NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
FATAL SHOOTING BY A 4-YEAR OLD BOY--HE FINDS A REVOLVER, PULLS THE TRIGGER AND HITS HIS BABY SISTER IN THE HEAD.
A most distressing accident occurred Wednesday forenoon when a 4-year-old son of Fred Barnhart picked up a pistol and snapped it at his 6 months old sister. It was discharged, the bullet striking the baby between the eyes, death resulting soon afterward.
The father, a railway engineer was away on his run when the deplorable accident occurred and mother was prostrated. The home is on lower Ruby Street.
The Ellensburg Capital, December 21, 1911
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
FATAL SHOOTING BY A 4-YEAR OLD BOY--HE FINDS A REVOLVER, PULLS THE TRIGGER AND HITS HIS BABY SISTER IN THE HEAD.
A most distressing accident occurred Wednesday forenoon when a 4-year-old son of Fred Barnhart picked up a pistol and snapped it at his 6 months old sister. It was discharged, the bullet striking the baby between the eyes, death resulting soon afterward.
The father, a railway engineer was away on his run when the deplorable accident occurred and mother was prostrated. The home is on lower Ruby Street.
The Ellensburg Capital, December 21, 1911
Gravesite Details
Interred 21 Dec 1911. Died at age 5 months. Plot owned by P. F. Barnhart.
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