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Show FATAL ACCIDENT H NEAR KANARRA. Robert Davis Shot to Death Last (vr Sunday Afternoon. fH BULLET PASSES THROUGH THE BODY, " H Was doing to the Pipping Pens in the H Western Part of the Valley H When it Occurred. VIK 1 Another of those painful accidentia H that so frequently happen In the baud- 'M!, H ling and use of firearms, oce'ured last H Sunday afternoon about seven miles south of Ivannrra near Joseph Pollock's ranch; ns n result of which Robert Dav Is, sou of George Davis Of ICanarra, lost his life. Tho young man in companv 1 with three of his aunts, his graudmoth- H cr and Napoleon Pollock, was on ills way to tho dipping pen. When they readied" H the neighborhood of tho Pollock ranch, H they encountered a deep gully in the f H road and all tho'"company got out x- l-ept the unfortuiiatu young man, who H remained inthe wagon to drivu tho H team across. As soon as the wheals H struck thejlfbttom of tho giillcy, a gun H which hott been left standing In the , H back of tho wagon with the uiuzzlo H pointing to tho rear was diblodgcil, H potntsd at tho driver, and discharged. H The bullet struck him in thu back tin-r ' H dor tho shoulder blade and passed en- "" H tlrcly through tho body, The wouiidcd' H youth was convoyed to the ranch house, H the doctor was sent for, and everything H dona that affection could suggest for H his comfort, by those who were uresent. ' H Ho lingered in great pain for about. " three and a half hoprs'wlieu death eaino --ll I to his release. He rctuined conscious- " ' I ncss lo the Inst. Doctor MUldletou who vl was hurrying to the scene, was met 1 about four miles nway with the intal- H Mgenccofthe death, aud returned to ll Cedar. The body was taken to ICiut- H ijrra f- taterwut Uvo lur,wi ,b.tK(Bowi H Held nt So'eloek p. m.v Tuesday. -H Jarge-ody of people were present nad " i most affect lifg beojlo wus-pceseHf-f ?l ed as the numerous friends 'imd Telu -J VH tltc surrounded thu bier. '"' N?I Deceased was u youth of irreproach- ll able character. Ho was just seventeen . fH years old the day of htodeuth. Ills un- timely end has cast a gloom over tho jH entire community, anil the family are "jl presumed with grief. fl |