Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: Berrine HARRIS

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From the Adams County Press, Oct 14, 1899, Page 5

Berrine HARRIS, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Helena HARRIS of Arkdale, in
this county, was shot and instantly killed last Sunday at Evanston,
Illinois, by Fred ZUHR, a 14 years-old boy.

Berrine HARRIS had been in Evanston some months where she had two sisters
living. Saturday she went to spend the day with Martha ZUHR, a girl about
her own age. Miss HARRIS was sitting on a chair near a window in the ZUHR
house, and MIss ZUHR was standing near her looking out of it, when young
ZUHR took down his father's gun, an old-fashioned, muzzle-loading piece,
and pointed it at the girls. Berrine HARRIS, alarmed, exclaimed, "Look out,
Fred, it might be loaded!" At that instant the boy pressed the trigger, the
gun was discharged, and the load of shot, narrowly missing his sister,
struck Miss HARRIS squarely between the eyes.

Berrine was the youngest of four daughters of Mrs. Helena HARRIS, a widow,
residing at Arkdale. The father of the girls died when Berrine was a little
child. Some years ago Miss Minnie HANSON, a young lady whose parents
resided near Arkdale was shot and killed in a similar manner by her
brother.