Montague F. Stevens — Cattle Raiser Who Lost an Arm in a Shotgun Accident
In 1888, while hunting geese near Bakersfield, California, Stevens leaned his shotgun against a tree, mounted a horse, and reached for the gun; his hand grabbed the lock, causing a barrel to discharge and shatter his arm [1][2]. He was taken back to the city, where doctors concluded that amputation was necessary to save his life [1][2].
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- News has reached this city that Montague… (1888)News has reached this city that Montague F. Stevens, a most successful cattle raiser of west Socorro county, while hunting geese near Bakersfield, California, the other day, met with a serious accident that result…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-11-16 (1888)and were of such a brutal nature as to have long since become the talk of the town. He has several times been under arrest, each time his wife begging for him, under the empty promise that he would drin…