A Fatal Accident at Belknap
A tragic mishap involving a pistol leaves a prominent local man dead.
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A man named Ford was accidentally shot and killed at Belknap on the 16th of May by a man named Schneider, who picked up a pistol belonging to the deceased, and while fooling with the weapon it was suddenly discharged. Ford leaves a son and two sisters, to whom he had willed his property, valued at $40,000. Ford was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army of the Republic.
“Schneider, who picked up a pistol belonging to the deceased, and while fooling with the weapon it was suddenly discharged.”
Accidental firearm deaths remain a haunting fixture of local news. While Belknap is now a ghost of the past, the tragedy of an unsecured weapon remains a timeless public safety concern.
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