Show diaries Chares Merriman Killed I I i 1 i Ln Last Saturday afternoon while huntIng hunting hunt hunt- ling Ing below town M. M C. C Charlie Merriman Merriman Merri Merrl man A 1 well known resident of our city was killed when he attempted to climb a fence near highway Y 40 A Coroners Coroner's jury consisting of Robert Hanley Albert Johnson and Frank Dyson after Investigation decreed that Mr Merriman met death by the accidental discharge of his own 22 rifle rUle while he was climbing through a fence The accident was believed to have occurred at 3 p. p m. m but It was not until that Leo Sweat Heber r discovered I the body a bullet hole In his left temple and the gun near his hand One troUser trouser trouser trou- trou ser leg was hooked In a barbed wire fence Mr Sweat notified George Fisher county sheriff and Mrs Clara Shea Justice jus of the pe penCe e. e i I Mr Merriman was born April 23 1896 1898 I II 1 I In C frey Illinois a son of Andrew Andrew and Louise Martin Merriman When 18 I mon old his family moved to St. St LoW Loins Mo where he attended public 1 schools schools lIe He enlisted In the U U. U S. S marines marinesI and served 22 months abroad during I I World War I I. I In 1025 1925 he came to Park City marrying Bernice at Provo Prove In 1023 1928 lie He was a member of ot the Park City American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts post Surviving besides his widow are a ason ason ason son John lohn Merriman Park City his father St. St Louis two sisters Mrs Eugene Eu flu- I gene Douglas Procter Kansas City Mo and Mary Merriman St. St Louis A military funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Community church Rev Bates Dates in charge Burial was In the Veterans plot City ry |