| Show Four Hunters Die in Southeast Utah r x rr ff- ff felt JF Jr t 1 r I- I r ra r a Ope p ner ing- ing i Week of o Deer Hunt Four hunting fatalities and andone andone one wounded hunter was the score at press time for the first week of the annual deer hunt In San Juan and Grand counties A man died near Moab late 1 last cwek the tho victim vie vic tim Um of a heart attack The story is listed separately be low Three fatalities and one wounded hunter were reported report I ted in San Juan county where over hunters 90 per cent from California and 5 per cent from Texas par par- In the hunt ac according accord ord ing to Deputy Sheriff Sherif Wright of ot Monticello The first fatality occurred at am Friday Oct 9 at a target practice range a at Soldier Springs near Monticello Mont Monti- cello L L. L E E. E Viran 37 of Murray Murray Murray Mur Mur- ray attempted to tD lower the hammer safety of his single a action ton revolver at the same samo time attempting to return the gun to a holster he wore The gun fired entering the o stomach He lie was rushed to the San Juan hos host hospital pital where he underwent 4 hours ours of surgery he ha died the following Monday evening of ot complicatIons Witnesses to the he accidental shooting were Clyde Gonzales of Monticello lo o and John ere of ot M Magna gna r rh A h heart cost the life of ct it a Torrence Dorrence California h hunter r rr r at M approximately 2 pm m. m Saturday while white he was wai hunting south bf of Monticello The victim was was was' Dr Jarac Jamet John Altenes who was reportedly re red In the area ea area on a hunting party with two other doctors from California The Tho body was flown to Torrence A Pecan Gap Texas h hunter hunt nt er or was at the San Juan hospital Sunday following a am atm accident acci acel accident dent caused from carrying a n loaded gun in a a vehicle The wounded hunter Rv n. Wr- Wr Brisco Bris co 56 56 was shot in the hiby hip hip- by a hunting companion n A. A A A. A Erwin of Comm Commerce rc Texas Tex Tex- as as ns The accident occurred inthe In Inthe Inthe the vehicle in which the themen men were traveling Deputy Sebr- Sebr lit tt Wright said a citation would be issued The latest y victim tl of the SanJuan San Juan hunt was John Brian Hall hail 46 of ot S San n Diego Drego Calif H He lie was shot In the chest dying almost instantly instant instant- ly fired am a.m. m by Fred Smith of Springfield Ohio Smith stated he mistook the victim for a deer bare limbs of a tree forming the horns he saw through the gun scope The dead hunter was reportedly w a red and black lack jacket and at ata a cor cord opera st Deputy W. W Wl ht h hsi ni si said dt It was w s determined ned that that in the of th ot-th the gully gully- OJ oix Elk RIdge where the victim s stood th the Mack black c cancelled nc led the red In Jn the plaid jacket j No cItation was Issued and the shooting was was- termed as as' accidental The victim was shot from froma a distance of yards He was carrying his own gun across his chest and the bullet buT bur burlet let penetrated hIs Ws wrist en en end entered his chest causing al alt almost most Jn instant tant d death ath Y M H M A J Wallace Wallac Corbin |
