Elizabeth “Lizzie” Salome Kreiss

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Elizabeth “Lizzie” Salome Kreiss

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1877

Born In: Lyons, New York

Age: 14

Occupation: Child

Marital Status: Single

Died: 13 Jun 1891

Cause of Death: Accidental gunshot wound to the head

Death Location: San Gregorio, California

Burial Plot: C82

FindaGrave ID: 8108877

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Salome Kreiss

Obituary

The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, California
15 Jun 1891, Mon • Page 1

A Sad Accident
Deplorable Result of the Careless Handling of a Gun.
A Young Girl of San Gregorio Fatally Shot by a Lad.
The Boy Driven Insane with Grief Over the Tragedy and Prevented from Killing Himself by Friends.

Special to the Morning Call.

Redwood City, June 14 – Word was received here this morning of a fatal accident at San Gregorio, twenty-five miles west of this place on the coast, whereby a young girl lost her life. Lizzie Kreiss, 14 years old, daughter of Louis Kreiss, was shot and instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Albert Brown, son of a wealthy Oakland undertaker, who was spending his vacation at Kreiss' hunting and fishing. Brown is about 17 years old and in the course of a few weeks had become quite a friend to the girl. They were amusing themselves by handling a gun and he was showing her how it was used. His sleeve caught on the hammer and the gun was discharged, the load striking the girl in the forehead and terribly mutilating her face. She died in five minutes. When Brown saw the effect of the accident he went insane with grief. He broke the gun in pieces and would have killed himself if he had not been prevented by others. They have had to watch him closely since to prevent his doing bodily injury to himself. The parents of the lad were telegraphed for to Oakland. Coroner Crowe left Redwood City this morning to hold an inquest. The funeral takes place to-morrow.

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