Show little korma norma I 1 king accidentally accidental y killed A shocking calamity occurred occurred d at the bor homo jo of mr and mrs earl king on north sixth street fliday cm e on ing at 7 when nhen their little daughter norma was fatally shot by dewey nyland a thirteen icar earold old boy little norma who nho would have been eight 3 ears cars old had she lived 1 until sept ath and her younger a sister bl ardell aged 0 were playing I 1 n g in in their front yard at about 7 and dewey nyland ny land who iras his ilis iame with mr and mrs airs levi pace was in the tile ad joining aa only about I 1 fifty feet from the girls plying ing with e 41 1 7 IV NORMA KING a 22 calibre rifle believing the rifle to be empty he pointed it at the girls eirls and pulled the tile trigger r the result was startling and terrify terrifying i ng for little norma fell over oer and her sister uttered a frightened scream which brought their alother to the scene mrs king found her eldest child bleeding at the head and un conscious neighbors were attracted by the commotion had in mediately attempted to summon a physician by telephone but dr fisk hid gone to helper and dr was out driving and was not found for al most an hour when dr returned he hurried to the scene of the tragedy and found the child still unconscious and slowly da ding ing dr fisk did not arrive until after the child had bad died she remained in a state of coma until 10 1025 when she passed peacefully away the bullet which caused the childs death en 1 the forehead over the left elc and penetrated the brain on account of the danger attending such a course no effort was made to remove the tho bullet on account of the brain being injured by the bullet it is not likely that the little child suffered any pain As soon as he saw the result of his shot the boy who was the involuntary cause of this unfortunate tragedy rushed to town to find a doctor and was on b 0 o way back to the scene of the tragedy when found Dowey Nyland is practically an aenoi orphan phan his mother being dead and his father not much force as a parent some three cars ago he was taken from his father and placed uth the family of mr pace where he lie liaa has since made his homo home ho Is not a bad boy although somewhat thoughtless and anti no one believes ho dinten i tio nally injured the poor child who is now 1 a I tenant of the silent city of tho tile dead through his thoughtless ness norma king who as born in mt pleasant was nas tho tile eldest of four children and was a child of sn acet and winsome disposition slie had spent the greater part of the day placing flo flavers fl overs Neis on the graves gracs of friends of the family resting in the local come tiry try little dreaming that within two short das she elie too belaik be laid away in the cita of the dead tle family has lived in price about four years and mr air and mis king baie hantho the deepest sm sa path of a 1 I host of friendie and neighbors on account of the t tragic agic manner in which the tile home circle has been broken funeral ver services ices were held at the L D S meeting house sunday at 3 p in and the house was crowded with mourning relatives and fi tends bishop braner arv ner officiated and president A W II fl and elder oliver J haimon spoke words of consolation to the grieving parents miss lora ilai clumon mon sang a solo and the regular choir sang several selections misses reta jones vada brner grace johnson and mildred F fausett of the first primary class were the pallbearers pall bearers and the un unfortunate fortunat girls sunday school classmates attended in a body the floral offerings were conspicuous by their number and beauty among the relatives aiom out of ton n to attend the funeral were mr and mrs sam wells of deseret lake mrs hyrum byrum merrick of mt pleasant mrs julia king and three sons and B M V goold and daughter of sun na side most of these relatives have remained here for the week to visit friends |