Death of Milton McAtee.
YOUNG MAN KILLED WHILE HUNTING IN MITCHELL TWP.
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Was One of a Party of Hunters From Dundee, Michigan
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Coroner Carle was notified Thursday afternoon of the shooting of a man named Milton McAtee, who was hunting in the northwest part of the county. The message came from Curran and Mr. Carle suggested that the inquest by conducted by a justice of the peace here.
It developed that McAtee was shot accidentally by another hunter named Bootright. The bullet which caused the man's death struck him in the right arm, passed through his body and out through the left arm, breaking the bone of the left arm and lodged in his clothing.
McAtee was hunting with two companions from Dundee, Mich., and Bootright was with two other men from Monroe, Mich. The men met for the first time at Rose City while on their way to the hunting grounds.
McAtee went into a swamp to drive out any deer that might be there. Bootright said he was aiming at a rabbit when he fired the shot that killed McAtee. The latter cried "Oh, boys," as he was struck. He was dead when the others reached him. McAtee was 30 years of age and is survived by his widow and two children. He was a son of V. C. McAtee of Dundee.
The body was taken to Alpena and thence to the home in Dundee leaving Alpena Friday.