Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hamilton, Wilson  July 13, 1936
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Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 14, 1936
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 13, 1936, page 1, column 7

SHOTGUN ACCIDENT KILLS BUCHANAN MAN EARLY THIS MORNING
Wilson Hamilton, Rural Mail Carried, Victim; Trigger of Gun Snapped

BUCHANAN, July 13--Wilson Hamilton, 42, was killed instantly this morning, 
the victim of the accidental discharge of a shotgun.  Mr. Hamilton had been 
a rural carrier here for 18 years.
	The accident occurred at 6:15 this morning.  Mr. Hamilton, who lived 
in Buchanan, had been spending the summer on a farm near here.  He came into 
town Saturday to get his 12 gauge gun to shoot weasels, which had become a 
pests on the farm.
	He was about to use the gun for this purpose this morning.  Going 
into the  pantry, he picked it up and his wife heard the report which 
followed.  When she reached her husband he was dead.
	It was believed the trigger caught on some obstruction in the 
pantry.  Coroner Louis Kerlikowske, who was called, pronounced the tragedy 
accidental death.
	Mr. Hamilton was born near Buchanan Feb. 19, 1894. He leaves his 
wife, Mrs. Esther Batchelor Hamilton, a daughter, Frances; two sons, Robert 
and John Lee; a brother, Alanson, and two sisters, Mrs. Node Weaver and Mrs. 
Harry Hartline, all of Buchanan and vicinity, and his mother, Mrs. Howard 
Wilson, of Dayton, Mich.
	Arrangements for the funeral services have not been completed.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 14, 1936, page 1, column 2

Hamilton Rites Set for Wednesday at 3

BUCHANAN, July 14--Funeral services for Wilson Hamilton, who was killed when 
his rifle accidentally discharged in his home here Monday morning. will be 
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
	The Rev. Paul Carpenter will officiate at the rites in the Lowell 
Swem funeral home and at the burial in Oak Ridge cemetery. Firends of the 
famiily are asked to call tonight at the residence, 128 West Alexander 
street.

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