Show 1 faw 4 MISTAKEN STAKEN FOR BEAIR YOUNG MAN SHOT BY A COM PANION D stress ng ace acc dent in logan canyon re results alts from fact that a young ster was too handy with withe a gun news has been received of a most distressing accident which occurred in the mountains mounta fris east of logan mon day night niels jensen a youth of 16 or 17 years whose home is in bear river city bos dox elder county was shot and killed by a companion named john calvin who mistook him for a bear on the evening that the acci dent occurred according to the story brought down by other herders jen sen and calvin pitched camp near the head of what is known as cowley canyon on the right hand fork of lo 10 gan canyon they had been annoyed for some time previous by bears bear which startled the sheep at night and hence were on the lookout for bruins about 11 0 clock oung young jensen arose after hearing a commotion among the calvin raised up in bed seized bis his rifle and not knowing that jensen had gotten up mistook him for a bear and without any warning whatever fired at him the boy pitched forward and lay still for a a moment then rising to his feet ex claimed john old fellow you have killed me and staggered over to wards the bed calvin was simply ter stricken but recovering posses sion of his senses got his companion into bed and attempted to stanch the flow of blood that came from a large hole in the lad s breast after he had succeeded in doing so he tore madly over the hills in the darkness to an other camp and summoned help jen sen lived about half an hour afar calvin returned |