Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Hunting Accident

Ponca City, Feb. 9 – Otto Cooper aged about 21 years, son of H. F. Cooper, who resides two miles south of the village of Uncas in this county, left the house with a gun and dog for the purpose of hunting rabbits. Some time later the dog returned to the house and by his actions plainly showed that something was wrong. He whined and barked and started off in a certain direction several times as if he desired to lead the way to the place where the trouble existed. Finally the mother of the young man followed the dog across the pasture and fields to a considerable distance from the house where the dead body of her son was found. The whole top of his head had been carried away.