| Show KILLING WAS carelessness young reeder and companion were manipulating the gun just how the accident happened thursday evening resulting la the death of ora 0 reader will probably never be known there are several sto ijes each one accounting for the handling ot the gun in a different way whether or not the reeder boy pulled the trigger of the gun that ended abts lle or whether it was held by fdevoe carter wilson Is a question that the eyewitnesses eye witnesses of the tragedy are unable to answer this much la known however the accident was aland nd blame other than carelessness can be attached to any of those present the story which seems to be the most probable came from the lips 0 allson immediately after the gun had been fired and Is as follows he in company watt dan roberts went over to the williams residence at 2572 van buren to inspect a new repeating shotgun belonging to reeder these three bitting on the front porch working the injector and to test its throwing power inserted a number of shells into the magazine then threw them into the breech and out onto the ground during the operation the reeder boy noticed a queer ring which he thought came from the barrel of the gun fie put the muzzle up to Wll sone ear and the trigger to sea it he too could hear the sound reeder then worked the injector and placed tho muzzle of the gun to his own ear and requested wilson to pull the trigger he did eo the gun went oft and blow the back part of reeders head into fragments no sound was made by reeder after the accident death being instantaneous mrs williams a sister of reeder on hearing the ahot rushed to the door and stood horrified at the ghastly sight J allson then said he did not shoot himself I 1 palled the trigger prom this it would be inferred that the above Is the correct story notwithstanding the fact that wilson doeg not now remember whether the gun was held by reeder alone or by both dan roberts the other boy present had his back turned at the time the shot was fired and cannot therefore tell the exact manner of the catastrophe an inquest will be held this afternoon at 3 at undertaking parlors over the remains of reeder the verdict no doubt will be death from the careless handling of a gun by the two boys no arrangements for the funeral have been made as no word has yet been heard from his relatives hia father Is in mexico he has one brother at hood river oregon and two sisters in kansas his mother has been dead several years very pitiable Is the sorrow of dafoe allson who was a very intimate friend of reeder the two boys were planning a shooting trip at the time and the sad ending of their anticipations caused uncontrollable grief his misery did not even end with sleep and he would scream frequently during the night and call tor reeder |
