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Show DONALD STUBBS F0IB1UIED Son of Traffic Director of Southern South-ern Pacific Road Is Mysteriously Mysteri-ously Shot. TELLS PHYSICIANS THAT INJURY IS ACCIDENTAL Bullet Entered Breast Just Above Heart; Victim Will Probably Die. . By Associated Press. CLEVELAND. Sept. 2?. Donald P. Stubba, general agent of .the Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad hero, wa3 taken from" the Union Pacific offices tonight with a probably fatal bullet found over his heart. At the hospital where he was taken Mr. Stubbs declared that his wound was the result of an accident. Tho night elevator boy found Stubbs leaning against the wall In the corridor, outside his office. Tho wounded man, holding one hand over his heart, gasped: "I am shot; I shot myself accidentally. I need help." Stubbs was hurriedly removed to a hospital, hos-pital, where It was found that a revolver revol-ver bullet had penetrated his breast Just above the heart. Examining New Revolver. To the doctors he made a brief statement state-ment to the effect that he had been examining ex-amining a. now revolver, which he had purchased earlier In the day, and had accidentally discharged It. On account of the extreme gravity of his condition, Mr. Stubbs was not permitted per-mitted to see anyone. Tho police later broke into Mr. Slubbs's office and found the room in great disorder. dis-order. Papers and clothes were littered about the floor and the furniture was disarranged. On a table there waa a new box of cartridges, from which one shell had been taken. Shrouded in Mystery. Mr. Stubbs lived with his wife and mother-in-law In a fashionable apartment apart-ment house. Every effort tonight failed to reach either of the women, and no answer could be obtained at the apartment apart-ment door. The wounded man has not been long in Cleveland, having come here about six months ago to take the position of general gen-eral agent, which had been newly created. By Associated Press. CHICAGO. Sept. 24 J. C. Stubbs. traffic director of the Southern Pacific railroad and father of Donald P. Stubbs, could offer no explanation for the shooting shoot-ing of his son. When soon at his Chicago residence he said: "This Is the first I have heard of the matter. .1 can hardly believe that it Is true. I know of no business Just at this time that would take Donajd to his office of-fice at night. I can shed no light upon J the reported wounding of my son." I |