Obituary: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: Mrs. Franz HANSEN ************************************************************************ Submitted by Mary Saggio, August 2007 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The Cedarburg Weekly News Cedarburg, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin December 26, 1883 WAS IT MURDER? -- On the 26th of November, Mrs. Franz HANSEN was killed in the town of Fredonia, this county, by what was claimed the accidental discharge of a shotgun It seems on that day Mr. HANSEN determined to kill a dog, and for that purpose procured the fire-arm. He had, according to his own story, killed the dog, and was about disposing of the carcass, when the gun, which he had handed to his wife, was accidentally discharged, killing her instantly. As his usual in such cases, a coroner's jury was impanelled, who, accepting the husband's statement as the truth, returned a verdict of accidentally shooting, and the body was interred.