The Ottawa free trader., 1883-12-15
Ed ward III. Bull.

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reached Ottawa by last Friday night,
touching the death of Edward II. Bull,
son of f. f. Bull, Esq, of this city, noted
in our last The body arrived here on
Saturday morning, accompanied by Mr..
BIS brothcrln-law and sister, Mr.. S. W.
ituger and wife. MIR. kuger furnished the
press with the following particulars of the
terrible accident:
The hunting party consisted, aside
from MIR. Ruger and Ed, of four other
young men, MeSsrS. j. w. Cross, A.
Wachaly, Geo. Hood, and Geo. McGee.
They intended to have
ADEER HUNT
and went on the train to Wadena, lbs
miles distant from Campbell. They
started Monday and arrived at Wadena
Monday evening. They staid there un-
til the next morning, when they took a
team and guide and started for the log
glng camp, some twenty-elght miles dis
tant. At the camp they found cabin
in which they prepared to stay over
night. They had supper and talked
over arrangements for the next days
next morning and look the ground over.
1t was also agreed that no one should
shoot at anything except deer. Dur
ing the evening Ed. promised Mr.. Ruger
that he would not go out of camp unless
he was with him. Mr.. Ruger sat up
and kept up the fire until 4:30 A. NJ,
when he called the party and went to
bed intending to remain until after
breakfast. lie fell asleep and, when he
awoke. Ed. and other members of the
party had gone out hunting. He found
that the guide had taken Ed. out about
a half mile and started him IN "a road on
the left hand side of Red Eye river, Civ
ing him directions where to go and
where to cross the river and come back
on the right hand side of the river. All
the parties when starting out had agreed
to come into camp at noon and at that
time all returned except Ed. AT half
past one O'Clock Mr.. Ruger got little
nervous, but learning that Ed. had taken
a lunch with him he thought everything
was all right. About half past two "a
settler. living in the direction Ed. had
gone, drove by. On being asked il he
had seen him ha said he had and that
he was on the right road. This infOr-
nation satisfied all in camp and they
MOVED THEIR CAMP
about forty rods to another cabin.
Mr.. Ruger went out to find place to
hunt deer next day and went To Hard
Wood Ridge. Afterwards he made a
circuit of the camp, shouting to attract
attention. Mr.. II. got back to camp
just before dark and went to the old
camp, where he started big fire, by
burning pine tree top, so that If Ed.
was any where near he could see it, as
the blaze was 20 or 30 feet high. He
then started back to camp and asked
some OF the party to tire their guns.
McGee and Cross did so. Seven an
swering reports were heard in the direc-
ton of the fire. MIR. X. then hallOed
and called Ed. by name, but received
no answer. He then said, There is
something wrong" and he and cross
started on the run for the fire. When
they got there they found Ed.
LYING WITHIN SIX FEET
of the fire, with his revolver on the
ground on one side Of him and his gun |
ON the other side. MIR. II. asked him |
what was the matter. He said he did |
not have to tell. Mr.. Il. then asked |
him again. He said, ".YOu are always |
trying to make matters worse than they |
are. when there is nothing of it." Mr..
Il. said he must know. Ed. then an. |
swered
~ SHOT MYSELF"
When asked where, he said in the leg. |
His pants were then cut OF and Q jet Of |
blood about, the size Of straw spurted
out some SIX inches. MI r. took Q
couple Of elk handkerchief and bap-