Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-12
SERG'T WILSON SHOT
A Sid Accident that Hls Cost {
Life.
BLOOD FLOWS At the cun HALL


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About hhlcpast nine this morning
the neiEhborhood Of the city halt TO.
vpiboraiei with shot that sounded
like dynamite blast. Everyone
within hearing rushed 10 the center Of
tho sound, and olamored Tor admit
lance 10 Tie room In which 10 was be.
liuved "a tragedy had taken place. Tx
element ran high outside the police
headquarters, while sympathy aua
CONSERVATION fclguld within.
II appears that Onicer Tom Everlll
walked over TO the southeast corner Of
The room to the window neat the polio,
sergcanps desk for the purpose
Of putting hIs gun away until
ho again reported Tor duty, and as
hc was Ia the act Of reaching Tor the
Ill or rather bench Ia front " the
window to put the guu down, Ii
dropped out " the scabhatd aud foil
upon the door with a crash. Stimuli.
iauuously there was laundering
report, and a. there were several
officers close by, the report startled
them considerably.
Sergeant a. NJ. Wilson, however,
was not na fortunate ~ the Others. Hp
was sitting in a chair close to where
the pistol fell, aud ~ u struck tho
u or the muEEu pointed directly at biz
L o..
/ tnliufc Government frontier, aud tue
/ large bullet shattered his shin bone be
/ low the Knee, went crushing through
| tue knee itself ani iu iu upward range
fractured badly tho bone ia the thigh.
The blood gushei forth AMI formed in
| a great pool on the n DOT.
Tho iulutoi man was carefully I'M
dressed anu placed In cot near by,
Wullu surgeons were Immediately sent
'of Doctors Benedict, Beer Richards
anu others examined the wound aud
luuu u OF too serious q nature 20 do
ahythilg with &c ia the mans present
I condition, aud they ordered him taken
10 81. MarA'e Hospital.
a NEWS reporter interviewed the
surgeons ana they stated IL was their
opinion tuat Wilson might not only
| loco HE limb but his liic NJ we'll. He
was suffering very much from the pain
| before his removal g. the hospital, anu
/ great SYM athy - expressed for the
unfortunate man.
Onicef lom Evefill deeply deplores
the ra1 affair The gun was "a new
acquisition TO him, he having borrowed
u from ID. Beer, TO use, n accessory,
during hi- s0luufn at Ogden. ID. Bter
Ia aisJ much affected over the occur.
renee because Of the gun being his;
but u IL saii at the city hail that tho
puu has killed several men aud that
there IN strange fatality connected
with IT,
Sergeant Wilson is one VI the best
men on the force, staunch aud trusted,
aud Is admired by all for his manly
atirihutcs oi head ani heart the
earnest desire Is that hu may come oil
victorious over the deadly wound.
ca arriving at ~, Make hospital
the wounded mau was given every
possible attention anu "A thorough ux.
animation ui the shattered limb WAS
maize. 40 was at once apparent that
am utatiuu OF the limu near tho TOP OF
the tnign was hbsOIuirly Necessary,
aud Dr., Duby anu Fisher, with
De. Benedict, Beer, llchard-,
Smith and Others Ia atturd.
au,e, NJ once proceeded to cut II
Oh, Fflm the moment the operation
wa reformed Wilson began 10 sink
topdly, anu no hope was enter.
tanned of his ftc3very. lie continued
20 grow worse ana snotuy before
two O'Clock he bttathrd his last. HiA
vile arrive gt the hospital almost
distracted, but her husband was dead
me time before Wilson hRi askrd
that tine sad news be withheld from
her, 40 shu was Ia a delicate condition
anu hu feared he consequences Of tho
shock.
sergeant Wilson was midIlu.agcd
mAu anu had "A large family. Three OF
them, however, are grown az, Que of
whom, "a young lazy, IN at present
living IN Iowa, whsre the family
originally came from, The sympathy
1f the whole community goes Out %
the ueTeav,d wife aud children, who
reside NJ $50 BRIDGEPORT street tuls city,
Sergeant Wilson was appointed 10 the
police force on October ., 1891, aud
was promoted ser. eaut on June 10,
1893. lilo was % Yeas OF axe aud a
native of Dee Moinrs, Iowa. Prior ~
entering the city's service he was en-.
pIOyri Tor some time on the Rapid
transit cUmIauy's lines putting In
poles aud wires.