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(Confirmed lrom Firsf Page!Iowa d by Arthur Hennett, son lt;e Mr rind Mrs. Tcm Hennett o' No id h lt;'• ne r lt;ry sti e. t.1 In tin* hall, according to the fes-; Umony of tin- Hi mutt boy to Conner D. W. Sailnders, Jeffers askd j for a target and his romiKiiu n ; threw his cap to the roar of ti» hall. J offers declared t} i; 11 tin- c y* was too big and he picked it u . doubling it, with the idea of pi m i it on a n* ar by cm. As the two .•.looped over the ran, Jeffers drop pod his revolver, which discharge I on striking the Moor. Staggerim; backwards. .Jeffers exclaimed, * 1 am shot’* and the boy, frightened, ran away.Co-incidental with the dischargeof tin gun, IMb man had stepp' 1 , into the hall and Jfell into his arms, gasping, I have been shot. In the breast. Kdh man carried him to a cot in lii.s room and immediately summoned I)r. J. I..lbmry. Then he began to cut aw I Jeffers’ clothing, but before t in* physician arrived the wound* i man became unseonsclouH, dyim within 10 minutes after the do*,tor’s arrival and within 20 ruinutlt; v (after lie had been shot. It vn found that the bullet had enter* 1j his right breast at an angle men jthe sixth rib, probably severing the main arteries to the lungs be cause of the fact he died r,o note; and because very little blood isaut 1 from the wound.Coroner D W. Saunders, of Millfield, wan immediately notified andho came nt once to take charge of his first case since his inductioninto office on .January 1. He mad ? his investigation very efficiently, and returned a verdict of accident -a! shooting. Jeffers* bride of four Months, the daughter of Charles Ik Doe, of Athens, and a prospective
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Wed, Jan 10, 1923
Page 5
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Andrew C.
OH, USA 03 May 2023
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