Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-20 | Page 1 | Former Ogden Orchestra Leader Killed

fRMER OGDEN ORCHESTRA LEADER KILLED I I A A A A JU ' 1:. '-A. JiESRjffll RIFLE VICTIM WHEN HUNTING Former Violinist at Alhambra and Orpheum Theatres Dies At Morgan DEATH COMES SHORTLY AFTER FRIENDS FIND HIM Decedent Graduate of Weber and Son of' Former Police i Officer Here I James Rackham, 23 years of age, former director of orchestras at the 1 Alhantbra and Orpheum theatres of Ogden, was accidentally killed yesterday yester-day afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock at Deep Creek near Morgan when his 1 rifle was accidentally discharged, while he was on a rabbit hunt- Itackharn was shot through the forehead. He lived for more than 40 minutes after I the accident, but he failed to gain j consciousness. Four other men, all residents of Morgan, accompanied Rackham on the j hunt, according to advices received late last night from Morgan. Rack-I Rack-I harn had returned to Ogdon during the i early part of last week from Peter- H I son In company with his mother, Mrs. H 'Mary Jane Rackham, and his slstci. H I Doris Rackham. but went to Morgar H I yesterday to fulfill an engagement I which he had previously made. Th1 engagement was the rabbit hunt LH RETURNING HO He was to return to Ogden lod e H where lie had planned to reside with H this mother and sister at 763 Twenty- H (soventh street. ! At the time of the accident Rack H 'ham was carrying a -22 caliber rifle. H When the hunters started from Moi - H , gan they journeyed about four miles H west from that city to Deep Creek. H I where they separated. When the men H decided to return to their meeting H place they waited for more than at) H hour for itackharn. They then started Ian investigation which resulted in the '1 finding of Rackham In an unconscious H ' condition. He died before he could be- H removed to Morgan. INQUEST TODAY. Tho gun. which Rackham used, is H aid to have been accidentally dis- H 1 charged while he was endeavoring to H .-.-- hi nab the vi, hut) wheru H he was hunting- He is survived by H j his mother, Mra Mary Rackham. and H this sister, Doris Rackham. H I A coroner's inquest over the bod: H I of Rackham will be held at Morgan H today by Coroner Howard Randall. H GRADUATE OF WEBER. James Rackham was horn in Ogden. the- son of the late Thomas Itackharn. member of the Ogden pollco force He nas educated in the public schools and was a graduate of the Weber j academy. Upon his graduation he : took up music as a profession and 1 besides his orchestra work was an In-structor In-structor on the violin. For several months lie was director of tho orchestra in the Alhambra thea-'ter thea-'ter and then became leader of the or-' or-' jchestra at the Orpheum theater. It " left the Orpheum In luis for the shipyards, ship-yards, but was sent homo HI a few weeks later. Upon his return he went to Morgan to live for the benefit of his health I His death came Just as he WSS plan-I plan-I I nlng to make Ogden his home again