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A BADLY MUTILATED LEG.
Frank Clyburn Shot on the Road to the Strip.
A short time since, Frank Clyburn
one of the young men of Harrison township started with a small party of
friends to the Cheroke (sic) Strip.
Saturday afternoon when not far
from Independence, Kansas, Clyburn was sitting in the wagon loading a
shot gun. The team started unexpectedly and the gun fell from his
hands. The hammer struck the brake beam and the weapon was
discharged.
The full charge of No. 5 shot
entered his left leg, striking the bottom of the limb, just above the
knee. Some of the shot passed entirely through the leg. The
gun was a ten guage (sic) and heavily charged. The
clothing and part of the leg were powder burned.
The victim of the accident was
sent back to Missouri on the train and reached the home of his father,
Joseph Clyburn, Monday. He suffered severely on the trip. At
Ft. Scott it was necessary to move him on an express wagon from one
depot to the other. He was taken from the train at Garland.
The Nevada Daily Mail, Nevada,
Missouri. September 13, 1893. |
