Show = = Z = = = = = = = = t AS OGDEN YOUTH SHOT Adventures of an Enterprising I Junction City Boy H f On Sunday morning Thomas Lor Lorenz V au han left a comfortable nzT c home in the lower part of the city intending to beat his way to Evanston in company with Isaac Carr Thomas is r a boy about twelve years of age His A parents are J very respectable and very hard working people and ° are highly respected amon their neighbors and friends among S They came to this country about ThE three years from ago England R I Thomas has been a wayward But son caused his father much trouble and and mother a great deal of pain Ire T has his refused to go to school or to wo7v around home and has run away work stf one or two former occasions on On Sunday last with tearful eyes he left home He had announced a t intention of leaving on Saturday hh finding he and was determined to his fond go mother regretfully put clean clothing upon him and he departed from home with its humble yet fortable surroundings on the bright com Sabbath morning of May 22d He and 1 > his companion Carr made their wT w the way to Almy Junction reaching there rI londa On ret Monday evening They camped and made a fire out OH In the morning however inl t an accident occurred which terminated their all trip au Fir far as Vaughan was pnnno j XVr sitting by the fire Carr concerned was WlJile at his pistol a 32 canore the unloading J npa was discharged The bullet imbedded weapon re itself in the left thigh of Vaughan who er Cc > was sitting near by Vaughan de termmed to return home panion decided to His com 10 The wounded accompany him er boy walked to the and the two succeeded in cars eial returning to at Ogden the same way they altc beating a ride cameby tc on a freight train tca reached here They 31 yesterday and Vauffi Vaughan went home His st parents obtained cur n gical attention and the bullet was ex W tracted Thomas now reclines upon a couch with ample time to think of his waywardness 1 When a representative of the Herald called at the house today the boy was resting easily and his mother Sly stated that he had Rto promised to go to school as soon as he recovers Of his 11 recovery there is no doubt the wound is wholly in the flesh and with r proper care nothing serious will ensue a Carr left his home under a more sur 1 reptitious circumstances He ob tained a weeks wages and purchased t a pistol for s 2 cartridges 50 cents watch 51 total 350the < whole > 1 of his earnings for one week He left home unknown to his mother and brothershis father is deadand now it is stated he has gone north I t t Mis Vaughan distinctly stated to the t reporter that the shooting of her boy was purely accidental She attaches blame to Carr and this statement was 1 supported by the wounded boy f It is to be hoped that Thomas experience 1 ex-perience will prove to be a good lesson I to him and that he will not want to 1 leave home and parents on a hair 1 brained trip again The boy stated that he and Carr were going to Evanston to herd sheepOgden Herald |