Show SHOT mr jolin ford meets feet with a dangerous accident thia this morning the people in the southwest part of the city were thrown into great excitement by tl alic c report that mr john ford had shot and killed himself accidentally our reporter repaired at once to mr john ford fords residence where lie learned the following follow in facts mr ford went out early this morning DUCK HUNTING ho ile wa was alone lie he crom crossed ed to the w cst side of the weber river traveled ti up the bottoms to burton bend where in a slough ho lie saw a 11 flock of ducks ticks I he ire fired and killed two of the birda birl lie ile then reloaded his gun with nos and duck shot placed it UPWARDS ns in a slanting position against some brush went to the water and rind procured liia his game on oil again reaching the place where lie toft aft his firearm lie stood on a slight elevation and peael to take it when he lie found the butt end had become entangled in the bruh brush and while extracting it t the hammer was accidentally raised and fell again run THE GUN WAS discharged and the contents entered the right side of his be body just below the tho nipple mr ford with the determined energy of a man who feared lie would die cro ere he lie could reach assistance started for home wading the river to tho the cast side reaching which ho lie fell from exhaustion lie placed his hat bat upon a stick took out a pencil and paper intending to describe the accident fearing he lie was about to die he c however ra i allied and struck across mr thomas field near the vinegar works whon kiesaw lie saw mr win ili hill I with a it team whom he lie hailed and by whom the wounded man mail was TAKEN TO 1118 homr 11 J powers and A S condon were called in who examined the wound administered morphine and left the tile patient to rest for a short time the hc wound is L very dangerous if net not fatal dr powers visited tho the patient A again aill about pm and id ministered minister cd gentle stimulants to him A reaction in the system lias has set in and the blood hows flows freely from the wound but the shots have not up to this time pm been extracted neither has their course been deficit definitely ely ascertained mr ford still lies in in a critical condition |