Logan County KS Archives News.....Death: 11-year-old son of F. M. DUVALL May 8, 1891 ************************************************ 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: Cic. Stetter Timetraveler303@aol.com October 2, 2009, 12:10 pm The Oakley GRAPHIC, Oakley, Logan County, Kansas; Friday, April 24, 1891 May 8, 1891 Norton.--A sad tragedy occurred here. The 11-year-old son of F. M. DUVALL, editor of the Courier, during the absence of his parents, secured a revolver, and having, as he thought, extracted all the cartridges, proceeded to frighten all the other children by snapping it at them. Then, to assure them there was no danger, he placed the muzzle against his forehead {space?} pulled the trigger, when a bullet went crashing through his brain, he having failed to extract all the charges. Additional Comments: Source: The Oakley GRAPHIC, Oakley, Logan County, Kansas; Friday, May 8, 1891; Volume II No. 25, page 2 column 3. Microfilm available at Oakley Public Library; filmed by/for Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. ksfootsteps, rw - rms transcribed by Cic. Stetter File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/logan/newspapers/death11y198gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb