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.