Kern County Obituaries

Hamilton Thatcher

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 8 Oct 1953

Boy Killed By .22 Bullet While Playing
Hamilton Thatcher, 14 year old boy from San Marino was killed Sunday, Oct. 4, 
because he wanted to hear how bullets sound when they are coming at you.
He was a member of a rabbit hunting party Sunday morning at the old G. P. 
pumping plant near Willow Springs and had gone inside one of the old tanks to hear 
how the bullets sounded when they hit the tank.
One of the bullets apparently went inside the tank and struck the youth in the side, 
wounding him fatally.
An inquest, held Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave by 
Kern County Coroner Norman C. Houze. Verdict of the jury was accidental death
at the hands of persons unknown.
Members of the jury were: O. K. Parker, Charlie Spicer, Fred Feh. rensen, Bill 
Moore, Mrs. Betty Chappell, Mrs. Lily Stradel and Mrs. Rose Phillips.