Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 12 | Major Kills Self at Camp Lewis |

Type	issue
Date	1918-10-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Major Kills Self at Camp Lewis
Type	article
Date	1918-10-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	12
OCR Text	Show MAJOR KILLS SELF . AT CAMP LEWIS By Associsted Press. CAMP I.KWIH. Tacoms. Wash.. (Vt. Ht. M .. yr Alexander IV Cronkhile. son of Manr Orient I A. Cronkhite, in commend of the Eightieth dlv futon, now tn France, accidentlly shot himeelf hre ysterdny with an automatic pistol and died within with-in two minute. Major Cronkhite was In the Two Hundred Hun-dred Thirteenth engineers, arriving here from Camp Forre-Jt. iia.. October t. The accident occurred on the pistol ; range. Mnor t'ronkhite hsd fired a sliot ill the tenet and turned to remark on ' the escellence of It. The words wre ih 1 t sooner spoken than the pistol In his hand was discharged., the ball entering his ' breast.
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