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Show IMILI AdMLOAKPQN . 1 PD1ES:FR0M"W0UND' I . -r- ' .. I .-. : i j Tho first fatal hunting accident of the season occurred at Cent-rvllle,' twenty-two miles south of this city. 'last evening, when William Oakdon, a i well known resident of that lllage. : was accidentally shot while ( leaning a shotgun and received a wound from which he died four hours later. Was Alone at Time of Accident. Oakdon was al-ne at the time of th? accident ami In .plte of the fact tliat , J he made a valiant effort to secure ns-1 slstanre his plight was not discovered until three hours after the shootlnc. Had he ljtn discovered sooner there Is a possibility that his life might have been saved, lie died on board a Uaniberper electric car as he was being lushed to the hospital In Kays- : lllo The victim of the unfortunate acci- I dent had been residing alone since his mother, Mrs Elizabeth W'hltaker. had left to spend the winter in Washington. Wash-ington. D. C. After spending tho fore- noon on a hunting trip Oakdon returned re-turned home about 1 o'clock and was at the rear of the house cleaning his shotgun. Crawls to Front Gate. He had neglected, however, to re move the shell -and when the weapon was accidentally discharged the entire charge entered the man's left breas' about two inches above thy heart, pen- ctratlns tho left lung,- Realizing that he must summon aid, the Injured man crawled on his hands and knees around to the front gate, a distance of almost one hundred feet vVftef reaching the front gate he was so weak ltom.tleJo3S of blood that be could proceed no" fin titer. Unfortunately Unfortun-ately nobody passed along in front of the house until the children were returning re-turning home from school at 1 o'clock. Their attention was attracted by the man's groans and they summoned assistance. as-sistance. Died Before Reaching Hospital. Oakdon's injury was of 6uch a nature na-ture that little could be none for him outside of a hospital and It was decided de-cided t remove him to Kaysville, where he could be given all passible medical attention at the hospital. The injured man was placed on board the five o'clock Intorurban car and the crew was instructed to make the best possible time to Kaysville. Just as ihe car was entering Kaysville the man lost consciousness und died a few moments mo-ments later. The deceased was 5" years of age and Is survled by a divorced wife, whose namr- Is now Mrs Mercy Harrison, Harri-son, ami three daughters. The wife and daughters reside at Salt Lake. He was also a half brother of Samuel T. Whltaker, the architect residing in I this city. |
