Indianola Herald Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of...and Mrs Ben Cool, was shot in the head last Saturday evening with a 22 caliber rifle in the hands of Russell Wright, the thirteen year old son of Mrs Laura Wright, who lives next door to the Cool home. The boy was shooting sparrows and did not see the little girl who was picking flowers in the garden The bullet struck her in the forehead and and plowed its way into her brain. The boy as well as his mother are prostrated with grief over the sad affair and the parents of the dead child are almost frantic with grief. The funeral occured Monday afternoon and...
Indianola Herald
Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of a 22 caliber rifle fired by a thirteen year old boy at a sparrow. The advice given is timely for old and young. A boy with a gun is a public nuisance, and should be so treated. Of course, it was an accident. Regretted yes more than tongue can tell but that does not right the wrong. The child is dead. The pure, sweet, innocent child's life has gone out forever. Two mothers' hearts are broken and the years which come and go will never heal them. The father Is broken down, life seems to him hardly worth the while; and the boy who meant to do no harm will carry a...
Contributor: Santo∼age 7y
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of...and Mrs Ben Cool, was shot in the head last Saturday evening with a 22 caliber rifle in the hands of Russell Wright, the thirteen year old son of Mrs Laura Wright, who lives next door to the Cool home. The boy was shooting sparrows and did not see the little girl who was picking flowers in the garden The bullet struck her in the forehead and and plowed its way into her brain. The boy as well as his mother are prostrated with grief over the sad affair and the parents of the dead child are almost frantic with grief. The funeral occured Monday afternoon and...
Indianola Herald
Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of a 22 caliber rifle fired by a thirteen year old boy at a sparrow. The advice given is timely for old and young. A boy with a gun is a public nuisance, and should be so treated. Of course, it was an accident. Regretted yes more than tongue can tell but that does not right the wrong. The child is dead. The pure, sweet, innocent child's life has gone out forever. Two mothers' hearts are broken and the years which come and go will never heal them. The father Is broken down, life seems to him hardly worth the while; and the boy who meant to do no harm will carry a...
Contributor: Santo∼age 7y
Indianola Herald Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of...and Mrs Ben Cool, was shot in the head last Saturday evening with a 22 caliber rifle in the hands of Russell Wright, the thirteen year old son of Mrs Laura Wright, who lives next door to the Cool home. The boy was shooting sparrows and did not see the little girl who was picking flowers in the garden The bullet struck her in the forehead and and plowed its way into her brain. The boy as well as his mother are prostrated with grief over the sad affair and the parents of the dead child are almost frantic with grief. The funeral occured Monday afternoon and...
Indianola Herald
Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of a 22 caliber rifle fired by a thirteen year old boy at a sparrow. The advice given is timely for old and young. A boy with a gun is a public nuisance, and should be so treated. Of course, it was an accident. Regretted yes more than tongue can tell but that does not right the wrong. The child is dead. The pure, sweet, innocent child's life has gone out forever. Two mothers' hearts are broken and the years which come and go will never heal them. The father Is broken down, life seems to him hardly worth the while; and the boy who meant to do no harm will carry a...
Contributor: Santo∼age 7y
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of...and Mrs Ben Cool, was shot in the head last Saturday evening with a 22 caliber rifle in the hands of Russell Wright, the thirteen year old son of Mrs Laura Wright, who lives next door to the Cool home. The boy was shooting sparrows and did not see the little girl who was picking flowers in the garden The bullet struck her in the forehead and and plowed its way into her brain. The boy as well as his mother are prostrated with grief over the sad affair and the parents of the dead child are almost frantic with grief. The funeral occured Monday afternoon and...
Indianola Herald
Thursday, September 6th, 1906
daughter of Ben Cool met her death from the bullet of a 22 caliber rifle fired by a thirteen year old boy at a sparrow. The advice given is timely for old and young. A boy with a gun is a public nuisance, and should be so treated. Of course, it was an accident. Regretted yes more than tongue can tell but that does not right the wrong. The child is dead. The pure, sweet, innocent child's life has gone out forever. Two mothers' hearts are broken and the years which come and go will never heal them. The father Is broken down, life seems to him hardly worth the while; and the boy who meant to do no harm will carry a...
Contributor: Santo∼age 7y
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