Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameMelvin P. Sweet 
Birthabt 30 Dec 1915, Washington State
Death15 May 1924, Seattle, King Co., Washington
FatherCharles Wesley Sweet (1874-1916)
MotherElla Holm (~1975-)
Notes for Melvin P. Sweet
2099Title: Seattle Daily Times October 7 1923
Shot by Young Hunter. Boy Living Near Redmond in fight for life. Wounded when weapon in hands of his companion is accidentally fired.
Shot and probably fatally inured as the result of an accident while out with two older boys who were hunting near Redmond yesterday, Melvin Sweet, 7 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sweet, living near Redmond, is in the Providence Hospital here making a game fight for life. The boy's father is a Northern Pacific Employee.
Yesterday morning Melvin accompanied Les Lohmer, 14 year old son of Mat Lohmer, a rancher living near Redmond and a third boy, Nelson Johnson on a jaunt to the woods near the town. The two older boys each had a shotgun.
While traveling through the brush in the woods the Lohmer boy is reported to have tripped and fallen, his gun exploding as he fell. The charge of shot struck Melvin in the thigh. Melvin's companions attempted to carry him back to the Redmond drug store, but on the way were met by several adults who assisted, while one of the boys ran for a physician. Melvin was given preliminary medical attention at the drug store and brought to the hospital in Seattle by Dr. George H. Davis of Kirkland. In a statement to Deputy Sheriffs William H. Sears and Ed Hughes at the hospital, Melvin said the shooting was purely accidental.
Yesterday morning Melvin accompanied Les Lohmer, 14 year old son of Mat Lohmer, a rancher living near Redmond and a third boy, Nelson Johnson on a jaunt to the woods near the town. The two older boys each had a shotgun.
While traveling through the brush in the woods the Lohmer boy is reported to have tripped and fallen, his gun exploding as he fell. The charge of shot struck Melvin in the thigh. Melvin's companions attempted to carry him back to the Redmond drug store, but on the way were met by several adults who assisted, while one of the boys ran for a physician. Melvin was given preliminary medical attention at the drug store and brought to the hospital in Seattle by Dr. George H. Davis of Kirkland. In a statement to Deputy Sheriffs William H. Sears and Ed Hughes at the hospital, Melvin said the shooting was purely accidental.