| Show KilLED BY PLAYMATE I GeorgeGutke Aged Eleven Meets Tragic Death I WAS SHOT 1 BY ACCIDENT I I I ShootingWns Done by Joseph Murray Mur-ray Aged 1 With a Shotgun Which Was Not Known to Bo Loaded Oharge Entered Gutkes Left Shoulder and Ranged Down ward Death Resulted Within an Hour Mother of Dead Boy Prostrated Pros-trated With Grief Over tho Tragedy < I George Gutke aged 11 years was accidentally ac-cidentally shot and killed yesterday afternoon on Camps lane a short distance dis-tance northwest of the city the death I dealing weapon being a doublebarreled shotgun In the hands of Joseph Hurray Hur-ray an elevenyearold playmate The cHildren wer h handling the gun with the belief that It was unloaded when a terrific report Jan out and a full I charge of 12gaugo bird shot entered I the Gutke boys left shoulder from a distance less than six feet Unfortunately Unfor-tunately the child Was leaning forward at the time and the shot tore a gaping wound that ranged downward Into the lungs The little fellow lived for nearly an i hour and remained conscious n part of the time Death was hastened by I the profuse flow of blood although It I Is thought that even with prompt oicdl cal aid there would have been no chance of saving hiS life HOW SHOOTING OCCURRED The shooting occurred at the home of the Murray boy where George had gone to spend the day The shotgun was found In the woodshed by George and ho was examining it when the other lad took It and pulled back the hammers ham-mers The Gutke boy then sat down In tho doorway of the shed to watch i his j playmate operate the weapon when the shot rang out Without n moan he pitched forward aid fell In a heap on the ground Several carpenters who were at work on the Interior of the Murray home rushed to tho spot to find both the boys lying on the ground young Murray Mur-ray having thrown himself on the bleeding form of his playmate In an effort lnS check the flow of blood The wounded boy was carried inside the house and a messenger sent at once for a doctor When Dr Wright reached the place two hours later the child was boyond the need of medical attention MOTHER WAS PROSTRATED I The father of the child A F Gutke a blacksmith employed at the Rio Grande Western shops was summoned with the message that the boy had been wounded and when he reached the house to find that death had take place the sad news left him speechless with grief The mother was completely proslrated when she reached the Murray Mur-ray residence after having walked there two miles fur from her home nearly mies ther north on the lane The body was removed to the undertaking 1 under-taking establishment of Joseph William Taylor last evening |
