Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Lord, Fay November 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net January 19, 2007, 8:55 pm The Walnut Valley Times, November 27, 1903 The Walnut Valley Times November 27, 1903 Volume XXXIV, Number 45 BOY KILLED BY ACCIDENT Fay Lord Shot and Killed by a Companion – Were Hunting – Schoolmates and Great Chums Fay Lord was shot and killed Saturday about 1:30 p.m. while out hunting with two companions, Roy Proctor and Lawrence Oliver. The shooting was by Proctor and was entirely accidental. The three boys, all about 15 years of age, went about 6 miles southwest of El Dorado hunting rabbits. They were about two rods apart, guns cocked with muzzles down, going eastward; Proctor was in the middle and Lord on his left. A jack rabbit jumped up immediately in front of Proctor, and ran to his left, to the north and between him and Lord. In the excitement Proctor’s gun exploded. Lord fell, shot in the right temple, a little above the right eye. He never regained consciousness. Proctor terrified, ran to a pond and brought water in his cap, but when he returned Lord had expired. His companion, Oliver, ran to Jasper Harshman’s farm house and gave the alarm, leaving Proctor to watch at the side of his friend and playmate. When Oliver and Harshman returned Proctor was weeping and wringing his hands and exclaiming; “Oh, that I had never even seen a gun.” Proctor says he is unable to explain how the accident occurred. He thinks his dog may have jumped against him, after the rabbit, or he may have stumbled and thus pulled the trigger. Dr. C. E. Hunt, coroner, went to the scene in a big pasture, with not a house in sight, and held an inquest at 4 p.m., with the following as jurors: Geo. H. Sullivan B. R. Smith Hugh Thompson Frank H. Thompson Silas Crowles J.N. Harshman A verdict was returned that Fay Lord came to his death from a gun shot wound inflicted accidentally by Roy Proctor, on Nov. 21, 1903. Fay Lord was a good boy, with a bright mind. He, with young Proctor, spent Friday night previous to the accident at his own home studying their lessons and planning the next day’s enjoyment. A key to young Lord’s character is afforded by a remark he made to his mother before starting on the fatal hunt: I’ll take my watch, mother, and I’ll think of you at dinner time, at noon, so you can think of me.” Proctor’s inconsolable and suffers intensely, blaming himself for the accident that cost the life of his schoolmate, companion, chum. Fay was a son of Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Lord, who reside on Merchants street. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, parents of Roy, are deeply grieved, and have been active in efforts to lessen the terrible blow to the stricken family. The funeral occurred today, Nov. 23, at 2:30 p.m., from the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. George Harkness. The Eighth grade of the public schools attended in a body, and paid the last tribute of love to their school and playmate. Universal sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Lord in their great bereavement – such as only parents know. BOY KILLED Fay Lord, aged about 15 years, was shot and killed this afternoon by a companion, Roy Proctor, a boy about his own age. The shot was entirely accidental. The two were hunting and Proctor shot at some game, the shot striking young Lord in the head, killling him instantly. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/l/lord749ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb