
York, to its retreat in the Paupac country. All three of these hunters got a shot at the white deer and killed it.
Shimer was a prosperous hotel keeper in Wilkesbarre and Frank a rich coal operator and Bevans a leading merchant in Port Jervis. Shimer lost his fortune and died a miserable death; and his grave was robbed of his body by resurrectionists. Frank became bankrupt and died of small-pox. Bevan failed in business and committed suicide. Westfall died of starvation owing to an ailment that prevented him from taking food. These misfortunes and fatalities are attributed to the killing of the white deer by the old Pike county woodsmen and they see the future holding hard fate for Geo. McKean. But the latter is not disturbed over the prospect.

From— The Evening Times. (Grand Forks, N.D.), 30 Dec. 1908. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
