Territorial Enquirer | 1886-07-20 | Page 3 | Terrible Accident in the Canyon

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN THE CAN YON dud card of thank resolutions of Res ell on it ii in I 1 lay hy last fast near I 1 oc luck richard I 1 V loins jones it mail employed at tile tho atall ut ill contra central youir to lai lui I 1 way office was aa shot anti in I 1 killed by IL n weapon in in ins ilia own ow n hand lie wita tamping camping lit in tile ilia north 1 folk aik oik of provo canyon with a company of fourteen other oilier young oung people of provo and un oil tho the lay day of tile lout had ha 1 gone one out some three miles aith hurt bart smoot fenio otto to shoot chick ens tiny they there fell in ili with lith jw jas E I 1 danieli jr ji and the three started on oil tho the trall auard caulp camp the they y had riot not gono gone far sir when bart seeing seethe some horses by tho the way ay the well of 0 tiding one and handing anding li ills hia gun air after then jones lit bield id ilia own gull ill ills his left kit hind hand with the muzzle leaning against ills his breist when A lien tie ho lot let hurls gun gull to tile ground th the ham incisor alio two guns collided jones jonea pun coing ot and the charge striking luin I 1 till on ell tile tho left side aide of tile liral lie ile f fell ell back unconscious D al liels who N lin wa wai standing no BO close that t tho it hia face raised him f from the ground gifun 1 but found hini hills speech B ecar I 1 cw s tho two tio earned carried him some dis dia tarn 0 to a clump of trees mil anti hurt burt inn fill to inform tho ilia company ro inpan ot of N aliat hat had its p pinol on oil his arrival JOB smoot ciul iid chillies turner dent mill hilli it spring nd brought ill tint wounded boy intoci i 1 I mp p lie ile lived ined but bill it a short time and icv hooke after lit lin nina pilot coroner J it twelver was vas camped lit in t alio ile canyon cam on it a few ais nelm in los below and andfield beld ri 0 til irmal inal inquest over 0 kr the pal 1 ol 01 it li ing is the verdict found 1 k OF OPU UTA it C OV of UTAH PROVO PRECINCT all inquisition holdon lipon the t oily body of Ill cliar n north fork provo canyon an nn on at I 1 july isell HI at 1 p in fit before john M H Tel I 1 rt el vas coroner of ajah loi cooney aish torr llory alio sidd B kid jor ord ora on their oaths do my ay that ibal the a ill thard jones cunio came to ie ills bya by H gunshot wound fatale t ad by in all n accidental manner at as shown by tho wall mony many given bertwith liere wilh on ilia tile troll iff li atay ISSO issa UKI arRY anos IS W LINCOLN Lisco ih A L TOWLE jurors attest goulf it II ivil Co coroner ilio file aay 1 aily vim abrought at once to tile U U t depot where it lay until 5 0 clod morning and was van then taken to sait lake the home of the deai dead I 1 irons ays another alio funeral ere hold in ili the fifteenth I 1 ward ard assembly Assem bl boonis on sunday sun liy afternoon A large au dieno vi has I 1 a in attendance neat fifty sut of w isom hom vere cro residents lesi dents ot of provo imio through I 1 lie kindness sharp vero nvere given free fur tile oc cassion bordi ardi af consolation wore offered I 1 by clop john toltie sharp bli rp 1 iders elders jimca james sharp and 1 I i tr t r bywater of 0 salt lake and john jobs 1 etera anil and jamaca amea F I 1 dunn of provo A i CARD or OP THAMES MANES we vie the leads earn pan lona ions and an 1 associates of the lato into it II V jones foel to tender ten ler our sincere thanks to suit bupt sharp of tile U 0 railway for his kind invitation to attend the funeral services or of our dear friend lit in the 1 fifteenth ward ar 1 mamot silt salt lake city lit and for or free nu transportation in tile tho car furnished for thin melancholy occasion occa aion realizing doali aini that it Is ia very rare that such stich respect is ia shown to ono one in lifo life as tint that shown show n to our depart pd trend frend therefore ther eforo we feel it our duty to at least express our appreciation of bif h kindness we feel also aaltio to thank J 11 II rumel train de for foi assisting in in turn furn ashing conveyances for the friends frienda of tile deceased dr IV it pike ilan in ia also worthy of honorable honarable mention for tho the skillful manner in which lie dressed tho the wound that caused the death of our de departed pared friend I 1 w without compensation our oar thanks tire aro tendered to all others other s who aided in ili tile last sad rites of our deceased associate signed feigned in behalf of tho tha many friends frienda and associates of the departed JAMES r F D dim un 4 1 Cn RISTIAN J aso committee committe e JOSIAH W CLUFF provo city july 1880 1886 resolutions resolution B ny ilesa RESPECT WHEREAS devine providence in executing the inscrutable law of abath death lias has seen fit too to take from our midst our beloved and respected friend and associate killiard Kic liard V jones jonea who do departed parted this thia life july 1880 1886 and WHEREAS the circumstances of tho the same sama aro are such guch its as to causo cause moro mare than ordinary grief in that he ha was waa killed by ill his oft n hand without a moments war warning in and W dail daily life conversation ana conduct have leen been such as are worthy hy of imitation by ilia his fellows there foro fore resolved that we his friends frienda assoni associates and companions deeply feet feel ills his loss and misa anaa ills his society that we extend our sincere sympathy to his sorro borrowing w i barents parents and fa famil milyan yand to aur respect respected t e rip n d john peters between w m and tho the deceased dc eased there existed a love scarcely excelled beewen father and son that these resolutions bo be printed id 4 copies be sent to his hia arl of et stricken parents la Inbe behall halt of ins ills friends arienda and companions JAMES JAMBS F I 1 DUNN CHRISTIAN JOHNSOS JOHNSON JOSIAH W CLUFF provo r oo 00 city july 1880