Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-07-14 | Page 17 | S. L. Father Shoots at Rat, Wounds Sleeping Son, 2

IS L. L Father Shoots Shoot at Rat Wounds Sleeping Son 2 I A old 2 Salt Lake boy was in poor condition in the theLa La L D S hospital Friday with a bullet in his head suffered when his father Cather while attempting to shoot a rat late Thursday night accidentally wounded his small son who was sleeping The child Leon Ray Williams son of oC Mr and arid Mrs Leonard Williams 2230 East was In Injured Injured injured in- in when a bullet from his fathers father's caliber Winchester Winches Winches- ter rifle fired at a rat under a sink in the kitchen went through the wall into the adjoining bedroom ricocheted off the floor through the mattress mattress mattress mat mat- tress of the boys boy's bed and into his head Mr Williams told Deputy Sheriffs Lowell and Leon Ray Williams He I was asleep Milton Brown that thal he heard the I boy scream am almost as soon as th the sh shot was Vas fired He took the boy i Immediately to the Salt Sail Lake General hospital where he received emergency treatment Un Unable ble to establish exact time of the a accident Mr Williams 39 machinist helper at Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad Co said he had gone to bed about p. p m. m and later was awakened by noise of a rat running running run run- ning between en the wall wallboards Inthe Inthe in inthe the kitchen Deputy sheriffs re received received re- re a a. call from Mr Williams at a. a m. m Friday Two other sons Farrell WilI Williams Wil Wil- liams Iiams 13 13 and Ronald Williams 9 9 were were sleeping out of doors on I the lawn at the time of the acci acci- den dent t. t