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Show WilSTIITTOKS SUDDENLY WHItE OH DUCK HIT William Henry Stralton, 272C Monroe Mon-roe avenue, son of William and Sarah Jane Slvatton of Riverdale, died at G:30 p. m. Saturday, of heart failure, while hunting ducks on the South Run west of Hooper. He had gone hunting with Howard Williams, 5S0 Twenty-second Twenty-second street, trap-drummer at ihe Orphoum theater, and had just shot hie first duck. Ho walked from tho blind which the two men had built, to pick up tho duck and, as ho reached for it. fell face down In the mud. Williams called twice to him, thinking think-ing he was lying down to hide, and then walked to his side and turned him over to find ho was dead, his face resting in the mud and water. StrattoH was born in Riverdale December De-cember 18, 1S05, and lived in Weber county most of his life. Ho was in partnership with his brother, Arthur E. Stratton, in the automobile repairing business, Twonty-first street and Washington avenue. He Is survived by his widow, Laura E. Rackham Stratton", to whom he was married a little over a year ago; his parents; two brothers, Arthur E. and Clifford, and two sisters, Eva and Florence Flor-ence Stratton, all of Riverdale. "We left the machine about two miles or more from where wo made our 'hide.' said Howard Williams, in tolling of tho tragedy. "Bill complained of his heart and I took the guns and straw to relieve him of the burden. We waded out In Iho mud about a milo to the edge o Ihe lake where tho ducks were plentiful and Bill got one which circled within about two yards of us. Ho ran out to whero it had fallno and it started to fly but he shot It and reached to pick it up. "I was busy with my shots and paid no more attention to him for a minute or two, but upon looking up, found him lying face downward In the mud. Thinking ho was hiding from the ducks I went out after mine. He had not moved so I called to him twieo. then ran lo him. turned him over and found he was dead. He had been lying with his face in tho mud and water. "Two PIngree boys, Vern and Dale, and Jack Harbertson, were not far away in another 'hide' and I called to them. They came over and helped mo to pull him out of the mud. One of the PIngree boys went with me to tho automobile to get help and a quilt to carry bim in. On the way we met James II. Riley, of tho Pingree bank, and his chauffeur They went back with us. Wo put the body in the quilt and the six of us-carried if to the machine ma-chine and brought it to the Lindquist chapel." |