Charles Davis - GUN DISCHARGES; BOY IS INJURED 1920

DAVIS

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 4/5/2016 at 22:59:55

DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH – HERALD: Friday - January 2, 1920

GUN DISCHARGES;
BOY IS INJURED
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CHAS. DAVIS, 1735 SYCAMORE
STREET, WOUNDED
THURSDAY
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SLIPS ON ICE AND
DROPS HIS RIFLE
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Was Starting Out On Hunting Trip
When Accident Occurred, Will
Recover Physician Says
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Charles Davis, 17 years old, 1735 Sycamore Street, accidentally discharging the rifle he was carrying was seriously injured yesterday when he slipped and fell, and suffered a severe wound in his abdomen. The accident occurred at the foot of Seventeenth Street.

Davis was taken to Finley Hospital and an operation performed. He will recover.

He set out for an island across the river where he had intended to hunt. While running in order to catch up with several companions who started in advance of him he slipped. In falling he dropped his rifle, which struck the ice and discharged.

None of his friends were nearby at the time. Davis rose and walked home without assistance.

He startled his mother by announcing he had been shot. Medical attention was promptly given to him. Mrs. C. M. Davis, the boy’s mother, discredited a rumor that was current yesterday to the effect her son was shot by a companion.

The police made an investigation and stated that according to the information they received, the shooting was an accident