Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-25
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SHOOTS himself
MOTHER IS FRUSTRATED



4 pistol shot and the screams oi
Mrs. John Mitchell and daughter. who
Hive at the National hotel ON National
avenue. over the bleeding corpse Of
John Hillary Mitchell. a youth thir.
teen years old. startled residents I'm
the neighborhood Of loo2 Diamond
avenue al \ O'Clock last night.
John Hillary Mitchell. the youth.
who vas the son Of John Mitchell.
connected with the Oklahoma bar on
the west side. had placed the muzzlc
Of an old 80 caliber revolver az the
base Of his nose under the left eye
and pulled the trigger. There was n
muffled report and. after brief and
helpless struggle. the youth fell life.
less with a gaping wound where the
bullet entered. The missile penetrat.
I'd upward TO the brain.
The sad affair occurred In the front
yard Of 1909 Diamond avenue, where
young Mitchell was playing With
Christopher Bond. the 2 year old sol
of ' p. Bond. who resides at that ad.
dress. II Is sbelieyed that the shoot,
ing was purely accidental. as no
cause cnn be asslrned for the youth
taking Ms own I
"yohn Has Killed Himself"
Mamma. come out here quick.
John has killed himself" the Bond
boy. who stood on the front porch and
Witnessed the tragedy. criM TO his
mother. Mrs. ]. p. Bond. who sat In
the front room with the door open
Then he ran to- the National hote'.
and informed Mrs. Mitchell. She has.
tened to ne Band home and picked
up the h<~y Of her boy for second.
Then, ovGfcome. she placed it again
on The ground and William Reed, DIR.
NJ Desmarais and others. who
were attracted to the place. carried
the body into the Bond home. where
1t remained until Undertaken Lewis
removed IL to his establishment.
where IL was prepared for burial. DR..
Desmarais pronounced life extinct.
Mrs. Mitchell. who is frail wom-
an, was pr0strated by grief. Miss
Mitchell. who accompanied her In r.
spending to the summons OF the Bond
youth. was similarly affected and
friends ministered to their anguish.
Physicians were called to attend Mrs.
Mitchell. who q Sld not be interview.
ed last night by Judge Bope in the
capacity Or coroner, or by reporters
for The Optic.
,sx How Il Happened
Christopher Bond, the only eye
witness to the tragedy. gave the fol.
lowing account Of II to Judge Bope
and Representatives Of the press at
the Bond home last night His story
vas verified by Mrs. Bond:
I'VE were playing marbles in the
house: he had come over here to
play" he said. when John quit ant
told me to come outside as he wanted
to show me something. He went out
of the door first and was standing on
the porch here. He walked over by
the window and said. look what I
have here, or something like that. AMI
pulled the revolver from his pocket,
put It against his nose there tindicat.
ing the place) and it went off. -
4 did M know Of him having had
any tronbH with his parents. but
think he took the revolver away
from the house without his parents
knowing ill., | did not know he had i
until he pulled It from his pocket"
Suicide Purely Accidental
Charles Douglas, a relative, was
seen at the National hotel last night.
He stated the suicide was purely ac-
cidental. t. 'qne, revolver was an old
one which had been lying about the
apartments Of his mother for some
time and II was unloaded. I think thu
boy must have traded for some car.
stridges among his young friends. for
there was no other way for him to So
cure them. There was only one car
fridge in the weapon. which was
picked up by ". r. Smith. He went
over 10 the Bond boys home TO show
him the weapon. ! believe-ne ALWAYS
had a passion for firearms--and after
the manner Of boys. was careless in
the way he handled the weapon"
Judge Bore. after making 'nvesti.
cation which developed the above