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Show ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IS FATAL H. Junius Compton, ten-year-old Eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. F Compton of Brigham City, dlod at the Deo hospital Friday night at 9 o'clock, death being duo to peritonitis, which resulted from a rifle ball wound In the intestines While tho boy was shooting birds with his father Thursday afternoon a bullet lodged In the barrel of tho rifle. The father attempted to extract ex-tract the bullet, and the gun was discharged. The bullet penetrated the boy's Intestines. The injured boy was brought to the hospital Friday Fri-day morning for an operation, but tho surgeons found that peritonitis had set in, and the operation was of no avail. The body was removed to to Lar-kin Lar-kin undtortaklng establishment, and It will be taken to Brigham City today. to-day. The funeral will bo held at that place Sunday. |