Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-01
WOMAN SHOT
BY BAD BOYS.
Mrs, lane Wilson, the Victim, Died
This Morning,
WERE "oUT FOR a TINE
Procure a Reg Of Beer and start Out
10 "CelebraIer Get "a Btne aud In'
duIge In Promlscuous shooting.


Mrs. Jane Wilson Of Holiday was
dangerously shot in the neck about
noon Sunday and It is more than likely
that she viii die as a result Of the loss
Of blood occasioned by the wound, In
the event Of her death the boy who
is supposed to have done the shooting
win probably have 70 answer 10 a
charge Of murder.
on Saturday night six boys Frank
shuruir, aged 10, Ham Ferguson, aged
IS, Frank Lark, aged TO- Mark Bean
aged IS, John Cooper, aged 10, and
George Nielsen, aged Is, went from
Holiday to Murray and purchased an
oight-gallon keg Of beer, which they
took back TO Holiday. on Sunday
morning the boys preached the keg and
BY the time they had reached the bot
tom OF II all Of them were more or less
under the influence of intoxlcants. one
OF them then procured "A 22-caliber rifle,
and the boys proceeded 10 have little
rifle practice aiming at various ub-
jects along the road Arriving In the
neghborhood Of the home OF James
Wilson one of the boys who Is sup
posed 20 have been Frank Shurtlin, de-
liberalely fred two shots at Wilson 8
house. one OF the shots passed through
q screen door, and the other through
the window Of a chamber In Wich Mrs,
Wilson was making a bed, The second
shot struck the old woman In the neck
rupturing the carotid artery, and Dr.
-. c. Belle who bound up the broken
vessel says that II Is a marvel that
Mrs. Wilson did not die from loss Of
blood.
Mrs Wilson said that after she felt
The smart OF the bullet In her neck she
ran out into the yard TO call for help.
But the rush Of blood In her throat
must have choked her, and she was
found some time later by her sons ~
ing In pool OF blood a cot was
brought out from the house and the
wounded woman was laid upon u under
the shade OF tree. Dr.. RauScher, a
retired physician OF that nelghb0rhood,
was summoned but being unable TO To-
cate the bullet. sent 20 Salt Lake for
DR.. Belle Sheriff Naylor and Deputies
Raleigh and Moss arrived on the scene
about I o'clock. and during the after
noon the six boys were arrested along
with Ben shurtllfs and WIN Foulks,
two 13-year-old boys who were later re-
leased as not being implicated in the
affair in any way The sheriff says that
the boys were very non commltal for a
long time but finally Ham Ferguson
threw the blame Of the shooting on
Frank Shurtllfi, who, he says, admitted
that he was shooting az the house,
Ferguson says that he left after this
admission, fearing that some one might
be hit with the bullets. Miss Bette
Jensen, who was with n party Of wo-
men IN the neighborhood at the time OF
the shooting, says that the shots were
fired by tail young man, but which Of
the boys she could not say.
The six boys VIII be arraigned be-
fore Justice Dana Smith probably this
afternoon. charged with drunkenness or
disturbing the peace, and the prelim-
mary hearing win decide who shall be
held over on the graver charge Of kill
Ing.
MRS. WILSON DEAD.
Later-Word was received by the
News" this afternoon that Mrs. VIII
son died this morning