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Show FATAL SHOOTING, One Indian Hoy jviixs another. Lost Monday evening an a co'dcntal but fatal shooting took place, tit tho Indian camp jut north of to'.rn. vhcrobvouo Induin boy wan rather ruthlessly sent to tho "Happy Hunting Grounds" From thoevidonco adduced at tho in quest held brforo Jtis'ic Chatterly on Tiicsilay, itappoars that Amman, tho boy shot, was pluying In his mother's tont, when Snufeo, tho slayer, and another boy catno alone, A goncral play uai indul-Oed indul-Oed in, lho boys all ran Into a tent when Snake, Being n gun 'hat Indian Jim had left theto, leaning against thu sid4 of the tent, cauuht It up to scare tho others. It was not known thai tl c gun wus loaded us Jim had been out shooting rabbits and had shortly before returned, Snake pointod tho gun at Am mon and ufter pulling buck tho hreoch In Imitation of loading, ho touched the t linger, tho gun wont oil' and Amnion rolled ovor snot through tho loft sld . Tho ball entered the sldo about under tho elbow and pass d almost straight through the body, Tho boy did not live long. Knakp, ocoing whut he had dono' fled but soon roturued. Constnblo JKd Parry learning of tho affair wont out to tho camp and brought tho body to town. Thu Indian followed. follow-ed. Tho ovldonco brought out ut tho in-nuot in-nuot Is ns near tho forecoiniz as it was Kssiblo to get at, for all tho Indiana seemed bent on giving tho story in tholr own way all at tho same timo, Snako was exaudnod i-ald that he had had no hard footings against tho deceased and felt sorry at thu loxult Ho did not know tho gun wiib loai'ed and ho only tried to Bear Amnion. Tho poor boy looked hlafcellnc, and the perspiration stood in great drops upon his faco while ho was bolng questioned. The jury, consisting con-sisting of A. Jonson, Win. Wakorand Jos. H, hunter, retulor.-d a Yuii'lclpi ucciduntiil.shootitig. K'i |