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Show FATAL SHOOTING OF A BOY AS BELATED tni COURT . The inquest in the case of John Cowllshnw. the 14-year-old son ot Mrs. Hannah Cowlishaw of 19S4 Washington Wash-ington avenue, was begun this morning morn-ing in the municipal court room before be-fore Justice William H. Reeder, Jr. Tho Cowlishaw boy was killed on August S, by a bullet from a 22-cali-bre rifle in the hands of Ronald Hall-strom. Hall-strom. a playmate, on the north bank of the Ogden river, near Grant avenue. ave-nue. The Jury Is composed of J D Newton. New-ton. Walter Dalllmore and Alex Wilkinson Wil-kinson and the witnesses whose testimony testi-mony was heard this morning were Mrs. Hannah Cowlishaw, Paul Cow llsbaw, Mrs. Hetty Hallstrom, Leo Hallstrom and Ronald Hallstrom. The taking of testimony was cop-ducted cop-ducted by County Attorney Dai id Jensen Jen-sen and Paul Cowlishaw. a 13 year old boy, was the first witness. According Ac-cording to his story, he had accompanied accom-panied his brother and Ronald Hallstrom Hall-strom down the river from Washington Washing-ton avenue, to shoot muskratB, when they reached a point near the Hallstrom Hall-strom home on Grant avenue, Ronald went home and secured his rifle, a repeater This gun, he said, was fired about six times and then Ronald stepped away from hi6 companions and shouted "Look out' John, I'm going to shoot you." He then pointed the gun at John end fired. Questioning by members of the jury, brought the statement from the witness that Ronald Hallstrom and John Cowlishaw had no previous quarrel and that they had been playmates play-mates for several years. He also said that a youth named Ed Richardson Richard-son and a "circus man" were present when the shooting occurred. Leo Hallstrom testified that he was present at the time of the tragedy He came home for lunch, he said, and noticing the boys near the river, went down. Another youth was in the crowd, but the only thing that the witness could remember that would lead to his identity was that he wore a belt, with the word "Illinois "Illi-nois " on the buckle. Just before the fatal shot was fired, this youth shot twice and then handed the gun to Ronald, saying that there were no more bullets in it Ronald hold the gun under his arm and pulled the trigger once without any explosion occurring, but the next time he pulled it, a bullet was discharged, and struck John Cowlishaw. Ronald, seeing what had happened became almost frantic and the wn ne6B pushed him to one sido and went to the assistance of the wounded boy. The unknown youth picked John up and carried hlin to the Hallstrom heme, and the witness picked up the gun and carried it home, where he threw it into a tent at the rear of the house. He was positive that his brother had not pointed the gun at his playmaie knowingly, stating that he was just testing it to see if all the loaded shells had been used. Ronald Hallstrom gave his testi mony on his own volition and wept bitterly as he recited the sad clrcum stances of the tragedy. He first stated that they had been using a gun belonging to John Cowlishaw wben the hunt for the muskrats began, be-gan, but this gun became clogged and he went home to get his gun and a ramrod with which to clean the other gun. Further than this his 6torv was similar to that told by his brother The gun from which the fatal shot was fired was brought into court and the lad showed how he had held it, at his side while he was pumping it to ascertain if all of the shells had been fired. He and the Cowlishaw boy had been playmates lor about five years ho said and always had been good friends. The mother of the dead boy said that she had talked with the Richardson Richard-son boy and ho told her that neither Leo Hallstrom or himself had seen the shooting, but became aware that something had happened throuph hearing Ronald utter th words attributed attri-buted to him by Paul Cowlishaw and the subsequent firing of a shot Mtb. Hallstrom, mother of Ronald, said that the Cowlishaw boys had called for Ronald about 10:30 in the morning and sho didn't hear any more of them until the "Illinois" boy car-pled car-pled in John Cowlishaw. At this point she broke into hvsterieal weeping weep-ing and, with a few words at a time, told of the death of the boy, whom she had dearly loved, she said, through hl6 friendly associations with her son. After hearing Mrs Hallstrora's testimony, tes-timony, the judge ordered the case continued until Friday morning, when it is expected that the Richardson boy and the unknown youth will be brought In to give their version of the killing. |