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Show oh ensued a barrage of bullets com- Ing from all 'sides, many of which j seemed poorly aimed. ! ?' "I'm shot," suddenly shouted Kp-I Kp-I pis. . Ths gunfire ceased and hunters hunt-ers crowded around the wounded man. He died a short time later. 'Identity of the man who killed him is not known. Hunters who returned from the Middle canyon seotion said careless care-less shooting was apparent through out the day. Bullets were whistling dangerously close, and the wonder of it all, they said, that other hunters hunt-ers weren't killed or wounded, v Eppis was shot in the back. iHUNTER IS KILLED BY STRAYSHDT Officers Seeking Deer Hunter Who Shot and Killed John Eppis of Hingham, Monday In Canyon Near Tnoele. . TOOELE, Utah, Oct. 21 (UP) -The deer hunter whose bullet shot and killed John Eppis, 35-year-old Bingham pool hall proprietor, was sought today by authorities. Eppis was fatally wounded in Middle ' canyon south of Tooele when hunters who lined the-canyon the-canyon ridges opened . fire on a band of .fleeing deer. -, ( , Careless ShooUnif ' . Eppis had just killed a buck. As he and his companions were -moving towards the fallen anlmal they scared up a small herd. Thereup- |