The Florence tribune., 1897-08-07
SAD ACCIDENT.
Leslie M. Doan Comes to lis Death from
 an Accidental Pistol Shot.

an Accidental Pistol Shot.
 On Tuesday last Judge Fletcher NJ. Doan received dispatch stating that his son Leslie had been shot and that he would be on the night train for Tucson. No particulars were given. Judge and Mrs. Doan were driven to Casa Graude by Capt. P. P. Parker, of Phoe- nix, who was visiting them with his daughter aud son, and the parents ac- companied the wounded boy to Tucson. Capt. Parker returned 10 Florence Wednesday morning and brought the reassuring news that Leslie was rest ing quietly, being in no pain, and there were strong hopes that the wound was not necessarily fatal. But short time after another dispatch came stat ing that the young man was dead.
 The Tucson Star of Thursday gives the following particulars of the acei- dent:
 Tuesday afternoon, near Blaisdel, Yuma county. B party consisting of Leslie Af Doan his brother John Doan, Fred Martin, superintendent Of the Fortuna mines, and F, B. Wiggins, master mechanic, were returning from Blaisdell where they had been as guard with the regular monthly ship ment of gold bullion from the Fortuna mines, which was shipped on the morn ing train Tuesday to San Francisco. When about five miles from Blaisdell one of the guns, of which they had several, a forty-fve caliber Colts re- volver, fell from the seat where it was lying beside Leslie Doan, and struck the bottom of the wagon. The coneus- sion caused the revolver to go of, the bullet passing up through the seat clear through the body of the unfortunate young man, coming out above the navel. The party immediately turned back to Blaisdell and made the injured boy as comfortable as possible and telegraphed to Yuma for meieal assistance. The Southern Pacific physician at that place responded on a special engine immediately, but was unable to do much, and advised his bringing to the hospital at this place, which they did, arriving in this city on the passenger train from the west yesterday morning. From the time he was shot he did not suffer any material pain, but continued to grow steadily weaker until yester- day morning at six o'clock he died. Judge Fletcher NJ. Doan and Mrs. Doan, father and mother of the deceased, came over from Florence to Casa Grande and joined their son coming in the city with him, the two other brothers, Frank and Fletc1 are expected to arrive this mornir one from Florence tho other from Fortuna. The funeral servleee will be held this morning
 Leslie Murray Doar was born Jan. 2, 1880. in Pike county, Mo. He came with his parents from St. Louis to Arizona in 1887, and has lived since that time in the Territory. He left Florence a few weeks ago for Fortuna, where he was given responsible posi- tion for so young man in the mining eompany's store, and was giving splen- did satisfaction to his employers. He had gone through the Florence schools and had prepared to enter the Territorial University next term. lie was manly fellow, honest and brave, and his untimely death is sincerely deplored by his host of friends in this community. At a meeting Wednes- day night of the Good Templars, of which Leslie was member, a com mittee was appointed to express the sentiments of the Lodge, and in ae- cordance herewith adopted the follow 1 ing