Rudolph Teuscher
Montpelier Examiner, Friday, 3 September
1903, page 1
Another sad accident occurred in the mountains back of Montpelier Wednesday afternoon. Rudoloph Teuscher, one of Montpelier's most popular young men, in company with Jake Kunz and some others, started for Elk Valley, near Giveout, on a chicken hunt.
On the way they stopped at a ranch called Ephraim. Mr. Kunz got out of the rig to open a gate, leaving Rudolph sitting in the buggy, with a shotgun by his side, to drive the team through. After driving through the opening he pulled upon the lines to stop the horses and as he did so the gun, which was loaded, slipped down striking the hammer and exploding the shell in the gun.
The contents of the charge tore away part of the left wrist and entered the unfortunate man's side directly over the heart. He gave one scream and expired.