Murphy, Rex 1886 - 1909

MURPHY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/4/2019 at 14:37:50

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 3, 1909, FP, C3

Accidentally Shot.
A sad accidental shooting occurred on the Robert Murphy farm near New Haven last Saturday evening, the victim being Rex Murphy, son of Robert Murphy.
Rex, who was a young man about 24 years old, was out in the field with his father and brother stacking grain. He had been carrying a shot gun with him for shooting prairie chickens as he would scare them up, and had fixed a place for it on the front standard of the grain rack. He had the gun and in endeavoring to put it back where he carried it, it was discharged, cutting away one thumb and the charge lodging in his abdomen. He rolled off the load calling out that he was shot. He was taken to the house and Dr. Lee hastily summoned, and all efforts were made to save the young man’s life, but the wound was a mortal one and he survived but a few hours.—Riceville Recorder.

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Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows his date of birth as October 29. 1886 and that he died Aug. 28, 1909.