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Watsonville News, 106 Years Ago Today: Boy Killed

The Los Angeles Herald reported on the death.

On this date (Oct. 31) in 1905, the Los Angeles Herald reported on the death of an 11-year-old Watsonville boy who was accidently shot to death with a rifle while playing with his younger brother. This brief was published in Volume 33, No. 30 of the newspaper.

Child Killed With a Rifle

WATSONVILLE, Oct. 30.—Last evening Walter Schmidt, an eleven-year-old boy, met his death as the result of playing with a 22-caliber rifle with his five-year-old brother. The exact manner of the accident is unknown.

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