Harper County KS Archives Obituaries.....THOMPSON, Moses  December 2, 1898
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The Anthony Weekly Bulletin
Harper County
Friday
December 2, 1898

Accidentally Killed.
Tuesday afternoon Dr. C.E. BOWERS was summoned to the T.B. SMITH farm in Spring
township, to assist in caring for a man who had accidentally shot himself, but
when he arrived, found the man dead. From Doctor Bowers we learned the following
particulars: Moses THOMPSON, the deceased, and another young man were topping
Kaffir corn and Mr. Thompson had his 22 rifle along with him and it was standing
in one corner of the wagon; while topping one shock they had noticed a rabbit
run into another close by and when they reached it the other fellow reminded
Thompson that it was the shock with the rabbit in it, and went on with his work;
Thompson reached for his rifle and evidently pulled it toward him muzzle
forward, for it was in some way discharged the ball striking him right over the
left temple. His companion heard the report of the rifle and supposed that he
had fired at the rabbit, but coming to the wagon soon after, he found him lying
in the wagon with the wound on his head, an!
 d immediately took him home and summoned a doctor from Manchester or Cameron
and afterwards sent for Dr. Bowers. The young man lived about an hour, but the
wound was a fatal one. Mr. Thompson leaves a wife and two children to mourn his
death, and he is added to the already too long list of victims to the carless
handling of firearms. 


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