LONG LAKE
Wisconsin - Florence County - National Forest
February 21, 1938: "Junior Forester Royal M. Nettleton, 29, of the Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin died November 28 as a result of complications from a bullet would and loss of blood. Nettleton was shot through the right leg late in the afternoon of November 24 while engaged in checking a 'seen area' map for Long Lake Lookout from the vantage point of an aspen tree."
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"Vernon Cox, a 19 year old lumber worker, confessed Wednesday to the fatal shooting of Royal Nettleton, Junior Forester, formerly of the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin, while hunting near Long Lake last November, according to Sheriff Ramsdell of Crandon, Wisconsin.
The youth related how he had followed deer and wildcat tracks and came upon the tree where Nettleton was making observations. Thinking it was a cat, according to the confession, cox fired twice. After watching what then followed, how Nettleton struggled to the road and was picked up by two men to be taken to a nearby camp. Cox returned home.
Cox has been formally charged with first degree murder. He pleaded not guilty at preliminary hearings." (Forest Service Bulletin)
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"Vernon Cox, a 19 year old lumber worker, confessed Wednesday to the fatal shooting of Royal Nettleton, Junior Forester, formerly of the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin, while hunting near Long Lake last November, according to Sheriff Ramsdell of Crandon, Wisconsin.
The youth related how he had followed deer and wildcat tracks and came upon the tree where Nettleton was making observations. Thinking it was a cat, according to the confession, cox fired twice. After watching what then followed, how Nettleton struggled to the road and was picked up by two men to be taken to a nearby camp. Cox returned home.
Cox has been formally charged with first degree murder. He pleaded not guilty at preliminary hearings." (Forest Service Bulletin)