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Show ! EXAMINES REVOLVER; WOUNDED IN CHEST Salt Lake. April 5. James Oscar Wilson, who was reported to have been shot in a west side suloon short. Iiv before H o'clock Thursday night. ! was found to be very much alive yes-terdav. yes-terdav. suffering from a superficial wound on the rliht side of his chest which be said had been inflicted by the accidental discharge of a revolver. Wilson explained to Detectives Lyon and Gillespie that he had beeu examining the pistol in his room at the Sidney rooming house. 242 West First South street, when the weapon went off unexpectedly. He said that hia room mate. Albert Burch, became so excited that he rushed out and telephoned a confused report of the jBbootlnp to Daniel Wilson, brother of !lh. wounded man. The brother no-i no-i tined tho police and a search was I Instituted. Wilson declared yester-'dv yester-'dv t h a he hd been in his room a!! the time and that the wound he had suffered was only slight. Including Includ-ing a powder burn. |