BUTCHLER, Boy c1890 – 1904

BUTCHLER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/27/2019 at 15:28:22

Source: Decorah Republican Oct. 13, 1904 Page 4

Shot Himself to Death.
A 14-year-old boy named Butchler, living near Floyd, shot himself on the 29th ult. He left school at the afternoon recess, saying to some of his playmates he was going to do the deed. He went home and a few minutes after a gunshot was heard. His mother thought he was shooting birds and gave no attention. When his sister came home from school she found him lying in the yard dead. What are we coming to when children become suicides?