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Show CANADIAN SOLDIERS FI OilERIClS Walter Smith Is Killed and Charles Dorsch Wounded by Patrol WERE HUNTING DUCKS Refused to Surrender at Or der of Dominion Officer, Consul Reports BUFFALO Dec S Walter Sm th and Char es Do American hunters were shot by Ca ad an soldiers on the Is aaara ver near Fort Erie today S nith was k lied but Dorse 1 lecover The shoot ng was unintentional according1 to nformatlon gathered by the military and forwarded to Ottawa tonight The soldiers were aiding a provlmcal officer o a res the men for alleged v o it on of t e game laws Several volleys we e fired ove heir heads to force them o come as ore v, th their rowboats A rina sho sa d to have been fired for the Name pu pose s ruck Smith between the eyes and Dorsch n t e arm h e deep egret o er the inc dent was e pressed by e Fo t Erie village ofn ers t was asse ted that the men were not only techn ally under ar est by t e tame officer and we e a pt ng to es ape but hat he had. vlo ated a m-i a y o de w-h c forbade nauthor zed persons to approach t e in ernat onal boundar 1 ne wh e armed This order t was sa d was accompan ed by a verbal order to 1 e sold ers on patrol to shoot o k 1 f persona so a med refused to sur render promp j Fired to Scare Thon as W De anc the pro nc al of fie sa d t e men were shooting at duckb ear t e head of the r ver He decided to arrest them and Capta n. Fite in on mand of the border pa ro sent three bo d ers to he p h m They took a "posi t on about 600 feet from the boat. De aney ca led out to t e men that they were unde arrest and orde ed. them ashore The so d res flred a volley One bul et sp ashed the water near the boat. Don t hit them cautioned Delaney We 1 come ashore as soon as we p ck up i e ucwj suvulcu uuo ut t. hunters T ey rowed up stream toward the de coys Suddenly the boat headed fo the Amer can shore They ve got away let them go De laney told the so d ers I 1 give them another scare sa d one of the so diers He ra sed h s r fie and fired Both hunters topp ed over n the boat which drifted to the ferry land ng Sm th was found dead Dorsch was brought to a Buffa o hospital H s cond t on is not serious J B Curt s acting United States con sul at Fort Er e made a P el minary re po t to the state department by w re to n ght An InquesC will be held on Wednesday |