Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Harlan, Mary 1916
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The News 6-16-1916
The News
Cambridge, Idaho
Friday, June 16, 1916
 
MARY HARLAN DEAD
 
Accidentally Shot by Her Grand Nephew
 
News of the tragic death of Mary Harlan, wife of Mike Harlan, deceased, was 
received in Cambridge on Tuesday of this week.  She was shot through the 
shoulder and thigh with a 30-30 rifle by the little 5-year old son of Fred 
Anderson.  The bullet severed an artery and she bled to death before surgical 
assistance could reach her.
 
The circumstances surrounding the tragedy are, as well as the event itself, 
especially sad.
 
Mrs. Harlan was visiting at the home of Mrs. Fred Anderson, but Mrs. Anderson 
had gone to Boise to take Hallie Lichliter to the hospital.  Mrs. Lichliter 
was staying at the Anderson home during Mrs. Anderson's absence.  Just 
previous to the accident the little 5-year old son of Fred Anderson had gone 
up stairs and found their rifle and had also discovered the cartridges, which 
had been hidden as a precaution.  He managed to get one of the cartridges into 
the gun and poked it down through a stovepipe hole in the ceiling and 
said: "Look out down there; I'm going to shoot!"  He was told to put the gun 
up and had apparently started to obey.  Mrs. Lichliter then started up the 
stairs to take the gun from him, but in the mean time he put the muzzle back 
through the stove pipe hole and fired, with the above result.  The boy, of 
course, did not, realize what he had done.
 
As soon as the fatal result of the accident was realized, Fred telephoned to 
his wife, who took the next  train out of Boise and was met in Weiser by Fred, 
who had gone there with his auto.
 
Mrs. Harland was born in Ohio and was 78 years and 28 days old.  She was a 
pioneer in this country; her husband, Mike Harlan, who preceded her in death 
about fifteen years, taught school and practiced law in this country in the 
early days.
 
She and Juddy Starr's mother were sisters, and she was aunt to Mrs. E. 
Lichliter.  She had one brother, R. M. Harris at Alton, Mo.
 
The funeral was Wednesday afternoon and internment in the Salubria cemetery 
beside her husband.

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