OBIT: Charles R. SANNER, 1944, Garrett R.D., Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES R. SANNER

Garrett R.D. Lumberman Victim when Shotgun in Hands of Partner Was Accidently 
Discharged

  Charles R. Sanner, 52, Garrett R.D. lumber dealer, was accidently shot and 
killed instantly Monday afternoon while on a hunting trip to the Negro Mountains 
with his two sons and his partner in the lumber business, O. C. Laraway of 
Rockwood.
  The charge from a 12-gauge shotgun in the hands of Laraway struck Sanner in 
the back and some of the pellets passed through the heart and emerged through 
the chest.  Sanner's two sons, Richard, 17, and Robert, 15, were standing near 
their father at the time he was killed.
  Laraway and Sanner had combined a hunting and business trip, having arranged 
to inspect a timber tract in the vicinity of where the accident occurred.  
Laraway was walking in back of Sanner.  He said he started to change his shotgun 
from his left to his right hand and while doing so the weapon was discharged 
accidently.
  Coroner P. C. Dosch, Deputy Sheriff Harry C. Jacobs and Game Protector Millard 
Crooks conducted an investigation and with the assistance of nine other men 
carried the body of Sanner more than two and a half miles to a highway.  Sanner 
was about six feet four inches tall and weighed 265 pounds.
  Coroner Dosch said he will conduct an inquest at a later date.  He authorized 
Dr. George Speicher of Rockwood to perform an autopsy, which revealed that some 
of the pellets had passed through the heart.
  The victim of the shooting is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Sanner, and four 
children - Richard, Robert, Edmund and Katherine, all at home.

Meyersdale Republican, November 23, 1944