The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-13
Arthur NJ. BagIey Held

Friday at II o'clock a. m. on warrant
charging him with "negligently killing
human being, David Pneo Fuller, OF
Monday, the third inst. in Sandwich
Academy Grant, Somerset County
The warrant was served by Sheriff F.
P. Pennell. and Morton p. Fuller and J.
j. Addition were named in the retur1
of the warrant, as witnesses for the
State.
County Attorney George W. Cover
appeared for the State and Forrest Good.
win, Esq. for the respondent.
Mr.. Bagley the respondent pleaded not
guilty, waived the reading Of the war.
rant and examination and furnished
bonds in the sum of 81, 200, acceptable t.
County Attorney Cover and to the
court.
The following named gentlemen APP
peared, were questioned as to their
ownership of real estate, unincumbered,
and were accepted as bondsmen: Hon.
Orrin Learned, John NJ Jewell, Or.
Arthur A. Shaw Willis |. Cain, Alton
Richardson and Solomon p. Felker oil
Clinton, Harlow H. Bagley and Asa C.
Brown of Benton.
Mr. BaRley formerly resided In Gin.
ton, was well known and popular in that
town and In Benton. He is a member OF
the Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights OF
Pythias and has numerous friends where.
ever known. These gentlemen, who are
among the most prominent and infiuen.
tial in their towns, came here and offered
themselves as bondsmen because of their
interest In their friend and to show their
sympathy for him In this, his misfor.
tune which he feels keenly. The bond is
an exceedingly strong one and the mum
Der of names of prominent citizens there.
on could have been largely increased II
it had been desirable.
Morton F. Fuller, the father of the
young man who was the victim of the
accident, WAS required to give his per
sonal recognizance to appear before the
Grand jury at the December term as 8
witness.
Arthur NJ. Bagley was arraigned under
Chapter 263, public laws of 1901, which
reads as follows:
Section |. Whoever while on hunt
ing trip, or in the pursuit Of wild game
or game birds, negligently or carelessly
shoots and wounds, or lis any human
being, shall be punished by imprison
ment not exceeding ten years, OF
by a fine rot exceeding one thousand
dollars.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
county attorney and sheriff in the county
in which violation of the foregoing SIC.
ton occurs, to forthwith investigate and
prosecute every person who therein vic.
lates the provisions of this act, and for
falling so to Investigate and prosecute
each of said officers shall be liable to q
fine of not exceeding one thousand dol.
lars, and to be removed from office.
County Attorney Cover brought &C.
ton in a case under this law one year
ago, against young Hilton o, Mayfield.
In this case the accidental shooting
was not with fatal results. The young
man was indicted and convicted. There
were many paliating circumstances and
light fine, $50 with an alternative jail
sentence was imposed. The young man
served the latter. This is the only case
brought under the 1901 law in this
county. There was one other case OF
shooting but no evidence could be obtain
ed relating to the person who did the
shooting. IL there has been convictions
under this law in other countries we are
not informed of them. The cases OF
shooting are not few but convictions uu.
der the law are.
Mr.. Bagley is man about 40 years OF
age and formerly lived in Clinton where
he has relatives residing now. He is
married and has wife in Henderson,
where he has been employed for several
years past by Morton Fuller, the latter
having charge OF the roundhouse at that
station.
A man well informed of the eircum.
stances relates the following: The two
men and the boy had started out on the
morning of the accident, and Bagley Ia.
ter separated from them, it being agreed
ed that they should meet some distance
from where the shooting took place, and
all three had been moving along cautious
ly in that direction.
Suddenly the boy made a motion to
his father to keep quite and he began
peering among The bushes and trees and
toward the hard wood ridge, short dis,
lance away. The father asl i what he
saw and the boy who Was within 20
PAGES, said he thought he hal caught a
glimps of deer. The father looked in
the direction the boy was looking, Ut
could see nothing The boy advanced
to stump and with simply his head
showing above it looked in the direction
where he thought he saw the deer Mr.
gun 10 the direction that he had seen
the object and the boy did so that his
father might get the direction, and then
the father could see nothing. He was
about to tell the boy to go along as there
was nothing that resembled deer, when
there was a loud report, and the boy
fell over, without murmur, the blood
flowing from wound in the neck. The
boys jugular vein was severed as well
as his windpipe by the bullet and when
the father reached his side, the boy
grssped his last.
Bagley rushed up and the scene was
tragic in the extreme. His feelings can
be better imagined than described. Sad.
ly and sorrowfully the remains were
horne to Asnnifh sfatinn And the author.