Salt Lake Times | 1890-09-20 | Page 2 | Fatal Sport with Firearms

Fatal Sport wltb Firearms. Another case of fatal foolishnessl One evening rocontly Henry Straussen, his sister Julia, and their uncle William Froy sat laughing and chatting together in their cosy homo oi. Warner street, in Cincinnati. About 8 o'clock Froy suggested sug-gested soma music. mu-sic. ' "I won't listen to you," laughed his nophew; "I'm going to bed right away, but before I go I think I'll shoot Julia." WILLIAM FUKT. picked up a rifle and playfully pointed it ut his sister, Frey helped along the idiotic "fun" by leveling a revolver at Straussen. The pistol went off, and Straussen fell dead with a bullet in his brain. He was 2S years of ago, and his uncle is but two years older. The men were warm friends, and there is no suspicion sus-picion of intent connected with the tragedy.