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Show its he pleased. The boy was given t I ir tie lecture, and his father. Peter nernnle. employed by the Ftah Mln and Machine Supply company, n Hfverely criticised by tho iolicc frn allowing si boy so young to handl" firearms. Iyfthouse boy's body through the left arm, plowed Its way through the abdomen ab-domen and lodged In the lleshy part of the leg. Tho missile wus removed at the German American hospital a snort time alter the accident by Dr J. H.'RoblnPon Young Lofthou?e was In a critical condition at tin hospital most of Monday night, but early this (Tuesday) morning wan reported to be resting ra-sy and slightly Improved. Tells of Snooting The accinent occurred at the hotno of young Bernnle. 501 North Thirten-th Thirten-th West street, while a crowd of chll- 1 dren was playing iu an old woodshed. Martin, who had tho rifle In hU hands .when It was discharged, given the following account of the shooting: "We were all playing in the woodshed, wood-shed, I wanted to try the little gun. ho put a cartridge In it and started outdoors to shooL I had taken about one step when the rifle went ofT I guens I had pulled the trigger by mistake mis-take Some of the little boys were crowding around me at th time. They wanted to have the cartridge after the pun had been fired. Herbert must have been going out of the door In front of me or a little to the side. "When I aw what had happened I picked the little boy up In roy arms and carried him to his home and put him in his mother's arms," Taken to Police Station. The Martin boy and young B:rnnl were taken to the jwdlce. station by Motorcycle Policeman Dan Grundvlg and were severely questioned as to tho shooting by Captain of Detectives Riley M. Beckstead. The boys convinced con-vinced Ihe officers that the shoo'lng was pin c ly accidental and were not held. I "Why, I just can't go to Jail," exclaimed ex-claimed the boy. "Mother and flstor couldn't get nlong without me." Hernnie. who owr.s the ilfle, confessed con-fessed to having shot a playmate accidentally ac-cidentally ai Park City live years ago, Just before his family moved to Salt J-ako city. He said his mother died wheu lie was a baby and sinc-j his mother died ho had done about LSD l SHOT BY PUMTE Bullet From Rifle in Hands of Alfred Martin Strikes Hfibert Lofthouce. Salt Lake, Nov. 22 Herbert Willi Wil-li im Lofthouse, S years old, son of Herbert Lotthouuc, employed as a fur-nare fur-nare man at the Oreqor. Short l.lno depot, .'07 North Thirteenth West i-ireet, wan a c Menially vj ot bv a jdav-nate. jdav-nate. Alfred Martin, 1 1 year's old, "a incssenser emf.loyed by tie Portal TeleRiaidi company, about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The bullet from a .22 rillbre rifle lelonfflng to another plavmate, Paul Uernnio, It years old, entered tho |