White, Grover – d. 1918

WHITE

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/19/2018 at 15:22:08

Fatal Accident
Little Grover White, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe White, near Mitchellville, was playing soldier with his older brother, seven years of age, Tuesday afternoon. The elder boy had taken a loaded shot gun from the closet nearby and told Grover that he was a German and “When I command you to halt you must stop.” Grover went marching by and when the command came to halt, he did not obey. The other boy raised the gun and pulled the trigger and instantly the lifeless body lay before him. The funeral occurred today at two o’clock,
Source: The Colfax Clipper; June 20, 1918