Macomb Co Marriages, Vol.H, p.100. Charles Reiter 21 b Lenox res Richmond, farmer, s/o Robert Reiter & Elizabeth Sumer, 0 prev mr, to Lydia Neimann 20 b & res Lenox, d/o William Nieman & Phoebe Frederick, 0 prev mr, md Feb 4 1910 Lenox Twp by E F Hildebrand, Pastor ME Church; wit: Herbert Niemann of Richmond & Lucy Cain of Pigeon, Mich. Mt Clemens Daily Leader, Feb 1 1929 Shot with a 12 gauge shotgun in the hands of his 17 year old, William, who had aimed at a rabbit, Charles Reiter, 40, a farmer, of near Ray Center, died in a local hospital at 10:30 o'clock this morning from loss of blood. Reiter and his son were returning home from a woods near where they had been felling trees at 4:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Young Reiter had taken a gun with him in order to shoot game if any were seen. On the way back his father kicked a brush heap and a rabbit jumped out. The boy shot and the contents of the gun discharged into his father's right leg between the knee and thigh. The boy ran to his home approximately a quarter of a mile away from the scene of the shooting and summoned his grandfather William Neiman screaming "I've shot dad, Hurry and get him." Neiman, who is 66 years old, and the boy's mother, took an automobile and drove through the fields to a place near a small mound where the wounded man lay. Unable to drive their car into the mound, the aged man and Reiter's wife attempted to carry the injured man to the automobile. He was too heavy for the man and woman so they dragged him for a distance of about ten feet to the car and loaded him in the vehicle. He was taken home and a physician called who gave Reiter first aid and sent him to St. Joseph's hospital here where he died today from loss of blood. County Coroner Duncan B Hubbard was called and after viewing the body and making an investigation announced that the shooting was accidental and an autopsy will not be necessary. The body was turned over to William Will, a mortician of New Haven. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The deceased man is a life-long resident of Macomb county. He was born near Ray Center October 9 1888, and has resided there ever since. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Lydia Reiter; three daughters; two sons; three sisters and two brothers. The children are: William Reiter, 17, Hilda 15; Edward 13; Frances 11; Edith 6 years old all at home. Mrs. Arthur Bauerman, Mrs. Harry Coats, sisters and Robert and David Reiter, brothers, all of Richmond also survive.