Show SHOOTS AND KILLS SELF Joseph Tolliver Neglects to Set Safety ty Lever of Pistol In showing a friend how an auto automatic automatic automatic matic revolver worked Joe Tolliver killed himself at Vernal last Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day da The bullet entered his lith breast and he fell dead Tolliver was in fn the barber shop of ot William Imam Winn tinn Pulling the revolver from his pocket he placed It to his breast to show the safety ap appliance appliance appliance He had neglected to set the safety lever before pulling the trig trigger trigger trigger ger and he paid for the carelessness with his life Ufe Tolliver came from Rock Springs Wyo where w ere his widow and three chil children children children dren survive him A few days before the fatality he purchased a lot in the cemetery at Vernal and casually re remarked remarked remarked marked to some of his friends that he would have use for it before long longSo longSo longSo So far as can be learned he had no cause to commit suicide The coroners jury returned a verdict that his death was by his own hand |