Las Vegas Age, November 8, 2003, Clark County, Nevada  
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LAS VEGAS AGE
10/2/1909

CARL LARSON MEETS DEATH

ELDORADO MAN KILLED BY ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF GUN

    On Friday afternoon, September 24, Carl LARSON was almost instantly 
killed at his camp at Knob Hill in the Eldorado district.  LARSON had 
borrowed a gun from John JOLUET for the purpose of hunting rabbits.  He 
laid the loaded gun on the ground with the muzzle pointing toward him 
and stooped to pick up a rock, when in some manner the gun was 
discharged, tearing a ghastly hole in LARSON's right side.  Within two 
minutes of the report of the gun the unfortunate man was dead.
    The deceased was aged about 58 or 59 years and bore a good 
reputation, being sober, steady and a hard worker.  None of his 
relatives are known.  He was an old miner, having spent many years in 
the camps of Leadville, Ouray, Bisbee, Pioche and others before coming 
to the Eldorado district.  In company with John ANDERSON he owned 
several good claims in the Knob Hill section.  Mr. ANDERSON was in Vegas 
at the time news of the accident was received.  He feels the loss of his 
partner keenly, this being the fifth of his associates to meet a violent 
death within the last four years.
    After an investigation of the circumstances surrounding his death by 
the authorities, the deceased was buried near the properties on which he 
had based high hopes for the future.