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Detroit Free Press
Thursday, 21 October, 1869

         The St. Louise Gazette says: On Wednesday, the 13th inst.,
       Mr. WILLIAM D. STEWART, a resident of Elm Hall, was found
       dead in the woods some three miles north of that place, in
       the Town of Seville. MR. STEWART went to the woods to kill
       some game for a sick father, and not returning, some fears
       were entertained for his safety and a party went in search.
       When found, he was lying on the ground quite dead, and up-
       on examination it was found that he had been shot; the ball
       entering the left breast and coming out near the shoulder
       blade. His gun was standing near by, muzzle down, the breech
       leaning against a stump, the ramrod lying some four feet
       from the gun. Mr. George J. Sly, Esq., was notified, who
       summoned a jury and held an inquest, the verdict being that
       the deceased came to his death by the accidental discharge
       of his gun while in his own hands.
       
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