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Show IQMIffl SD0T M Iff HII FALLS, DOCTOR FIIIDS HLTrBB -till!- Wounded Man Proves He Wat Intoxicated and Citizen Citi-zen of Salt Lake; Freed After Night Under Guard CAUGHT witliiu the blinding g1ar of four powerful spot light at the war prison barracks at Fort Don plan, a civilian waa commanded by a sentry to halt aa ho staggered toward the camp of the Interned Germans shortly after midnight mid-night hut nljcht. When a second aharp command from tha n try filled to atop the man the ' entry rained hla gun and fired. The bullet went true and the civilian fell, wounded. He emitted a cry aa he lav prone on the around and rataed one arm to signify hi willingness to aur-render. aur-render. Other guards end aentiies rushed to the acene and placed the wounded man under arrest In the raya of tha powerful pow-erful llKhta, which were focitaed on the apot where the man waa shot down the Instant the report waa heard, It wss discovered tha man waa not seriously wounded. TEARS OFF FINGER. The bullet from the sentry's gun struck htm in the left hand and tore off the first fingrr. The civilian, whose name la withheld by officers at tha fort, waa placed .under heavy it tun I and taken to the adjutant's office of the war prison barracks. The man. m -cordlng to Colonel Arthur William, commandant of the prison cunip, was Intoxicated and wandered Inside th sentry lines in hla drunken stupor. After his wound had been dressed by the post Bunceon, the man was locked up In the guardhouse until this morn in a, when lie waa able to give a more comprehensive account of his actions. The civilian. Colonel Williams saya, declared de-clared he did not know hnw he got in the vicinity of the fort. He produced evidence showing that he was a respon-stole respon-stole cltlsen of Halt Lake 'and was allowed al-lowed to go this morning after a svere reprimand from officers. THEY MEAN BUSINESS. Speaking of tha Incident this morning. morn-ing. Colonel Alfred Hasbrouck, com-mandant com-mandant of Fort Douglas, said: "It la only a miracle that tha man was not killed. I am glad he was only allghtly wounded, hut it was merely the poor aim of the sentry that saved his life. This Is war and the sooner the people find It out th better they will be. Warnings have been erected and the sentry lines established for a purpose. This ought to be a warning to others to keep outside the reatrk-ted , district If tfiey value thlr lives." Colonel Williams made the follow inn comment on the Incident this morning: morn-ing: "No one. not even a soldier, has a right within the sentry linea unless on duty, tluarda are Instructed lo shoot anyone, regard leas of rank or position, po-sition, who falls to stop at the command com-mand to halt. When the man left tha post this morning he admitted he was the luckiest man In the world. I treat there will never be a repetition of this, but thla Is a serious time and we mean " business." |