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Show Woman 'Hunting Mishap' Victim Reported Better Wife, Shot When Husband Cleans Gun for Deer Season, Improves j Hope that "I'm the only hunting accident victim this season" was voiced Wednesday by Mrs. Anne Johnson, 20. 371 Anderson avenue, Murray. Mra Johnson is In St. Mark's hospital hos-pital with a bullet wound suffered when her husband, Vern Johnson, it, accidentally discharged a pistol he was cleaning In the kitchen of their home Tuesday. Pale and weak from the wound, but Improved by a blood transfusion, transfu-sion, Mra Johnson smiled from her hospital bed. "I hope no one else gets -hurt like this," she aaid. Nearly hysterical with grief, Mr. Johnson rushed his wife to the Salt Lake general hospital Tuesday. He had cleaned a deer rifle in the kitchen kit-chen of their home, then started to clean tha pistol when it discharged. The bullet entered, his wife's back and emerged above the right breast. Though critically injured a blood transfusion rallied the stricken woman wo-man and she was transferred to St. Mark's hospital, where Wednesday her condition waa reported "good." |