Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-03 | Page 1 | Utahn, 16, Dies of Gun Wound

Utahn I 16 6 Dies Of Gun Wound Telegram Leased Wire ire NORTH OGDEN Sept 3 The 3 The body of Jerald Terald Pratt Jimmy Douglas las 16 North Ogden was found about 10 am a.m. Friday in a clump of oak brush near the North Ogden mountain road an and officers said he apparently was the victim of a hunting accident The boys boy's death was caused by bya a 22 caliber bullet wound in the head Alfred Gladwell acting coroner said t the te e boy apparently accidentally discharged the rifle as he was climbing through the brush S She Sheriff h e r i if f t I MacWade Mac who announced announced announced an an- finding of the body said saida a search had been under way for forthe forthe the boy since early Friday morn morn- ing He last was seen at pm p.m. Thursday carrying a 22 caliber caliber cali call ber rifle on an announced hunting trip I I IThe The boys boy's body was found under I Ithe Ithe the oak brush The rifle close by was lying on the ground with the gun stock caught in the crotch of ofa a bush The boys boy's parents Mr and Mrs Melbourne P P. Douglas arc are re reported reported reported re- re ported to be in California Also surviving are a brother Allen and a sister Lucille Douglas Jerald Pratt Douglas was born in Ogden March 23 1932 The family fam fam- fly ily lived for a time in Missouri Missouria a and d Boulder Colo Cola returning to North Ogden in 1941 Jerald was graduated from North Ogden junior high school last June and Thursday had registered registered reg reg- for attendance at Weber county high school He was active in outdoor sports boxing and wrestling He was a member of the teachers' teachers quorum of North Ogden den Second ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints