| Show ATA L A C CIDE N simiel hajy shoots himself sibila W Hun Hunt henlis lis ilij was three miles ayrom home with t two op companions when accident occurred Occa ani ana bled to death on oa the way fanti eulars learned at inquest one of the gloomiest gloo shadow shadows ever cast fell upon the home horneff of mrs sarah hendricks a widow living in the 2nd and ward thursday fOre forenoon nOOD on hii wednesday evening her 16 year old boy sana geo so worley about IS and his brother abot 14 made mad e up their rm ds to go hunting the next borning the duck law being up sam went off that night 0 and the family saw no more of him until he was brought into the house bouse dead it seems from what can be cearn ed that the DOS bos were hunting du ducks c ks along alone the logon logan efrer out towards mendon the boys were separated by about a half block arid and sam shot a duck arid and started into the river after it As he did so he threw the gun gan on the shore and it was I 1 di discharged e d the clis charge rge entered hit his right leg atlow the knee almost severing it feirn the rest of his body the boys rin ran to tit alic pot no as soon 83 ti ta fv the lioy scream and he tuii toot i them hem what the th matter r the older of the worley ron farely near the place who took him home hom as oon as pos ible ile iia sail said b be e met the 1140 train when he reached the track so EO the accident must musi occurred about 11 tue tae younger of the boys stayed with sam and gave him several drinks of water lie ile alo tied a handkerchief on the boys leg atif not very tight because sam complained of the pain when aid aia reached the boy he was still bleeding he was driven home in a buggy but the last spark of lifo 9 died antes be was half a block front home dr snow was sent for but pro pounced him dead as soon as he be reached the house the leg was in a terrible condition ehatt erect tople to pieces ces A codoner Co Coi ioner onera t inquest was held helcl in the afternoon C C goodwin Goodw ln chap Ba barratt and P A Niel nielsen seir were the jurors coroner E W smith attorney S J r rich lich and sheriff turner were anion among others present the evidence was heard and the jury retired to the ourt court house end and rendered a verdict that the tha de dc eased came to his death by a charge chang abet of shot from a gun discharged by himself this is a very slid sad case it will be remembered that the loyb boys mother is the widow of josiah hendricks endricks ll who died last lall fall and depended greatly on the boy for EUp |
