Mason County IL Archives News.....Shoots Self Retrieving Dead Rabbit January 6, 1929
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State Journal January 6, 1929
Havana Boy Is Seriously Wounded While Hunting

Havana, Jan. 6- LYLE KRAMER, 10 son of MR. and MRS. PAUL KRAMER, and cousin of 
Sheriff KRAMER of Mason county, is in a serious condition at St. Francis 
hospital in Peoria suffering from a wound in his neck sustained at 4 o'clock 
this afternoon when he and two companions were hunting rabbits.
The KRAMER lad and DONALD and LOREN LIPPERT had gone rabbit hunting near the 
cemetery. LYLE shot a rabbit which fell into an abandoned well. The lad 
descended into the well to get the animal and as he emerged to the top his 
rifle was accidentaly discharged, the bullet piercing his neck.
The injured boy was taken to the hospital by DOCTOR STUBENRAUCH and ROBERT 
NEIDERER.

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