Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-25 | Page 13 | L. L. Goddard Shoots Self instead of Bear

LL LI L l 1 GODDARD SHOOTS I SELF INSTEAD OF BEAR Revolver Drops From Pocket While Wie WieHe He Is I Looking for Bruin Brain Brainin ri in i Foothills L IL L L L Goddard Goddar secretary and Bod trees treas tres treasurer uror of the Goddard Investment com corn company compan pany pan accidentally shot himself through the right thigh thich yesterday noon while looking for lor a boar bor in the foothills wile Immediately east est of lr his residence 61 Thirteenth avenue The wound was Inflicted from a woun revolver r which dropped from his bin hi pocket The bullet missed two to largo argo e ar trio and just gazed the femur Though blood bloo flowed freely from the I wound Mr Goddard managed to t stop step sto I it i with wih the application of or handkerchiefs I chiefs Then he hobbled to the near eel ost street oar car or lint lino lne and unassisted nt rode rude to St ift Marks hospital where whore he be asked attendants to summon Dr C q G 0 Plum Plummer Plummer Ile mer pier The bullet bulet made a clean wound and early earl recovery of or Mr oen Goddard wOnt is anticipated For nearly norl a cok Mr 11 Goddard Godard says mays he has his observed signs of ot beer bear ber In 17 the foothills not far from his home heme Bent Ben Tent upon possible exalting recreation God Go dard borrowed tho the heavy hOBy calibro calbro re revolver reo revolver volver oher from a neighbor and equipping himself with wih a lunch started on a long loni tramp in the th direction of or the moun mountains mountains Ho lie lo became tired tred of the Jour Journey ney noy n by noon and was ivas as about to take taka a it moment of or rest when tb th revolver dropped from his hil pocket Tho The weapon wealon struck a I stone and exploded I