BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 1902 Shoals, Ind., Feb. 4. – Benoni Smith, aged sixteen, son of S. F. Smith, was shot while hunting near his home, two miles east of here, yesterday afternoon. He had gone hunting and his father, becoming uneasy when he did not return at dark, accompanied by a neighbor, went in search of the boy. They soon found him, stiff in death. A gunshot had entered his body just below the breast bone. The verdict of the coroner was that he had been shot by the discharge of his own gun while loading it.