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Show ACCIDENT VICTIM IMPROVING SLOWLY Roy D. Williams, son of Wm. G. Williams, of Salt Lake, adjutant of the Utah national guard, who was acci-dently acci-dently shot in the leg just below the knee, last Saturday morning, is in the St. George hospital, and is slowly recovering. re-covering. While he is not out of danger dan-ger at the present time it is thought he has better than an even chance to recover.' re-cover.' Williams' mother and father, and-his and-his two young daughters came in the first of the week from Salt Lake to be with their son and father. . The accident happened Saturday morning shortly before one o'clock. Williams, who is a salesman for the National Biscuit Company, had come in from Beaver the evening before, and had registered at the St. George hotel, leaving his car parked in the street. He then attended the dance and returned to the hotel shortly before be-fore one o'clock in the morning. Going Go-ing to his car he took out a rifle and entered the hotel lobby and stood the gun against a showcase. As he started start-ed to walk away the gun fell to the floor and was discharged, the heavy .32 special soft nosed bullet striking Williams in the right leg just above the ankle. The bone was shattered and the leg nearly severed. A fragment of the bullet also struck Mrs. J. I. Sanders Sand-ers just above the ankle. She was standing near the fountain. Williams was rushed to the hospital and the leg was amputated below the knee. At nine o'clock Sunday night another operation was performed and the leg amputated between the hip and the knee. Dr. John Sharp of Salt Lake came in with the young man's father and mother, and has been in consultation on the case. General Williams was in Butte, Montana, when he received word of the accident. Reports from the hospital this afternoon after-noon are that Williams is making a brave fight and the probabilities are that he will recover. |