The Cecil Whig., 1882-10-28

One lad Shoots Another Fatally

In spite of the frequent warnings OF the
danger Of keeping loaded fire arms within
the reach of children, another tragedy oc-
| CURED this week near this town. which
should Gc-ecio in tie ears of every parent
who owns a gun or pistol. Luke Goodyear
, an industrious pump maker lives about 4
mile and a half North of Elktor, on the
Marley road. His family consists OF Il wife
with several children, the youngest OF which
was the victim of the tragedy at Tuesday.
/ His nephew Napoieon Good year hld came
from Philadelphia on Monday. /" spend Il
/ day or two cunning. Napoleon il seems
was no: the owner ofa modern hrcech-lua''-
er, hut brought with him an old fashioned
| nU2z!e loading, percussion gun. In max
! ing his preparations on Tuesday morninS
/ he careleSsly dropped ON the floor number
of percussion caps, which it seems We're
( picked up by the youngest children, and
| one of which WAS used afterwards with
such deadly effect
! George Nuod>ide, a brothcr-in-law Of
Goodyear, ana who lives with him, it seems
owned an old fashioned single barrel pistol
which the children had frequently seen hirl
place in the bureau drawer, i'll the one room
of the house generally occupied by the
family. The pistol George had laid away
unloaded on SUNDAY last, but musk rat
ting expedition having been proposed on
Monday night it was loaded by one of the
Goodyear boys, and the percussion cap hav-
ing been taken OFT, il was replaced in the
drawer, the night hunt on Monday evening
having been Abandoned. on Tuesday morn
ING Goodyear Went to Providence Mills to
work, The rest of the family being left at
home, Napoleon Goodyear coming in about
eleven o'clock from the hunt just in time 10
lind the boy shot. Louis Kennedy. II faith
erless boy about eight years old, who is il
member of the family, had, it appears TAX
Ell the pistol from the drawer and placing
on it one of the caps picked up from the
floor, was sitting behind ii sack of buck
wheat playing with the pistol, when Good
years youngest son William a child about
seven years of age came into the room.
Seeing the pistol in kennedv's hands h
Immediately called out to him saying you
rascal what are you doing with thai" and
running towards Kennedy, aud standing ON
the bag CT buck wheat behind wfich the
the pistol irnia him. In the Scunr the
weapon VA, discharged, the ballet entering
just over the left hip of the younger boy,
passing upwards i'll lis course. Mrs Good
year, who was sitting ut the table, moi it
seems having noticed the piSto! or the scuf-
IL was startled by the report and the boys
cry, ran to him being joined by Napoleon
Goodyears who had just come in. This oc-
Cured about eleven o'clock. y messenger
was at once dispatched for il physician, and
after some iime Dr. Mitchell arrived ar,i
did all in his power for the wounded! boy.
The bullet was NOT found, it hring deeply
buried in an ugly wound from which the
blood poured pru!lIsry. The bleeding con-
tiuued until late in the afternoon, Good
year in The meantime haviu been summon
ed from Providence Mills. The fatal ma
ture Of the wuGnG wt:~apnarent alta glance,
and the boys If. rapidly ebned away, until
about five o'clock, when death relieved him
of his suffering, car"leSsly inflicted. 1t
was certainly tragic event 10 be the re-
suit of Il scutllr between two huys, asrd
only seven and eight years, and scene
more fitting the trontier>lnan s cabin, than
that of Cecil cnuutain. We have no COM
mrnr to make upon This reckless, waste of a
cnild'> life, other than to caution all against
the serious consequences OF the careless
handling and careless keeping OF all kinds
OF fire arms.