Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Allen, John 1899
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Idaho Daily Statesman 11-18-1899
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise, Idaho
Saturday, November 18, 1899
 
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF PAYETTE
 
John Allen, aged 17 years, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun, 
while herding sheep for S. W. Woodland on Little Bear creek, about 20 miles 
from Payette on Thursday of last week.
 
Young Allen's body was found about 8 o'clock Friday morning by S. W. Woodland, 
George V. Nesbitt and George Dutton.  The boy had walked about 150 feet from 
where his gun was found, and the position of the body indicated that he had 
laid down and that his last act was an effort to stanch the flow of blood from 
his wound as he had doubled one corner of his overcoat tightly together in his 
clenched hand and had it pressed against his right breast a little below the 
ghastly mark, the bullet having entered just above the nipple and came out 
near the shoulder blade.  There were no indication of a struggle where the 
body lay and the presumption is that the poor boy did not long survive the 
deplorable accident.

Additional Comments:
Note:  John Allen is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Payette in an unmarked 
grave.  ch

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