wagon Mr. Andrews saw his son lying on the floor of the wagon bed dead. A bullet hole was in the center of his forehead and the blood was oozing from the wound. At the boys side lay the revolver. The family endeavored to attract the attention of someone by calling, but no one came to their assistance, so they hitched up and started for this city, arriving here last night at midnight.
Mr. Andrews told the above to the Traveler reporter and said he thought the shooting was accidental; that he believed his boy went to a box in the fore part of the wagon, which contained a watch, revolver and some other traps, to see what time of day and in some way picked up the revolver and shot himself in handling it.
Lewis Andrews was 28 years of age and was strong and healthy. His indisposition was but a few days old; he was never despondent. He came here last March with his parents from Northern Kansas to go to the strip. In order to make expenses the family has been putting up hay.
The funeral will occur in the morning at eleven o'clock. This afternoon complaint was lodged with the health officer Heck that the body smelled badly and should be buried this afternoon even if the family insisted on it being done tomorrow. That officer was attending to the case during the afternoon.
The funeral occurred this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Thursday, July 13, 1893
Page 5
Accidental Shooting.
Last Monday S.S. Andrews, his wife, Lewis Andrews, their son, and a younger son composed a party who went to the strip on a haying expedition. They stopped on Duck creek and commenced work. Lewis Andrews complained of feeling badly and his father told him to remain in the wagon and recuperate. Tuesday Mr. Andrews cut hay; yesterday morning Lewes was feeling no better and Mr. Andrews concluded that he would rake a little more hay, have an early dinner,load up and return to the city. At about 11 o'clock Mr. Andrews came to the camp from where he had been a work and all ate dinner. Lewis ate hearty, drinking two cups of coffee and was in good spirits. When dinner was over Mr. Andrews went to finish raking what hay he had cut; Lewis remained in the wagon and his mother and the younger son went to the creek after a bucket of water. What at the creek a pistol shot was heard and the little boy remarked to his mother "Pa has shot something." Mrs. Andrews replied "I guess not because I see him at work." They she told the boy to run to the wagon and see if Lewis had done anything. The boy went and in a short time came back and said Lewis had shot himself. The mother commenced screaming and ran to the wagon. Mr. Andrews heard the screams of his wife and started for the wagon too. On his arrival there his wife said Lewis had killed himself. Looking into the wagon Mr. Andrews saw his son lying on the floor of the wagon bed dead. A bullet hole was in the center of his forehead and the blood was oozing from the wound. At the boys side lay the revolver. The family endeavored to attract the attention of someone by calling, but no one came to their assistance, so they hitched up and started for this city, arriving here last night at midnight.
Mr. Andrews told the above to the Traveler reporter and said he thought the shooting was accidental; that he believed his boy went to a box in the fore part of the wagon, which contained a watch, revolver and some other traps, to see what time of day and in some way picked up the revolver and shot himself in handling it.
Lewis Andrews was 28 years of age and was strong and healthy. His indisposition was but a few days old; he was never despondent. He came here last March with his parents from Northern Kansas to go to the strip. In order to make expenses the family has been putting up hay.
The funeral will occur in the morning at eleven o'clock. This afternoon complaint was lodged with the health officer Heck that the body smelled badly and should be buried this afternoon even if the family insisted on it being done tomorrow. That officer was attending to the case during the afternoon.
The funeral occurred this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Arkansas City, Kansas
Thursday, July 13, 1893
Page 5
Accidental Shooting.
Last Monday S.S. Andrews, his wife, Lewis Andrews, their son, and a younger son composed a party who went to the strip on a haying expedition. They stopped on Duck creek and commenced work. Lewis Andrews complained of feeling badly and his father told him to remain in the wagon and recuperate. Tuesday Mr. Andrews cut hay; yesterday morning Lewes was feeling no better and Mr. Andrews concluded that he would rake a little more hay, have an early dinner,load up and return to the city. At about 11 o'clock Mr. Andrews came to the camp from where he had been a work and all ate dinner. Lewis ate hearty, drinking two cups of coffee and was in good spirits. When dinner was over Mr. Andrews went to finish raking what hay he had cut; Lewis remained in the wagon and his mother and the younger son went to the creek after a bucket of water. What at the creek a pistol shot was heard and the little boy remarked to his mother "Pa has shot something." Mrs. Andrews replied "I guess not because I see him at work." They she told the boy to run to the wagon and see if Lewis had done anything. The boy went and in a short time came back and said Lewis had shot himself. The mother commenced screaming and ran to the wagon. Mr. Andrews heard the screams of his wife and started for the wagon too. On his arrival there his wife said Lewis had killed himself. Looking into the wagon Mr. Andrews saw his son lying on the floor of the wagon bed dead. A bullet hole was in the center of his forehead and the blood was oozing from the wound. At the boys side lay the revolver. The family endeavored to attract the attention of someone by calling, but no one came to their assistance, so they hitched up and started for this city, arriving here last night at midnight.
Mr. Andrews told the above to the Traveler reporter and said he thought the shooting was accidental; that he believed his boy went to a box in the fore part of the wagon, which contained a watch, revolver and some other traps, to see what time of day and in some way picked up the revolver and shot himself in handling it.
Lewis Andrews was 28 years of age and was strong and healthy. His indisposition was but a few days old; he was never despondent. He came here last March with his parents from Northern Kansas to go to the strip. In order to make expenses the family has been putting up hay.
The funeral will occur in the morning at eleven o'clock. This afternoon complaint was lodged with the health officer Heck that the body smelled badly and should be buried this afternoon even if the family insisted on it being done tomorrow. That officer was attending to the case during the afternoon.
The funeral occurred this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
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