The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-08
KILLED WHILE HUNTING
JOHN W. LUTZ MEETS WITH
 FATAL ACCIDENT.
Left His Friends and Returned With Right Arm Shot Away. Loss of Blood from the
 Wound Caused Death.

John w. Lutz, of 525 North Decatur
 Street, was accidentally shot in the right arm about daylight yesterday morn ing while hunting. He died an hour and a half later from loss of blood.
 Late Wednesday afternoon Lutz, with party of friends, decided to go hunt ing; In the party were J; A; Galatas.
 William Dunavan. John Phelps. Capt
 grow and one other. The party decided that a dove hunt on the State farm about seven miles from the city would
 be good sport, and they agreed to go there. Lutz, Parker and one other of the party went out to the hunting ground Wednesday afternoon and remained over night. The balance of the party left Montgomery shortly after midnight We'd nesday.
 The party met at the State farm and about daylight started out for a day s shooting. The sportsmen had just com menced to bag game when Lutz ieft the the on squirrels, which were said to be plentiful in a swamp near by. He had proceeded some little distance when the attention of the balance of the party was attracted by the discharge of a gun. They started toward the sound and soon they met Lutz staggering towards them. He was covered with blood and rcd stream was flowing from his right arm. Galatas rushed up to him and Lutz ex- claimed, My God. Jule, what have done that such a thing should hapnen to me?, Gaaltas asked Lutz how 1t hanuened and he ~feebly replied: "I do not know. The others in the party crowded about Lutz and they tied up the wound as best they could and then started TOT | the stockade about two miles away. Lutz's right arm was almost shot | away. He was losing blood rapidly and | was growing weaker every minute. A l messenger was sent in advance to make preparations for the wounded man and | to go on to Chisholm for physician. | Dr. T. J. Slough was notihed ana ne
 hastened to the stockade. He arrived there shortly after the wounded man was brought in.
 Gutz was placed on a bed. He was | very weak but still recognized his friends. He died few minutes later after asking those about the bed to pray
 Dr. Slough says when he reached the bedside Lutz was in a dying condition There was scarcely any pulse and Luz died twenty minutes after he arrived. | The right arm was shattered between the elbow and the shoulder. The bones were broken and the brachial artery was | severed.
 The victim of the accident had no rel ] atives in Montgomery, He came here about ten years ago from Birmingham and was employed as chief engineer al the Montgomery Light Company plant Several years ago he left this place and | opened a store on the corner of Deca' tur and Pollard Street, which business he continued until aDOut year uso
 when he sold out. He was not engaged in business at the time of his death:
 He is survived. by, his mother; Mrs
 brothers. T. V. Lutz of Birmingham, and
 Charles Lutz. who is employed in the | auditors office of the Louisville and
 Nashville Railroad at Louisville,
 | The body was taken to an undertaking | estabIishment on Commerce Street where
 if was prepared for burial Later it. was
 removed to the residence of A. E. Low
 ry on Madison Avenue: It is probanle
 that the body will be shipped to Louis
 vile Ky, at 645 o'clock this afternoon