OBIT: HENRY SHAFFER  The Daily Courier, Thursday, February 20, 1919
Connellsville, PA, Fayette Co PA

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The Daily courier, Thursday, February 20 1919, 
Connellsville Pa, Fayette Co.

JOSEPH AND ISOLINE SHAFFER OF WHITE, SALTLICK TOWNSHIP PARTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR SON’S DEATH

That equal responsibility for the death of their son through the
accidental discharge of a shotgun rested on the parents, was the
decision of the court in Uniontown yesterday in the case of Joseph and
Isoline Shaffer of White, Saltlick township, against Charles M. Mowery,
a merchant of that place, to recover damages for the death of their son,
Henry, seven years old, who was shot and killed by his brother, Samuel,
14 years old.  The merchant sold to Samuel the shell which caused the
boy’s death.  The gun from which the load was discharged had been
borrowed from a neighbor and was being returned at the time of the
mishap.  The court held that while the merchant was negligent in selling
the shell to the boy, the parents also were negligent in permitting the
children to have the gun.  Therefore, the court overruled the
plaintiff’s petition to have the non-suit stricken off.