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Show I AUTilCH I mm life Eleven-Year-Old Clarence Mur-' Mur-' p li v Accidentally Kills George Channel. I TERRIBLE ACCIDENT BRINGS GRIEF TO ALL ! Deadly Weapon Is Discharged Twice as Youth Fingered the Trigger. Geqrgt) Channel, a carpenter, who re-sides re-sides at 440 East Fourth South street, was accidentally shot nnd killed Satur-day Satur-day afternoon about 2 o'clock by his nephew. Clarence Murphy the eleven-year-old son of S. F. Murphy, the woll-known woll-known lumberman, Tin- ballet which brought Instant death to Mr. Channel, HBi was fired from a Colts' automatic 32- HBl caliber revolver, entering the head Just HBl above ond back of the right ear. The HBJ man was dead when Mrs. Murphy, his HBf sister, reached him Details of Accident. Mr. Channel, as above stated, Is a HBJ brother of Mrs Murphy, and being in the Bl vicinity of her residence, K9 Bast Flint HBJ South Street, called there, shortly after HBJ the noon hour. The purpose of his visit HBl was to borrow a small sled belonging to HBl the children, with which to carry his HBl tool box home. Shortly after entering HBf the house, anil hearing the boy tell of a HBl wonderful revolver which his father had HBl just purchased for the purpose of dl?- HBJ posing of any chance hold-ups, the little HBf fellow volunteered to go up stairs and get Did Not Know It Was Loaded. JBl Never suspoctinK that the revolver was HjHJ loaded, no one made any attempt to prc- HBJ vent the boj from carrying out his plan. HBl nnd without waiting a moment the lad HBl start' d on hl mission. As he was de- HBJ scending the stairs, revolver In hand. It HBJ is supposed (hat he began flngerlnjr the HBl trigger, for when only a part of the way HBi down the weapon wus discharged twice, HBl one of the bullets entering Mr Channel's HBl head as he stood at the foot of the stah.s. Physician Summoned. As soon us possible a physician was HjSJ summoned bv Mrs. Murphy, but there Is HjHJ little dotttit but that the bullet caused HjjVJ instant death, bulging from the statement HjHJ of Dr. Boyer, who made an examination HBi u few momenta after the shoe-tins Word HB1 was sent to the police station and a short HjHJ time later the body was removed by Of- HBl fleer Taylor and Serpent Hempel to HjBJ Evans's undertaking establishment, where it will be prepared for burial Mr. Murphy Hems of Death. While seated with some friends at the Commercial club enjoying their lr.ncheon, a telephone message brought news of the terrible accident to Mr. Murphy Kx-.-using hlmsilf he hurried to his home, only to tlnd that the message was all too trio- Mrs Murphj was almost prosi i ated with grief bver the affair, as was also her son, who did the shooting Officers were satisfied that the accident came about in the manner described by Mrs Murphy and aside from tiuestlonlng them as to the details. Coroner Dana T Smith will not take action. Wife Hears of Tragedy. It was not until an hour or two later that Mrs. Channel was apprised of her husband's death, in fact, not until after the body had been taken to tne under-taker's. under-taker's. The terrible and Unexpected end-lng end-lng of Mr Channel's life has naturt.ll) B lrouKht sorrow to a number of homes. In addition to his own nnd that of his broth-er, broth-er, where the accident occurred. Weapon a Dangerous One. The weapon with which the shooting H was done, is what Is known as an auto- matlc gun. B,v pressing the trlgr eight ti'trldges may be discharged w'thln a few seconds, as they follow each other In quick succession as long as the linger Is held against the trigger. The dead man was about 2 years of H age. He h aves a wife and three children |