Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Carlson, Oscar 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: D. Joshua Taylor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00006.html#0001358 and Elizabeth Burns July 21, 2005, 2:00 pm Arizona Republican-Mar 8, 1904 Oscar Carlson March 8, 1902 Arizona Republican Newspaper A dispatch from Yuma says that Oscar Carlson, while trying to wrestle a pistol from the hands of a man by the name of Mills, was mortally wounded by the weapon being accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect in the groin. The accident happened at Blaisdell Tuesday morning and Carlson was brought to this place, where an operation was performed and the bullet removed late yesterday evening. He died at 8 o'clock this evening. The unfortunate man was a bridge carpenter in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railway and was a member of the I.O.O.F. at Lebo ,Kansas, which lodge was notified of his misfortune. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/statewide/obits/c/carlson361gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb