From the Republican
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

From the Republican Last Sunday afternoon at 5 p. m. as Thomas Butcher and George Shaffer, his partner, were returning from a hunt, the jolting of the buggy they were riding in exploded shells in both barrels of Shaffer’s shot-gun, which was resting between his knees, the charge blowing away the side of Butcher’s head, exposing his brains. Death was necessarily instantaneous. A coro- ner’s jury was summoned by Justice Veldez, consisting of C. Stubenraugh, Geo. Rynerson, F. Arnett, E. L. Elhvood, B. Davis and M. Cuniffe. They rendered a verdict of accidental death in accordance with the facts above given.