Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
BY SHOOTING.
Jerre S. Hall, Bath, Ac-
cidentIy Killed.
Cauoht Charge from Gun OF His
Companion.
Man Were After Ducks IN Merry
meeting Bay.


tonight:
~. q ,hundrrbolt out OF a c""r
.Ity came. the n.v.s. this H"iiilils' t'''.
.I..re shannon Hall. son 81 NJ. an
Mrs Thomas Is. HIll Of o"K Stfee'
had met death by being shot 10y d com
Banion while cunning - Merry
INV The. news spread Iik'. wllhiIre anu
th,. sad affair cast II shade" "'ei liz
DAYS work Of great many i'I'e
1h.. Young man was well hioNH -
liked by all who knew him. 3" M
mother most Of III dli IN news p'i'S
sorrow when she heard that htr S"i''
inst on the. threshold OF me, WIS u'i'''
and the lorg wait for particulars vs.
extremely rneuishinS
Tn. news was first brought to TINS
CITY py WIN. =. Palmer T. VINO hfs'
untifi.d his father Of tn" terrible ac'1-
dent and explained IN G"t'tli now IL
t,rn.ned. Sheriff and Coroner Bdllou
vas then notified and then Ms. Hall
<,ororer Esallou William Il. Palmer
father of the young man VINO dccidcnt-
,,llv shot Jrrre. Dr. Robert Donnell
William Chadbuurn" with tlarkS am
fulnnc.. ana Il reporter for the Times
FASTENED to tn. scene. The body was
stiil In th.. float as lett by young Palm
.r. and after viewing the remains Cor
ou.r F.;.llou deemed an inquest unl.-c-
eSSarv.
The body was brought to this city
and taken to Clark'S undertaking
rooms where il was prepared for
burial IT was taken to the Hall resi-
denc.. on Oak street. late this after
noon.
The young mcr left this city. yes
tcrday afternoon, Hall obtaining the
loan of Lon Fishers pump gun and
young Palmer carrying Il dOuble-bar-
relied shotgun. Last night, they stayed
in the gunners camp in the cove a
short distan".. from Fred Willis farm
house. and before daylight, this morn
ing, were out on the bay in order to
get an early start after binds.
Before daylight tn. boys agreed tnat
AS ther.. wtr. only two of them in the
folt only enc should be- shooting 1T Il
time. should they run into 4 flock of
birds. This WAS thoroughly Understood
by both WI en- they Were. On tI,. lookout
tor birds.
Hall was seated in the bow Of the
boat with his back against Il partition
float. Palmer WAS in the stern doing
the padding.
suddenly when about a mile and :
half from the starting point, about
6lh o'clock, they ran into a large tiocl
of ducks which arose out of the eras:
on the flats. Hall shot once. and low
cred himself into the boat To give
Palmer 4 chance to fire his two bar.
Itls.
Palmer fired and as he pulled the
trigger Hall suddenly sat up in the
boat bringing his head in direct linz
with the muZZl" of the gun. The gun
was discharged and tn" whole charg
Of the No. l. shell entered the back o
HANS head, coming out just over tn
right eye. Young Palmer cried out L
Han. but received no answer and see
ing the terrible wound. knew that h
had killed his companion.
His experience Of padding the flOa
nearly two miles to the Willis farr
with his companion lying directly il
front of him dead and with tn" hOrribl
wound showing plainly. the life bloc
ehbing out into the compartment h
was in. can scarcely be- imagined.
After a nerve Straining paddle, tn
little craft with its grcWsome freigh
was landed in the little cove on tn
Willis farm and Palmer exhausted
frightened and excited. ran tn the vii
lis house where he met Edward Rus
sell. a farm hand. to whom he relate
the horrible story of the accident Il
soon as ne could talk.
His first words We're: I've shot poo
Jerre." To Russell's question whethc
Hall was dead. Palmer could only an
swcr by moving his lips.
Russell Immediately harnesscd up
team and brought Palmer to his HON
in this city where he first told the ter
rihle details of the affair.
tn" wound mada was a large on,
NOR" 50 III the back OF the head Th
charge passed through the brain. TIL
top Of the head WAS not injured. br
nearly every bone Of the skull VA
misplaced or broken. When Coron,
Eall"u arrived. the body was ju.
where 1t fell after the shot was fire,
the head resting on the top of tn
board partition between the two CON
rartments of the iloa,.
Halls gun muzzle was resting O
tn. forward part of the boat rointin
straight ahead where ne was about
fire when killed. 1t is presumed tha
ne got excited and aros,, after firm
tn see if he had killed any birds
Palmcr's gun WAS IN the ground jus
Mher" he dropped il after reachin
.nore. The guns told the story plair
ly. There We're four loaded shells
Halfs gun and one empty. while Palm
crs gun contained one loaded shell an
an empty shell.
The deceased was aged 20 years, fiv
months and two days. the son of VI
and Mrs. Thomas W. Hall, and leave
besides his parents. two brother
Emerson and Charles, ana one siSt,
Charlotte. Il. W. Hall is NOW locate
at Fond du Lac. Wis. and a Telegram
was sent To him. this morning
Mrs. Hall did not know that Jerr
had gone shooting. yesterday. until sh
found a note to that effect. She ha
always objected to his taking gmnn
trips.
In 1900 Oklahoma contained only tw
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