List of Hunters Killed in the Adirondacks 



in 1919 through the Operation of the Law 



Permitting the Killing of Female Deer 



Nelson F. Jonas, Great Bend, N. Y. 



Age 18 years. Student of the State College of 

 Forestry, Syracuse University. Mistaken for a 

 deer. 



Thomas Ross, Carthage, N. Y. 



A "moving object" thought to be a deer. Killed 

 by two bullets in the chest. 



Harley Martin, Grant, N. Y. 



Aged 50 years. Mr. Martin wore a light-colored 

 suit and while bending over to pick a flower was 

 mistaken for a deer and shot and instantly killed. 



J. August Ohl, Utica, N. Y. 



17 years old. He wiped his face with a white 

 pocket handkerchief which was mistaken for the 

 white tail of a deer and led to the fatal shot. 



Thomas Romeo, Carthage, N. Y. 



40 years of age. Seriously wounded, but lived 

 seven days after the shooting. 



Joseph Derrick, Rome, N. Y. 



When out with a party of six other hunters, "a 

 doe suddenly appeared near by and the entire 

 party began shooting at the animal. During this 

 shooting Derrick was shot and instantly killed." 



Henry C. Christgau, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



53 years old. While posted on a runway he made 

 a movement, was mistaken for a deer, shot and 

 wounded so seriously that he died one week later. 



M. Leonard Hawley, Uion, N. Y. 



42 years old. While out hunting with a party near 

 Canada Lake he made a movement, was mistaken 

 for a deer, fatally shot, and died in a few hours. 



David La Pierre, Tupper Lake Junction, N. Y. 

 23 years old. He wore a pair of white overalls 

 and white hunting cap. A portion of his clothing 

 was seen and mistaken for the white tail of a deer. 

 His death occurred a few hours after the shoot- 

 ing. 



