Unknown County MT Archives Obituaries.....Marvel, Daughter Of John November 1, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mt/mtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com December 24, 2007, 1:56 pm Morning Oregonian November 2,1904 Babes Game Is Fatal Six Year Old Boy Kills Little Girl Playmate Small Calibur Rifle Figures In Realistic Imitation of Train Robbery Seen At A Showhouse Hamilton,Mont.Nov 1.,-While playing with a small caliber rifle today,John Tyler,a 6 year old boy,shot and fatally wounded the 8 year old daughter of John Marvel.Both families are prominent in this city. The rifle was given the boy as a present some time ago,but his parents did not know he had any bullets and where he secured them is a mystery.It is said the lad had been to a moving picture show a few nights before,at which a train robbery wa sdepicted and the children were imitating this scene when the shooting occurred. The bullet entered the little girl's neck,severing the jugular vein.The physicians have no hope of her recovery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mt/unknown/obits/m/marvel15gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mtfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb