Show THE SALINA SHOOTING A Remarkable Case Dr J M Benedict returned from Salica on the Sevier on Thursday evening after visiting the young man Taylor who was shot in tho head mention of which was made a day or two ago The doctor states that the ball entered the forehead as near the centre as it could possibly and passing pass-ing through entered the brain The doctor took out ten piece of the skull in the forehead leaving an opening about as large 03 the first joint of the thumb be still left a loose I piece in it He did not take the ball out in fact he did not attsmpt to aa he could not tell in what portion of the brain it win located and ho did not think it advisable to attempt to extract it The ball was one from a Colts dragoon revolver and the affair occurred a week ago last night He was brought to Provo where he will remain under ths care of Dr Pike The cause of the aOair id not known The young man intimated that he I bad doDO it nurnoaelv but his state i ment is not credited He ia twenty two yeara ofage and is named Rupert is quiet welltodo is highly esteemed and trusted and no cause whatever can appear for an attempt to commit suicide The presumption is that it was accidental He bnd come in the house at night and hid down on abed a-bed his folke being in the t thtr part of the house They heard it shot but paid no attention to it until one of his brothers who was passing the door happened to hear him groaning when he stepped in and Eked the cause The young man wa then on hs hands and knees and aid U Im bleeding to death Ho wai cared for Mid medical medi-cal assistance obtained ai quickly as possible Dr Benedict says he thinks the young man must have laid down picked up the pistol and commenced examining it holding it UD and between be-tween himself and the light that while in this position the muzzle pointing at his forehead he most have raised the cock and pulled the trigger and being ashamed of hid own carelessness thought he would say he did it on purpose The case is really a remarkable one Though the ball has been in the brain for a week he has never complained of headache has been perfectly rational and has eaten and slept just as usual When moved he did not complain and only said his head troubld him b little when I he was on the cars It is greatly similar to the case of Land shot in Vinelaad New Jersey who lived a year and three days with a ball in his brain It is impossible state what will be the result of the wound at present every symptom is favorable but the only thing that can ba done is to await the developments in his case and care for him It would be almost certain death t attempt to take out the ball as it may be located in the back part of the brain while it may work out |