FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, February 5, 1909 YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS CHUM _____________ Henry Rickner*, aged 17, Shoots and Kills Arthur Berner at Bismarck _____________ Last Wednesday evening about half past seven o'clock, at the residence of G. W. Parker in Bismarck, Henry Rickner, aged about 17 years, accidentally shot and killed Arthur Berner, a lad of about 15 years. From the evidence at the inquest, which was held during the night, it appears that the boys, who were staying at Mr. Parker's, had finished their supper and gone into the front room, leaving the other members of the family in the dining room. Young Rickner was sitting by a table and had the baby on his lap, and young Berner was standing at the table selecting a record to place in the graphophone. Rickner picked up a pistol that was lying on the table and in some way -- he couldn't tell how it was done -- the pistol was discharged, the ball striking young Berner in the breast, inflicting a wound from which he shortly expired. Dr. J. H. Yount of Doe Run, the Coroner, was notified and went at once to Bismarck, arriving there a few hours after the accident occurred. He determined to hold the inquest that night, so he phoned to Farmington for Sheriff London, who arrived at Bismarck about 12 o'clock. A jury was summoned and the inquest proceeded with. The verdict was accidental killing. _____________________________________________________ * This was a mispelling by the newspaper. The last name should be printed Rickmar. This is my great-uncle Henry Rickmar.

Welcome back Melanie. Missed your activities. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melanie Rickmar" <rickmar@cdinter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Arthur Berner Accidentally Shot and Killed (1909) > FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, > February 5, 1909 > > YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS CHUM > _____________ > > Henry Rickner*, aged 17, Shoots and Kills > Arthur Berner at Bismarck > _____________ > > Last Wednesday evening about half past seven o'clock, at the residence of > G. > W. Parker in Bismarck, Henry Rickner, aged about 17 years, accidentally > shot > and killed Arthur Berner, a lad of about 15 years. From the evidence at > the > inquest, which was held during the night, it appears that the boys, who > were > staying at Mr. Parker's, had finished their supper and gone into the front > room, leaving the other members of the family in the dining room. Young > Rickner was sitting by a table and had the baby on his lap, and young > Berner > was standing at the table selecting a record to place in the graphophone. > Rickner picked up a pistol that was lying on the table and in some way -- > he > couldn't tell how it was done -- the pistol was discharged, the ball > striking young Berner in the breast, inflicting a wound from which he > shortly expired. > > Dr. J. H. Yount of Doe Run, the Coroner, was notified and went at once to > Bismarck, arriving there a few hours after the accident occurred. He > determined to hold the inquest that night, so he phoned to Farmington for > Sheriff London, who arrived at Bismarck about 12 o'clock. A jury was > summoned and the inquest proceeded with. The verdict was accidental > killing. > > _____________________________________________________ > > * This was a mispelling by the newspaper. The last name should be printed > Rickmar. This is my great-uncle Henry Rickmar. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >