Eureka Reporter | 1903-12-11 | Page 2 | Wyoming Cattleman Killed

WYOMING CATTLEMAN KILLED accidentally slain while pulling gun over wire fence A dispatch from billings mont says otto franc a well known cat tieman of the big hole basin just across the wyoming line accidentally shot himself monday afternoon and was instantly killed it appears mr franc left his home ranch to go to the feeding pens lie ile was carrying a de double bl shotgun and in pass ing through a wire fence pulled the gun after him muzzle first the trig ger caught in the wire and both bar aels went off the full charge striking him in the breast with fatal results his mangled body was found later lathe day beside the fence the wyoming coroner Is investigating mr franc was one ot of the best known cattlemen in these parts