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ior tne jokers.Accidental Shooting.Another case of accidental shooting which resulted fatally as a result of a small boy having firearms occurred last Monday nfght at 7:30 when Olof Lovisondahl a man working for Ole C. TBJugstad, who lives in Steele county, twelve miles from Coopers town northeast, was shot through the forehead by the accidental discharge of a ^caliber rifle in the hands of a small boy eleven years old the son of a Mrs. Larson who is keeping house for Bjugstad. The ball penetrated into the head several inches. The poor fellow never regained consciousness after he was brought to town shot and lingered until about 7:17 p. m. Tuesday when he passed away. After being shot he was taken to Finley, but the resident doctor was away from home and he was brought toCooperstownand Dr.Brimi assisted by Dr. Hurnap did what they could for his relief. Very little can be gleaned about the shooting. ~It seems that the young man was sitting some feet away. One of BJugstad’s sons was in the barn attending to some horses when the report of the gun was heard and neither of the boys can tell just how It happened. The man was picked up shot through the head and that seems to be all that anybody knows about it. It is a very sad affair. Lovisondahl is a new comer here coming from Norway about one year ago. He lias no relatives here that we can find anything about.The coroner of Steele county, Dr. Bacharach, of Finley, was notified of the man’s death and replied that he would be here to attend to matters, it being a Steele county case. The Dr. arrived Wednesday morning but in the meantime Dr. Bergstrom, the Griggs county coroner, had stepped in and summoned a jury consisting of H. 8. Rearick, G. H. Condy and F. J. Stone, but further-proceedings were dropped as in the opinion of nearly everybody it was no business of Griggs county and as the Steele county officials were on hand to attend to matters that should have settled it so far as this county was concerned. The remains were taken to the Bjugstad farm in Steele county where the inquest will beheld.
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The Cooperstown Courier
Cooperstown, North Dakota, US
Thu, Jun 18, 1903
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