| Show 0 A REEDER MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH put loaded shotgun to hia ear and asked a companion to pull the f 1 trigger from fridays standard placing a loaded shotgun to bis ear 17 year old 0 A called upon a companion named carter to pull the trigger not knowing that the gun was loaded carter did as his comrade commanded blowing the top of reeders head off killing him instantly this horrible accident occurred at the residence of walter williams 2572 van buren avenue where reeder lived at about 5 yesterday afternoon ter noon it appears that the boys who were companions were cleaning the gun the lads were sitting upon a back porch after they bad been working with the forearm for some time reeder placed it to bis ear and requested carter to pull the trigger in order that he might hear how it sounded supposing that the gun was empty carter did as he was commanded the discharge literally blowing the top 0 his companions head off the above Is the version of the accident as told by carter immediately afterward which statement is cordob rated by some of the neighbors who balm lalm to have overheard the conversa ion between the boys young reeder has been in the em aloy of ed williams and son grocers as a driver of a delivery wagon for the past two years he was a brother of mrs walter williams with whom he resided no such thing as summer corn faint where dr fowlers extract of wild strawberry Is kept handy na urea remedy for every looseness of the bowels |
