Show FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT SUNDAY T the h a sensational news item of the week was va s the fatal shooting ot of george kotela by his wife following a family quarrel qu a arel the fatal affair occurred at t the he home ol of the Kot kotliar lias on the king road last sunday afternoon from the testimony ell elicited cIted at the coroners inquest it appears that kotila koella had returned from stockton utah the wednesday before where he be had been working tor for som bome time he began drinking and was quarrelsome rel some and made life miserable tor for his wife and family saturday i night mrs kotila and daughters went to a dance at the swede hall and this seemed to displease the husband more than ever sunday in a drunken frency he mistreated and abused his wife all day long and being tormented beyond endurance mrs kotila went to a drawer and took out a small mall 25 automatic pearl handled pistol which one of the children had bad obtained as a punch board prize and informed the husband if he did not cease his abuse and vicious talk she would shoot him watching his opportunity the drunken husband grasped the wrist of his wife and in his efforts to wrench the ironi from her hand the weapon was discharged the bullet passing through both walls of the stomach and through the left kidney there seems no question it if he be had bad secured the gun he would have shot his wife the shooting took place about 3 p m A police officer who happened to be near by heard the shot and nd rushed into the house bouse and found the wounded man op on the floor and the wife in a hysterical condition sheriff adamson his deputy sam billings with marshal L P mcgarry were soon on the scene the wounded man mall was taken to the miners hospital and the woman placed under arrest dr barta operated on kotila but because ot of the nature ot of the wound no hope was held out for his recovery and it at tuesday night he died on his death bed kettle told the officers and attendants that he was solely to blame tor the shooting hoot ing exon exonerating orating his wife from all blame wednesday night at 7 a coroners inquest was held over the remains belore before coroner john C green the juri I 1 ors era being clifford workman W S horan H or an sr earle earie and joseph B hughes W S horan jr acting as bailiff 1 the witnesses testifying were sheriff shells adamson marshal mcgarry george kennedy kotila jr olga koella drs barta cleoda and bardsley john clements and CLu carl laoda oda the jury viewed the body at undertaker archers and during the inquest miss ruth paxton made a complete stenographic record of the testimony t es the inquest lasted from 7 p in wednesday until 1210 a m thursday when the following verdict was returned before J C green coroner an inquest having been held at park city summit county utah upon the body of george koella there lying dead by the jurors whose names dames are hereto subscribed the said brors 1 upon their oaths do say Y that the said george kotila came to his death as a result of 0 f a gun shot wound accidentally inflicted by his bis wile wife olga kotila 11 CLIFFORD WORKMAN W S HORAN sr br EARLE JOSEPH B HUGHES hughies HUGi iES jurors deceased was born in frederick south dakota on june 17 1900 he worked for several years in our mines four months ago with scores of others he be was laid off during the greater part of that time he was working at stockton stock ton utah returning to park city on the ath of this month besides his it Is widow he Is survived by three stepchildren step children helen 14 george 16 and elsie 8 also five brothers and one sister elster all of butte montville montana funeral services will be held at the community church sunday at 2 p in after the verdict ot of coroners lury jury in the kotfia alleged murder case friendly arguments have been indulged in as to the right or necessity of a coroners inquest because of the tact fact of the doctors determining the cau cause 1 e of death and the confession of kotla that he be alone was responsible for the accident etc in seeking information regarding the question the following facts were elicited 1 the inquest held wednesday night was authorized by district attorney roy van cott which Is demanded by the state statutes further the doctors who performed the operation upon the injured patient did so to repair the physical physic at injuries suffered by the bullet wound the doctors were guided by medical and surgical motives and not for legal motives they did not know if the bullet was fired by patient or some other party autopsy was performed to determine the injuries made by gun shot wound which caused death and with a view of recovering bullet the doctors do not know I 1 said bullet was fired cred by victim or ass aas saillant ailant a llant or it if it was an accident suicide or murder hence the absolute solute al necessity of an inquest and tile the legal findings thereof as demanded by law PRECINCT JUSTICE C OURT COURT claud allison was arrested sunday by county traffic officer billings tor for speeding up main street while eight big trucks were lined up in the work of removing snow claud was assessed 1000 00 by justice green 0 ab ab on the same day T B malarkey ol of salt lake was arrested by officer billings lor for speeding on park avenue endangering dan gering truck drivers and pedestrians T B paid a fine ot of 10 00 0 W Ti monday londay it B E brown was arrested by the same bame officer lor for ignoring stop sit n on lower park avenue A fine of 2 00 was levied by judge green I 1 a 10 lo C on wednesday floyd hamilton familton was lefore before judge green charged with 1 lulng a check with no funds in bank to pay it he was adjudged guilty and pried fined 25 00 W 0 ab at al horton a patient at the miners hospital since last december with a bady mangled hand was robbed 0 of a 1000 bill the past week and asked for a search warrant from rom the county officers for or the purpose ot of having his room and ward searched for or the missing money the r request was granted a search however hovi ever failed to locate the cash the money was carelessly lett left on the bureau in his ro room orn and was visa evidently nipped by one of ills hla visitors |