RICHARD VANHOOSE
  
YOUTH OF 19 SHOOTS SELF
  
RICHARD VANHOOSE
ACCCIDENTALLY FIRES 22 BULLET
THRU BRAIN
  
Richard Vanhoose , 19 years of age, accidentally shot and instantly
kiled himself at his home on Sycamore Fork of Toms Creek last Sunday
afternoon.
  
Young Vanhoose was pranking with a .22 calibre rifle when the gun
was discharged.
  
He had placed a cartiridge in the rifle and the firing pin failed to
discharge.  It is believed he had broked the gun down and the
ejejetor failed to work and the shell stuck.  In attempting to eject
the shell he jammed the stock of the gun against the ground and the
shell was expoloed.  The bullet hit the youth in the center of the
forehead.
  
Young Vanhoose was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Vanhoose.  the
father is known as "little" Millard Vanhoose and is emloyed by the
North-East Coal Company at Thealka as a miner.
  
Funeral services were held at the home on Sycamore Monday afternoon
with burial in the family cemetery on Turner Branch.
  
A number of people from Paintsville and Thealka attended the Funeral
and burial.
  
Besides his father and mother, he is survived by four sisters, Edna,
Ruth, Emojean, and Irene; also three brothers, Hobart, Mitchell and
Paul, all at home.
   
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
NOV 17 1938

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