Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-06-12 | Page 9 | Mystery Shot to Result in Death

MYSTERY SHOT TO RESULTIN DEATH An antmortm statement which, it Is inllmatrd by the yllc. may result In tha filing of a complaint chanting murtlrr. will he swurl this afternoon by lha county attorney's office from W". L. Jones, who was shot in the abdomen abdo-men Sunday durinaj an altercation which occurred Sunday at the roomlnc house of Tlllle Jones. :7J West (roadway. (road-way. Jones Injury was considered ss serious seri-ous when he was taken to the city emers-ency hospital, but the attending physicians said he had an even chance of recovery. Today, however, they announced that bis death Is certain. Immediately following- his belnit shot, Jonea declared the affair was entirely accidental and he received the wound while he was toying with a revolver. The woman, however, said he was ahot while she wss trying to wrest the g-un from him. because he wanted to commit suicide with it. The woman was arrested and is still held. When Jones is Informed that he Is going to die the officers believe he will tell a different story of the r'