Berrien County MI Archives News.....Young Boy Killed by Joking Brother February 1, 1901
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The Expounder [Marshall MI] February 1, 1901
August Faust, aged 13, shot and killed his brother, aged 11 years, at the 
Faust farm home, near Stevensville. Young Faust had just returned from a day's 
hunting and calling to his younger brother Albert he said: "Come quick. I have 
something to show you." With a cry of delight at the return of his favorite 
brother with something interesting to show him, little Albert hastened toward 
the door of the room where his brother stood. Between the two rooms there were 
two heavy curtains. When little Albert parted the curtains he was confronted 
by the two ugly barrels of a shotgun. There was a deafening report and little 
Albert sank to the floor with a groan, his head riddled by a heavy charge of 
shot. The mother rushed into the room, her grief was heartrending. It had been 
a custom of the brothers to play with the gun, point it at each other and snap 
caps. In this case young Faust did not think of the gun being loaded. The jury 
impaneled rendered a verdict of accidental shooting.

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