| Show SHOCKING FATALITY A LAD OF TEN years accidentally SHOOTS snoots lius lrus BROTHER IN INT LAW our lozan contemporary has received particulars of a fearful accident which happened in ill oneida co idaho oil on new years tears 1 ears cars das day lay in which homas bomas thomas gr parkers son of bishop bi hop wyman ivr in a n M parker of ein was shot shob and killed by his s arother in law moroni smith a lad of ten years what lends additional horror to the event is the fact that young youns parker had just been married th ceremony having taken place in the t h e forenoon and his sudden and shocking kinz g death occurring 0 in the evening ning of the thu sa same me day parker had performed perfumed the ce ceremony which ii bich united in wedlock his son and hl atlas ss cynthia sin aiu smith ith and the newly moar roAr ried pair were at the resi rehi denci of the brides brutes parc parents rits lits B spending end ing arl arn hour or r two twi pre previous ilous to ate attending the wedding sup supper er and dance dane e arranged g in honor of the occasion while quietly chatting chat ehat ting with his hla friends who had ad gathered the bridegroom having his young bride ariae seated u upon 1 1 on his knee loune ioune toung young smith came and kissed 1 1 sed parker telling elling him during the conversation which followed that trat he did not wish him to take his bis sister away parker lau iau laughingly ah fis DO replied that he could come and n see his sister as often as he desired further conversation passed of an agreeable nature when young smith left went about the tile house lie ile was seen to raise the lid of a trunk and close it again it being bein dusk at the time no one noticed anything further parker park er was sitting wit with his head bent over his cifes breast when xoung young youn smith and a little in ia advance of his sisters face tired red a small robin hood pocket pistol 32 calibre therall the ball bali barely missed his sisters neck and entered parker yarker head above and in front of the right temple his wife not knowin knowing that he was hurt there being no out outcry cibby cilby by III lil him in ran screaming from the room out into the doorway door way crying out she was shot the powder from the tile pistol havin ner neck and face in the confusion co nf that ensued all present ran out to see what was the trouble theydon they wondered why parker was absent and returned into the house where they found him deanin leaning back in his chair wounded and ancon unconscious scions lie ile remained in that state until lie he breathed ills his last about three hours after the tile report of the pistol young smith ran out of the room crying sel sei 1 I nev never er knew it was loaded I 1 it it seems that a brother who is ii several years older than the youth was in the habit of keeping a pistol when not on ills his person in a trunk which the tho ly younger smith knew and had frequently been seen with it in his hands snapping it off around the room but being unloaded no harm was done on new new years day the tile elder smith having one cartridge left he lle loaded one chamber and took it with him while out hunting stock and forgot on his return home to remove it from the revolver which he again placed in the trunk where it was subsequently found the young boy was iras not aware of this and thought only olly of frightening his sister by snap pin git it at her the deceased bore an excellent reputation was secretary of the young mens mutual improvement association and first assistant to the superintendent in 1 of the egin exin sunday school in both of which positions sitione of usefulness his loss willllr will wili be severely felt mr walter paul justice of the peace of rexburg rehburg precinct was called upon to act at the inquest tlde tide th e sad news reached Rex bur just as bishops ricks lucks and riby RI by and thomas I 1 K Bas bassett sett sott ward clerk drove up from visiting bedar Cedar butte As Asso soon onas as informed of the news they changed their team and came over to proffer such consolation as lay in their power to the afflicted parents and friends of both parties an inquest held january january januar y ad resul resulted teI tet lu in a verdict of purely accidental death |
