Show hansen bayles has narrow escape I 1 hanson bayles who was acci dentally shot last thursday near the bayles ranch 15 miles from cortez is expected to leave the hospital this week for at the home of his brother reed peed E bayles at cortez I 1 hansen had been riding after horses and had used a 22 calibre automatic pistol to frighten them 1 just as he attempted to ant the pistol back in its holster a sudden movement of the horse he was riding caused the gun to discharge the bullet entered the right groin grain passing through the fleshy part of the leg and coming out at the back six inches above the knee joint H hansen ansen fell from the horse and a nd lay unconscious for some time when he revived he found that his i left foot was still in the stirrup continued on page 5 hansen bayles continued from page 1 and that the horse was standing after several attempts lie he was able to climb on the horse making his way to the nearest ranch house some distance away he called from the gate but was unable to make anyone hear his strength was gone from loss of blood and he again passed out in the yard of the farm house he was soon coon found there by a woman who went for help to take him to I 1 the southwest Me memorial moral hospital at cortez he had lost so much blood that the doctors had difficulty finding the veins to inject the needle for the transfusion it is said that he was almost more dead than alive when lie he reached the hospital and the doctor held little hope for his recovery but after a transfusion he revived rapidly while his strength is returning and his system is building up again to normal the injured limb has not ic ie gained its feeling whether this is due to shock or whether the tha minerve nerve has been severed been I 1 determined but it was held likely that he might have to be taken to the hospital in grand where more facilities are available for the treatment of the woun wound d |