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Note: From: "Grand Forks Herald", 19 Sep 1907: GIRL IS SHOT BY PLAYMATE Little Daughter of Theodore Horstman, Devils Lake, Injured Eight-Year Old Girl Was Shot By Playmate, Dwight Jones, Aged Six Years with 44 Calibre Revolver-Bullet Pierced Left Eye and Penetrated Head-Boy Said He Shot Her But Did Not Mean to Do It. Devils Lake, ND, Sept. 18.-The eight-year-old daughter of Theodore Horstman of this city lies in the Mercy hospital tonight in a critical condition as the result of being shot through the left eye by her play fellow, Dwight Jones. The shooting occurred at 6 o'clock this evening, when the two children, the little girl 8 years old and the boy 6 years old, were playing in the yard of Dr. W. B. Jones, the father of the boy. Dwight had a 44 calibre Colts revolver, which was unloaded. After they had been playing with the weapon for some time, he said: "Wait a minute and I will get a bullet and shoot at you, but I won't hurt you." He went into the house, where he loaded one chamber of the revolver, and returned in a few minutes to the yard, where he fired point blank at the little girl. She attempted to get out of the way, but the bullet struck her, piercing the left eye and coming out at the back of her head. Neighbors were at the scene in a moment, and the injured child was hurried to the Mercy hospital, but at a late hour tonight little hope was given of her recovery. The boy did not seem to realize what he had done and after the shooting said, "I shot her, but I didn't mean to do it." Theodore Horstman, the father of the injured girl, who is a brother of Dr. Horstman, a physician of the city, was in Churchs Ferry at the time of the shooting, but reached home this evening. *** From "Grand Forks Herald", 20 Sep 1907: LITTLE GIRL DIED Frances Horstman, Who Was Shot by Playmate, Succumbed. Devils Lake, Sept. 19-Frances, the 9 year-old-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Horstman of this city, died this morning at 4 o'clock in the Mercy hospital as a result of a bullet wound received last night while playing with Dwight Jones, a 7-year-old son of Dr. W. B. Jones. The boy had a 32 calibre revolver and while with the little girl secured a bullet and shot her, the bullet entering her head near the eye. *** From: "Evening Times", 19 Sep 1907 DEATH FROM BULLET WOUND Devils Lake Girl Shot by Companion, Succumbs to Injury This Morning Devils Lake, ND, Sept. 19--Frances, the 9 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Horseman of this city, died this morning at 4 o'clock in the Mercy hospital as a result of a bullet wound received last night while playing with Dwight Jones, a 7-year-old son of Dr. W. B. Jones. The boy had a .32 calibre revolver and while with the little girl secured a bullet and shot her, the bullet entering her head near the eye. "I shot her, but I didn't mean to," said the boy after the shooting. The injured child was at once removed to the hospital and sank gradually to death. Theodore Horseman, the father of the girl, was at Churchs Ferry last evening when the affair occurred, but arrived home shortly afterwards. The parents of the children are both pioneers, and the sad tragedy has cast a pall of gloom over the entire city. *** From: "Roster of the Men and Women who served in the Army or Naval Service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 2 Flagg to Lark Name: Dwight Bangs Jones Army #: 4,604,024 Registrant: no, enlisted prior Birth Place: Devils Lake, N. Dak. Birth Date: 05 Mar 1900 Parent's Origin: of American parents Occupation: student Comment: enlisted in the Marine Corps at Fargo on May 9, 1917; sent to Mare Island, Calif.; served in 79th Company, 6th Regiment, Quantico, Va., from July 14, 1917, to Nov. 5, 1917; Barracks Detachment, from Nov. 5, 1917, to Dec. 10, 1917; 102nd Company, from Dec. 10, 1917, to Dec. 12, 1917; New York, N. Y., from Dec. 12, 1917, to Feb. 15, 1918; Iona Island, N. Y., from Feb. 15, 1918, to June 19, 1918; Headquarters, Ordnance Supply Depot, Quantico, Va., from June 19, 1918, to July 6, 1918; Company A, 3rd Separate Battalion, from July 6, 1918, to Aug. 13, 1918; arrived in France, Aug. 26, 1918; served in 76th Company, 6th Regiment, from Sept. 11, 1918, to Nov. 15, 1918; Service of Supply Hospital, from Nov. 15, 1918, to Dec. 26, 1918; 76th Company, from Dec. 26, 1918, to July 25, 1919; returned to Quantico, Va., Aug. 9, 1919, and served to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Sept. 12, 1917; Sergeant, Sept. 25, 1917; Corporal, Aug. 20, 1918. Engagements: St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne; crossing the Meuse River; Army of Occupation. Discharged at Quantico, Va., on Aug. 13, 1919, as a Corporal." *** From: "The Times-Picayune" 17 Feb 1958: Dwight B. Jones Succumbs at 57 ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 16--Dwight B. Jones, 57, managing editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, died an [sic] apparent heart attack Sunday. He is survived by his widow, Phyllis: their two daughters, Stephanie, 11 and Jacqueline, 10; a son, Kent, 2, and a son by a previous marriage, Donald, 36, also of St. Paul. A brother, Rear Admiral Carrol Jones lives at Coronado, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Albert Vanderveer, at Albany, NY. A native of Devils Lake, N. D., where he worked his first newspaper job in 1919, Jones joined the Pioneer Press in 1929, advancing to his last position in 1948. Jones also worked on the Grand Forks Herald and Fargo Forum in North Dakota, the Aberdeen, SD American News, the Duluth News-Tribune, Rochester Post-Bulletin, Fairmont Independent, and Minneapolis Tribune in Minnesota, and the Miami Daily News, Miami Life and Jacksonville Times-Union in Florida." *****
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