Clay County AlArchives News.....Treadwell Shooting January 23, 1903
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Our Mountain Home January 23, 1903
On last Saturday Eddie Treadwell, the son of Mr. H. E. Tread-well who resides 
three miles east of town, was accidentally shot with a pistol in the hands of 
his brother. The ball passed through his hand and entered his bowels, lodging in 
one of the large intestines. The wound inflicted was a very painful one. An 
operation was performed by Drs. Gay and Northen and the ball removed. The boys, 
aged about 17 and 18 respectively, were at the barn making an examination of the 
pistol which the older one had bought that day. The older boy had extracted all 
the cartridges, as he thought, and was showing his brother how easily it would 
snap when the pistol fired with result as stated. Only the same old tale of 
didn't know that it was loaded and another awful example of what a dangerous 
thing a pistol is in the hands of boys.

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