| Show KILLED WHILE ON DUTY john adon n of 0 C nt reville accidentally shot atac rill el eneal near ti kinister nister idaho while carrying mall mail last sunday morning judge bran don and d wife one or two of their sons hong a daughter and several other persons arrived at Cen centreville treville from the north accompanying the remains of th their air son brother and fri friend end john who was accidentally hot allot on the previous thursday while performing his du ties tica as U S mail carrier deceased had been carrying the hie mail from nicholia to the vellma agency on a bicycle every since last june a distance of sixty miles which trip lie made in a day however on the day previous to the accident a heavy rain fell and he thought he would be unable to make the trip on oil the bicycle as usual so restarted lie be started out in a buckboard taking a double barrel shot allot gun along to kill chickens on oil the wa way y when within about aboul I 1 and a halt bait miles of the first post fica office on his route which office was about twenty five miles from his starting starling point while driving over some bome rough road it is supposed not known know n that the gun bounced out of the front of the buckboard one hammer striking some part of vehicle causing one olebar barl rel to discharge the contents passing over the right leg cutting a groove one or two inches wide and quite deep 1 entering the right aid aids near the yes esi I 1 watch pocket and loging in the skill skin directly opposite the point where it entered the body he was thrown I 1 from the buckboard and the horse went on up to the station he a attempted 1 to walk but could only gola gofa short distance before he would have haie t to rest but finally he be was met by so some e persons who carried him to the post t office t dr pope who is stationed at tit alie c lehia agency was sent tor for but lie he it is said came away without the necessary medicine and instruments and a beconi trip of eighteen miles hall to ile be made and after all he failed to make any effort to help the wounded man john said sai to the doctor cant you cut that out fering refer re hig to the shot to which he replied no then he asked doctor cant you do something to stop tile the pain to which he replied emphatically no sir air thus the young man had to suffer for nearly twenty four hours when death freed him from his hia sufferings mrs webb however and other friends did all they possibly could for for him but they not being doctors could not do as much ps as should have bave been done the gun was a no 10 parker an and d loaded with no 6 shot allot he did not patk tatk much after he was hurt but lie lid did tell a brother of liis his that when the gun discharged he be was j thrown from the rig in which lie he was riding he remained conscious us up to tile llie time of ills his death word was soon sent gent to his brothers who reside at Nie nicholia bolia and also to his big parents who were in III the north bound excursion party which left salt lake on the of august the funeral services were held at the residence of judge brandon it in Cen centreville treville last tuesday at 2 p in judge powers S IV darke both of salt all lia lake ke joseph brandon being the principal speakers the deceased was a 11 gra graduate cuate of of mass college tile the mt bit hermon scientific course in ni graduating in the while at the 1892 with high honors himself as a college he be distinguished master in athe letic letle sports winning 11 four different occa silver cup upon nearly all the school competing along decided that ll 11 this for it it had bad been not leave the school should tri signer ceded in fit getting it i succeeded but when he slice four different years t the lie management allowed him to to brin bring g it houie home with win at bar brandon tire ll dolls s him and it was lie he pent a it saw writer the where of last winter I 1 in california portion only about m I 1 x there 0 been having of a captain Ss weeks when lie be became football team that held tile the champion champ on ile he won w it a ship of fresno county different oc I 1 great many anany pr inzes izes upon in ill foot races and foot ball carneg deceased was twenty three years four donihi and four days of age tile clipper feels lo io sympathize with willi judge brandon and family in their bereavement |
