| Show YOUTH HERBERT STONE IN THE PRES ENCE OF HIS sweetheart INFLICTS DANGEROUS WOUND dr uses a twenty two calabro tartlet 1 rifle to taka hl afo ufo after many threats about 7 yesterday morning herbert stone a lad 18 years ot age shot himself in the head in the presence of bis sweet heart alta a target ride at the home of mrs brockman rear 2230 wall street inflicting what will probably be a fatal wound stone who is better known as bert was until baat thurmay Thur day cm aloyed by the wasatch canning company went to the home ot mrs urock man on saturday evening to call on miss clara bangham hla youthful youth lul sweetheart with whom ha has been keeping company for some tune and who was visiting alea maud bricle man for the past iw days it appears that during tho evening mrs brockman related the tact that aha had been annoyed with some one knocking upon the windows 0 her home for several nights and offered itono stono a dollar if he would remain throughout the night and keep watch to BOO it eho could ascertain who her annoyers were it was tor this purpose that ehe produced a 2 calabre target rifle and alter he had accept ea tha offer gave it to stone during the rest of tha evening atone elated to those about him that he would kill himself but his threat were accepted only as jesta although they wera repealed a number of umea about yesterday morning after keeping an all night watch about the place stone seated on a couch in a room where lu year oia sammy Jj rockman was yet in bed and called out to illda uh clara at me iam going to lay self the words were no sooner uttered than there waa report as the weapon was discharged and atone teli back on abe couch with a wound in his right temple even when the inmates ol 01 the house did not think mhd L atone had ahot himself thinking he bad areu ma gun just 0 o frighten them but upon investigation found him lying where he had a moment before been sitting with me gun fallen across his body A youth living in the aront ol 01 the same dwelling was immediately us to telephone lor dr HO ben b joyce who arrived about an hour alter the scooting snoot ing and found stone and bleeding alter a hurried examination he ordered the boy taken to the hospital where it was found that the bau entered the beau just in aront ot ear travel ling toward the top pt the head arac luring the skull out it did not pone tho brain A ol 01 the about two inches in bengin was extracted from the wound aud the siu was tre paned up to a baio nour this morning alone baa not recovered consciousness ness and it is beai ea that the wound will prove faiai atone whose lacher C H atone is a racine passenger brai ieman was maseu by his grana parents air and alra v G stone who reside on twenty fied anth street his mother having adlea when bo was but one year old it is not thought that iho lad intended to commit suicide in tact there seems to be no reason tor a such a gasn deed notwithstanding his threats it was done probably more in as 01 bravado to frighten those about him bance leaving th 0 canning com banys employ stone has been working as extra at tho U P bound house and was much given to cigarette smon ng as well as other habits which are lable to work a bad effect upon the youthful brain |
