Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 1 | Boy Accidentally Kills Comrade and Commits Suicide

BOY noY ACCIDENTALLY KILLS COMRADE AND COMMITS L he ero Haf beroy roy H atri o a vf Weber Webe eber County Sh Sheriff Joseph Wad Wadsworth worth rth THEN SLAYS HIMSELF Youths Were Warm Friends and Grief Drives Drives' Him t to o Self-Destruction Self Special to The Tho Herald ODEN Sept 14 HavIng H.-HavIng Having accidentally accidentally accident accident- O ally shot and killed Joseph Wadsworth Wadsworth Wadsworth Wads- Wads worth hl his j year old playmate Leroy Harrison the year old year ol son of Sheriff SherIf E E. E E E. Harrison of ot Weber county at o'clock yesterday evenIng evenIng even- even Ing turned the tho weapon upon himself and committed suicide The killing killing- oc occurred oo- oo in a Ii on the Harrison ran ranch h at ot Ro Roy five tive miles south of ot this city The boys have been beon playmates tos along a a. along lon long time and were in tho the habit of ot going on hunting trips every evory Saturday y and staying staying- over until Monday Young Harrison was wile sitting sitting- on a a. cot cleaning his gun and his hiss companion was wan lying down on another cot on the opposite side of at tho the room His hits face faco was as toward L Leroy roy Not knowing there was still a load in tho the gun young young- Harrison begun began manipulating the trig trig- ger Suddenly thoro there was a a. report The discharge from the gun struck Joseph full In the face and practically tore away his hie entire head ead Leroy hurried from the shack hack and summoned John Sisco the hired man Together they ent entered red the room There Leroy instructed Sisco to notify his father Sheriff Harrison Sisco went to the house of ot Dean Dea Brown a 8 farmer living liv liv- In ing a a. half halt mile mUo away Thero There tho the hired man telephoned the sheriffs sheriff's office ottice and returned to the shack Lying Lying- on the floor loor where young Wadsworth had been killed ho he beheld the body of ot Leroy Loroy who ho had shot him him- self eU The sheriffs sheriff's son Ron had attached a strap to tho the trigger and then tied it Continued on Page 2 Column 4 KILLS COMRADE AND COMMITS 5 Continued From Paso Page 1 to his foot toot The mouth of ot the barrel he lIe placed against his heart In the meantime Sheriff Harrison larrison accompanied d by Deputy George Loath Loath- am am a.m. had left lett Ogden in an automobile They returned with the bodies of the boys bos The body of ot young Wadsworth was taken to tho the Lindquist undertaking establishment while young oung Harrisons Harrison's is at Kirkendahl's Both boys are survived survIved survived sur sur- by their parents Sheriff Sherif Harrison tonight declared that his son must have committed suicide suicide sui sui- cide chic in a a. fit of or despondency after gazIng gazing gaz gaz- ing lag upon the body of ot his dead com corn panion Funeral arrangements have not been made mado