The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
BULLET CUT ARTERY.
Particulars of the Death Of Former
Oskaloosa Boy.

| tanning pace from the brdunlger nome
in Bolton, The Florence (Colo.) Tri.
bune of Wednesday, Sept. rs, gives
the following particulars of the shock
/ ing accident:
William Canty, "a young man of
this city, son of Superintendent Canty
of the Ocean Wave coal mine, was
accidentally killed yesterday morning
While hunting deer in the mountains
above Eight Mile park, north of the
| city. 1t is presumed he died from the
loss of blood occasioned by several
arteries being torn to pieces by the
bullet which passed through his leg
He was brought to the Deibert under
taking rooms last evening, where the
body is being prepared for burial
cat 100 O'Clock yesterday morning
Mr.. CAVITY, John DeWalla and Rudolph
Kauert left this city on short deer
hunting expedition They reached
their camping place about two hours
after leaving here and at 800 O'Clock
started out to hunt the festive deer.
They had probably been securing the
bills about two hours when Mr.. Kau-
ert, who was high up on Hill, heard
a shot and then the cutlery of "Oh,
John; oh, John" These words ware
repeated number of times and Mr..
Kauert responded to inquire wha. the
trouble was but he got no answer.
Thinking that the shot meant the
killing of deer or that something
wrong might nave happened, he hast
ened in the direction of the report of
the gun. Then another cry, which
was very faint, was heard, and this
convinced Mr.. Kauert that an acct
dent had occurred. Summoning help.
they made their way to the top of the
hill as fast as they could and after
walking for nearly half an hour found
Canty lying on the hill, dead.
HE had been shot between the an
kle and knee of the left leg, the ball
passing through the knee and coming
out four inches above. Most of the
arteries were severed by the buhet,
which was the .4o-70 caliber, and 1T
is judged that CAVITY died in half an
hour after being shot. It is presumed
that the shock was so great that
when he cried for help he could not
! hear the answer of his comrades.
At any rate he did not answer and
Mr.. Kauert replied loud enough for
him to hear.
| H. A. Cook and Bert Robinson of
this city were hunting in that vicin-
ity and Mr.. Curtis OF Four Mile and
his son happened to be looking for
deer at the same time. The entire
crowd went to the top of the hill and
they had difficeult time in bringing
the body down over the rocky crags.
BY the time they reached the timber
path on the mountain side, they were
all played out. Mr.. Curtis got his
horse, met the party at the path, and
placed the body Of the dead man on
4 the horses back, and he was taken
to the Kauert camp. The accident
discouraged the hunting party and
they all came home. All the guns
and camping paraphernalia we're
loaded into the Robinson-C Cook vehi-
Gle and the body was placed in the
KauertDeWalla wagon and brought
| here.
At the point where the accidental
killing occurred are two lodges Of
rock, one about three feet wide and
| two feet high. Just a short distance
above was another about five feet
wide. CAVITY was standing on the
larger one and it is not known and
probably never will be how his gun
got out of his hands, but it did and
when the butt struck the ground, the
bullet was discharged. Ranging up
ward, it struck Canty below the left
knee and came out above it. An
awful ugly wound was made. 1t is
said that this is the first trip the
young man has ever made after big
game and it is also said that he was
carrying his gun cooked. He was
warned against this yesterday morn
ing.
1t might have been that while
standing near the edge Of the ledge
of rocks that he overbalanced and
seeing that he might fall, tossed the
gun aside, the hammer striking the
rock. Or it might have been that
he was setting the gun on the ground
while he intended to sit down to rest.
His cap was found on the rock on
which he stood, his gun was between
the two rocks, his hunting knife was
still further down the hill and the
body of Canty was found lying about
ten yards from the point where the
shooting occurred. He had rolled
that distance down the hill. Garry
ing hunting knife, he cut the pant
leg covering the wounded member,
but did not have presence of mind
enough to bind the pant leg around
the shattered member. If this had
been done his life might have been
spared.
The young man is about twenty
two or three years old and only came
to Colorado recently from Iowa.
From thirty to forty-five minutes
ELAPSED from the time the shooting