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Show PHHHHHHjMIver He Putt HHHHHHT Chamber. Is IHTn s t a n t a n e o u a IHster nlcco by flourish. Lllbcr revolver ho l, Clarence Ht ot HHHHHHHl28 HHHHHHV'tho muzzlo tlio Bplo yostonlny HHHHHHt bullet through his HrI do Clarence as HHHHJKghcd nnd put gnu to his HHHHHJcnd. HHHHHF"Oh, don't, Hub," cried llttlo Edith Mjook, ils niece, 3 years Sho rnu from the room ut the report of tlio gun. Tho boy Bunk to tho LkkkkW Clarencu got tho gun from n friend kkkkW 'at a meeting of tho Hoy Scouts, of kkkkW which ho was n member, In the old H TwcAh ward meeting house on M faxMl East between First South nnd HHH SMbmj South streets, Tuesday night. HHI TOjtrlend asked tho boy to tnko It kkkkW I iii (3 and clean It. There was ono kkkW cartrldgo In it. Tho hoy removed kkkm this whllo ho was cleaning It. kkkm Tho accident occurred In tho llv- kkU Ing room of tho Erickson homo. H Mrs. Annlo Krlckson mother of tho H toy, was In an ndjoinlng room. Clar- HH enco had just linlshcd cleaning tho ' H gun nnd explaining the 'mechanism H of It to his sister Ivy, 11 years old, HW nnd his nlcco, who Is tho' daughter Hfl of Sir. nnd Mrs. Itoy Cook of C17 HP (Ilendalo street, when ho took tho Hfcr cartrldgo from his pocket and plac- H ed it in tho chamber of tho rcvolv- kU, or. Ho rose from his sent and re- kU' marked about tho luster ho put on ', tho 'revolver In clcnnlng It. Tho Hb little girls lied across tho room as f ho nourished the gun before them. Hf Frightens Little Girls HJj Laughing cheerfully, "no placed tho Hfr Run (0 . his head. Doth llttlo girls HjJ screamed It Is believed that their Mli shrill outcries startled tho boy and HMi ho accidentally pulled tho trigger. HL Tho bullet entered tho right tcmplo KJ nnd coursed upward through tho HH brain. Tho pollcovycre notified and HH Dr. II. I). Spraguo wont to tho homo H in his automobile ,'JJo said death L ,-v. hnd been IputniilnnoouatCoroner L. HHk It Mnrtlneau, Jr., pronoUtjccd that HHf? tho shooting was accidental HH Clarence who was known atchool HB ns "Hud," was In his first j ear, at HHJ West Sido High school.'-' Ho, lind alt H ways taken n great Interest In tlio Hj boy scouts nioyomont and regularly Sj attended Its meetings. , He had been H f working yestordny will sevornl other H J boys Jn tho old Twelfth Vard church Hj; which Is U3ed as a drlVhali and gym- H naslum by tho bov scouts. He enmo Hjj; homo nt noon nnd asKed his mother Mt i If ho could ask his friends to tho H ! ' house last night forja. Party, Ills V mother consented, nnd ho went whist-Ing whist-Ing bock to tho gymnasium to tell its friends. His futhor William Krlckson is n bricklayer nnd was not informed of ho death of his son until lit returned homo at G o'clock last night. In ad-Jltlon ad-Jltlon to his parents Clarenco Is survived sur-vived by three sisters nnd three brothers. bro-thers. They nro Mrs. Gertrudo Cook, Moble, ivy, Arthui, Emmctt and Frnnklo Erlckson. |
