Salt Lake Herald | 1904-07-07 | Page 10 | Rusty Old Revolver

RUSTY OLD REVOLVER Little Child hild Found Fo nd it and Shot Himself Strange Story From Portland Portland Ore July S Ernest the little son of Frederick Vogt who lives Jives at Monta Villa a suburb of Portland found an old rusty revolver and shot himself in the abdomen July 4 I The little fellow ignorant of the peril of or his wound and afraid to tell teU his hi mother wandered about the house for hours strangely sick but silent When his mother was putting the boy t j bed b she noticed the burned spot in hit clothes V and what appeared to be b merely the scratch of a sharp stick beneath but considered it unworthy of serious attention Even Een later when the seriousness of the little fellows Ill Illness ness nes compelled the attendance of or a physician the true nature of or his sick sickness sickness sickness ness was not guessed and he died Four hours bours afterwards an examina examination examination tion of the supposedly harmless abra abrasion ra sion zion was made and a bullet was found In the intestines