Kane, Francis 1895 -1910

KANE

Posted By: Janice Sowers (email)
Date: 12/12/2006 at 13:41:06

From the Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Lillian Wheeler

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 3, 1911, FP, C3

ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

Francis Kane, son of Mike Kane of Elma accidentally received a charge of shot through his back and abdomen Christmas afternoon, from which he died three hours later.

The young man in company with two brothers had been out hunting and was returning home. The three were walking along in single file with the older boy in the lead carrying a gun under his arm pointing ahead. About a half mile out from town the boy Francis stepped ahead and had gone but a short distance when the gun in the hands of the other boy was accidentally set off, the full charge striking Francis in the back.

The boy who was shot was 14 or 15 years old and the one who had the gun about 18. They are cousins of the Roche boys.

It is a sad cutting off of a young man who was highly thought of and who showed all the promise of becoming a useful man.

Note: Calvary Elma Cemetery shows he was born March 29, 1895 and died Dec. 25, 1910

Calvary Elma Cemetery
 

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