Young Iowa Mother Shot Dead by Her Four-Year-Old Baby
Pisgah, Ia., Dec. 4.--Mrs. Jesse Nuzum, 35 years old, was accidentally shot and killed in her home south of here yesterday.
Mrs. Nuzum's death was caused by her 4-year-old daughter, who in some manner as yet unexplained, got hold of a shotgun and caused it to be discharged.
The heavy load of shot entered Mrs. Nuzum's back between the shoulders and tore a frightful hole in her body. She lived but a short time.
Omaha Daily Bee, Friday, 5 Dec. 1919, page 1.
Soldier Valley Cemetery in Pisgah has no record of her burial there.
Pisgah, Ia., Dec. 4.--Mrs. Jesse Nuzum, 35 years old, was accidentally shot and killed in her home south of here yesterday.
Mrs. Nuzum's death was caused by her 4-year-old daughter, who in some manner as yet unexplained, got hold of a shotgun and caused it to be discharged.
The heavy load of shot entered Mrs. Nuzum's back between the shoulders and tore a frightful hole in her body. She lived but a short time.
Omaha Daily Bee, Friday, 5 Dec. 1919, page 1.
Soldier Valley Cemetery in Pisgah has no record of her burial there.
Young Iowa Mother Shot Dead by Her Four-Year-Old Baby
Pisgah, Ia., Dec. 4.--Mrs. Jesse Nuzum, 35 years old, was accidentally shot and killed in her home south of here yesterday.
Mrs. Nuzum's death was caused by her 4-year-old daughter, who in some manner as yet unexplained, got hold of a shotgun and caused it to be discharged.
The heavy load of shot entered Mrs. Nuzum's back between the shoulders and tore a frightful hole in her body. She lived but a short time.
Omaha Daily Bee, Friday, 5 Dec. 1919, page 1.
Soldier Valley Cemetery in Pisgah has no record of her burial there.
Pisgah, Ia., Dec. 4.--Mrs. Jesse Nuzum, 35 years old, was accidentally shot and killed in her home south of here yesterday.
Mrs. Nuzum's death was caused by her 4-year-old daughter, who in some manner as yet unexplained, got hold of a shotgun and caused it to be discharged.
The heavy load of shot entered Mrs. Nuzum's back between the shoulders and tore a frightful hole in her body. She lived but a short time.
Omaha Daily Bee, Friday, 5 Dec. 1919, page 1.
Soldier Valley Cemetery in Pisgah has no record of her burial there.
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