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Show INQUEST INTO DEATH OF BOYjSRESUMED Story of Shooting of John Cowlishaw Is Told by Eyewitness Spec al to The Tr bune OGDEN Oct 7 After a cont nuance of nearly tvvo n ontbs the inquest into the deat of John Con is a v 11 year o d son of Mrs Hannah Cowlshaw 19S4 Wash inton a enue was opened th s morning with ex off c o Co oner IV H Reeder presld ng The boy was killed on Au gust 3 when a rifle in the hands of Eonald Hal stron a plaj mate is supposed sup-posed ot have been acc dental y dis charged The shoot ng took p ace on the bank of the Ogden n er near Grant avenue. Jude Reeder and a jury composed of J D Newton Walter Da imore and Alex Wilton heard the testimony of n e wit nesses today after which the hearing was continued until next Friday morn Ing; when it is hoped to have two more witnesses present whose names are not now Known. The w tnesses today were Airs Cowlt haw mother of the dead boy Paul Cowl shaw his brother and an eye witness to the shooting Mrs Hetty Hall strom, Leo Ha Strom and Ronald Hall j Strom Countv Attorney Da d Jensen who or dered the inane t conducted the pro ceed ngs "With the exception of ra nor details the stories of the two boys who were present at the time of the shoot ing did not differ Paul Cowlishaw said his brother John Ronald Hal strom and himself had started down the river to kill m skrats Hallstrora had secured J his rife, a repeater and after firing about I six shots according to the w tness pointed the weapon at the Cowlishaw boy and said Look out John I m go ng to shoot you When he pulled the trigger the Cow Hshav. boy fel lwith a fatal bullet wound faj his abdomen The Hallstrom boy wept as he related the story of the shoot ing He said he was pumping the gun llshaw boy fell with a fatal bullet wound i charged when his friend received the fatal wound. |