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Show BOV 18 KILLED By AJROTB Salt Lake, July 8. While Investigating Investi-gating the mysterious nature of a .32-callber .32-callber revolver, found in a dreBSer .drawer of his grandmother's bedroom, Harry Raub, S years old. shot and killed his brother, Louis Raub, aged 7, in an upper room at 50 West Fifth South street, at 9:30 o'clock last night The boys had been left at the rooms of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Davis, by their father and mother, moth-er, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Raub, of 9 Corliss Cor-liss avenue, while tho four elders went to a theater. Beforo going to bed they began a boyish investigation of their surroundings. Finding the revolver, revol-ver, tho older boy stood handling it, holding it horizontally In front of him his brother standing at his left, bent forward in keen curiosity. Neither was experienced enough to notice that the muzzle was trained upon the smaller of the two. Both watched the slow rise of the hammer until the report of the exploding weapon and the cry of his brother startled Harry, maklnc him droD the pistol, which, In falling, struck the lamp on the dresser, putting out the light. Boy Goes for Aid. "I found a match on the dresser," said Harry, "and lighted it and saw-that saw-that I had hurt my brother. I was frightened and ran down tho stairs to find somebody." Tho horrified lad was met at the foot of the stairs by Mrs. Alma Do-remus, Do-remus, who had called to see a friend living in tho lower part of the house. Mrs. Doremus, acting pith presence of mind, notified the police and Detectives Detec-tives Cleveland and Seager hurried to the dying child, removing him in the patrol wagon to tho emergency hospital at tho police Btatlon. Death had como within a few momonts after the accident Tho bullet.enterlng tho upper chest had cut tho carotid artery, emerging through tho right shoulder blade. Death by bleeding resulted within a few minutes and would have resulted in splto of any assistance that scienco could havo rondered. Dr. EL B. Sprague found tho llttlo fellow dead when brought into tho emergency hospital. Parents Heartbroken. The father, II. I. Raub, Is a barber employed In a shop at C7 East Second South stroet. Both parents are heartbroken. heart-broken. Thoy had found tho boys always al-ways trustworthy and able to take care of themselves when left alone, and wont away with no thought of any danger to either The two lads were the only children of the family Thev were bright, sturdy llttlo fellows, Harry Har-ry giving a lucid account of just how it all happened even while he was clenching his hands anw biting his lips ln an agony of remorco and horror. hor-ror. The mother on arriving homo caught the little boy up and held him close, whllo her heart was torn with tho sobs of a woman too courageous to give way to hystorla. |