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SHOOTSfrNteenMOTHERinst re AWAKK.MAX WOMEN DIES OFen c TtogeGUNSHOT WOUND INFLICT- {of iED BY FOSTER SON.iBoy Was Engaged in CleaningthedrivWeapon When It Was Acci-ordentally Discharged.Mrs. Charles Barnes, aged fifty-^ —- — — —r — — — ^ — 9 ~ ^ Wfive years, the wife of a well knownMl Mk 4a Ift iSt • . . . at. .Ml -residing about two milessouthwest of Wakeman, was fatallyshot Saturday afternoon by Hoy Wood, aged sixteen years, her fos-ter sou. The shooting is said to have been the result of an accident.PaMrs. Barnes lingered until Sunday afternoon, when she died.About 1 o’clock Saturday atter-j noon Mrs. Barnes was engaged in (sweeping the iloor of the back porch of her res dence. Young Ward w aslt;nowthatseated in the yard some distancelaway, engaged in cleaning a shotgunwhich was dirty and in need of repair. Suddenly the shotgun wasW0U1tweePadischarged, the contents enteringfatesrevolNe^ . screlt;Mrs. Barnes's abdomen. hheThe boy, realizing instantly what j mjnihad happened, rushed to the side of jare 3 - his foster mother, and picked her gitliaup and carried her into the house. ^ .Aimost beside himself with grief, he ljir ^ huriedly sought for and found Mr. (hatBarnes, to whom, between sobs, heendeavored to tell the story of the aTlfj shooting. led aiPeian operation was performed upon ^ Mrs, Barnes about 4 o'clock Satur- |aid^ day afternoon in the hope of savingI♦Physicians were summoned andher life. A small quantity of shotwas extracted, but it was apparentto the physicians that the woundwould prove fatalMrs Barnes remained conscious most of the time and suffered intense agony, but in spite of her painit is said that she sympathizedfoster son, who was almost frantic witn griei ana wnu insisted that the shooting had been purely accidental, and that if his fos ter mother died he would kill himself. That the shooting was acci- 1 EXIdental was proved by Mrs. Barnes,hose last words were:‘Don ___-____Mr. Barnes is the guardian of Roy ood, who resides at the Barnes jhome. It is said by neighbors that |on t boy thought the world of hisfoster mother and that they werethe very best of friends.Young Wood is unable to explainthe shooting. ue says that he was“fixing*’ the gun, but insists that his finger was not near the trigger. He declares that he did not know£amtfounthis b Brbarrel was pointedingturnihe siure.Mrs. Barnes, who had gone out onporch only a moment beforeshot was fired.waythe lt;lyingDrU/FQTHN FYPFfTScoroiand
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Norwalk Daily Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Mon, Nov 25, 1907
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