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Show MANY PfitflNAL TRIBUTE THURSDAY TO RICHARD MARSH VICTIM OF SHOTGUN WOUND Youth's Life Is Snapped Out Sunday When Defective Shotgun Is Played With; Officers Offi-cers Exonerate Boy Who Pulled Trigger Largely attended funeral services for. Richard Marsh, victim of a shotgun wound sustained Sunday afternoon, were held in the Mapleton ward chapel Wednesday afternoon with Richard S. Bird, of the ward bishopric in charge. The services were opened by the Peerless Male quartet singing, -Far Away." The invocation was by.C. W. Houtz. Frank Bjarnson, sang a solo. He was accompanied bv Lola Weight, pianist. Boys Life Eulogized The speakers, all of whom expressed words of consolation consola-tion and sympathy to the bereaved family, and touched on the splendid life of Richard, were: Bishop R. L. Mendenhall President E. M. Snow, and Oscar Whiting. Other musical numbers given by the Peerless Male quartet were: "Some lime Some Where," and "Beautiful Isle." ,Jhl benedictin was by L. E. Harmer. Interment was in the Evergreen cemetery, and the dedicatory prayer was by Grover Clyde. Tragedy ended the play of four Mapleton boys Sunday afternoon a. 5 o'clock when Richard Marsh, 17-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Marsh, was accidentally shot to death by Harold Johnson, 14-year-old son of Mrs. Lutitia Johnson. The accident happened at the Johnson home in Mapleton where the boys had been playing for several hours. Mrs. Johnson was visiting at the home of her son, Earl Johnson of Delta. Defective Safety Appliance A defective safety appliance on the double-barreled shotgun shot-gun handled by the Johnson lad is given as the cause of the accident following a thorough investigation conducted by DeSy Otto0Bi.yk Bl'ockbank Shf J- D. Boyd and ' The Johnson boy, together with Howard Fullmer, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Fullmer, and Eldon Win-tree, Win-tree, 17, who lives with his uncle, Oscar Whiting were taken to the sheriff's office following the shooting. The boys were questioned in detail by Attorney Brockbank. All told the same story and all declared that the shooting was accidental. acci-dental. This was also the opinion expressed by Mr. Marsh, father of the victim, with whom Mr. Brockbank talked over the telephone Sunday evening. The Johnson boy was permitted per-mitted to accompany Dell Fullmer, his uncle, to his home in iuapletoii. tW wt e!LffrT ihe let bll.of the gun shattered the left side of the face of the Marsh boy, who died in-stantly in-stantly He was carried from the house to the outside by the s iecrrken'boya' wMe Haro,d s aimost , "Don't Let Him Die!" i, a vD "' 5? d'e ! I?0n't let him die ! 0h f I had only had brains to let that gun alone !" screamed Harold as he was assisting the other two boys in carrying Richard's body from the front room of the Johnson home to the outside where they placed it on the walk. According to the story told the officers by the three boys, they had been together since early in the forenoon. They first met at the home of Dell Fullmer where they played ball for some time They separated at dinner time but met Af? h U3 f Ck Smd&l afte the Johnson home. Alter they had been wrestling for some time on the lawn the boys went into the home. Howard and Eldon were reading read-ing in the front room, while Richard and Harold were chasing each other from room to room. Harold declares that there was " 111 filing between the two and that while they were scuffhng they were laughing and giggling continuously. In the play, Harold secured the shotgun and began to point it at Richard at the same time'threatening to shoot him if he did not let him alone. When Howard saw the boys playing with the shotgun, he joined them in their wrestling wrest-ling over the gun. When he looked into the gun and saw it unloaded, he went back to his reading, while Richard and Harold continued their playing. wefiarc! and Harold Loads Gun Failing to frighten Richard with the unloaded gun Harold Har-old went upstairs to get some shells at the same time tellinsr the boys that if they would come outside he would k he whole crowd. The boys still paid no attention to him as they did not thinK he would load the gun y After placing the shells in the gun, Harold took care to arrange the safety device so that it would not shoot. He declares that several times while playfully aiming the gun t Richard he took care that the safety was on Richard was peeking through the door 'between Ihe front room and the kitchen while Harold was standing with he gun m the door between the kitchen and the b-ithroon ' Each time Richard stuck his head through the cLr Hardd aimed the gun at him. ' Then came the tragedy. Harold pulled the "locked" 'fp' enll;lg?r "Perati"ff e left barrel responded and Richard fell to the floor in a heap as the shot rang out. !?t;ys In Terror i Eldon thought Harold had shot on the outside. Looking ,p from the book he was reading Howard saw Richard lving T -, , lhp, bl0d pourir,S from hi head. Terror- striken the three boys picked up their playmate and carried him out on the walk. 11 Harold almost collapsed as he shrieked "Don't let him die! Oh, if I had only had brains to let that gun !4ine " ,f,V;sy exammation showed the boys that the left do of Ricnard s face had ben torn to pieces bv the shot lie w s bl:ed;ng proiusely. There was no sign of life Eldnn ran hurriedly to the home of Dell Fullmer and .old what had happened. Mr. Fullmer first called Dr. George Anderson of Springville and then notified Sheriff J D Pnvrl o7the?rag?dyUty immediate,y left for the scene met bv HriU"T at the JhnROn home he was the shooS St g0ne int hystcrics over 0, "U"cIef Drn' 1 didn,t mean t0 do robbed Harold. "We Don't leAim diear0Und" 1 COme t0 Hfe that deatd'cT "ed |