Show HOW CLARENCE sheriff belnap tells the story of the accident no word has been published ot of the manner of the death of clarence belnap the 20 year old son of win wm belnap of hooper who was wits reported accidentally killed in wyoming last friday today sheriff belnap who returned this morning from the funeral told the story as follows belnap had charge ot of a herd of sheep owned by a mr gartside and assisting him was vas lee a ay boy ol 01 21 they had a winchester rifle in the tile wagon at ancamp camp and young belnap took the rifle and shot behind a dog some distance away reloading the gun and placing it again in the wagon A mo ment later he called to give me the gun I 1 think there Is something after the sheep picked up the gun and just as he handed it over it was discharged the bullet entering young Bel naps chest just above the left nipple the supposition is that the rifle was cocked when it was replaced in the wagon and that young struck the side of the wagon box and the jar discharged it belnap stated to garside before dying that it was an accident but that he tell how it happened he ile lived nearly twenty four hours after he was shot the bullets course was wads downward and passed out of bis his body four inches below the line where jt it entered and Im bedded itself in one horses the coroners jury brought in a verdict of accidental death |