Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-17
MISSES DEATH ONLY
BY NARROW MARGIN
SHELL ExPLODES IN POCKET OF
GUN AUTHORITY
Campfire Heat Reaches Cartridge and
Expodes Within Foot of w. H.
WiIshirs's Head-Was
Made of Paper

w. II. Wiltshire, the popular Hoegee
company gun authority, narrowly missed
death through a rare and peculiar oc-
currence last Tuesday, when a shell ex-
ploded in his coat
Wiltshire and a large party of friends,
including Joseph Greenway, took the
morning train OH the opening of the
quail season and rode out about fifty
miles to Kemp. They got off a. 9 o'clock
and had hard day, a drizzling rain
spelling the sport.
In the evening they were sitting by
the campfire and Wiltshire hung up his
coat on a tree in order to dry it. The
heat was so intense that it penetrated
the thick canvas and the shell exploded
with terrific report within a foot of
Wilshire's head Fortunately, the shell
was paper. and so broke like a fire.
cracker. This circumstance doubtless
saved Wilshires life, for had he been
using a brass shell the metal would have
given sufficient resistance to make a
direct fire, instead of allowing the shot
to scatter in all directions with little
force.
Rain SpoiIs Sport
The rain spoiled the opening day. Will
shire and Greenway had to ford a river
and it was impossible to shield the shells
from the steady rain.
LlLlltS were Out OIL the question IueS-
day for the day only. Pump guns were
handicapped on account of having to
handle wet shells, and paper shells
swelled badly, getting so tight that auto
electors couldn't throw them out.
The dogs couldn't work in the rain, and
on the steep hills slid pointing on the
slippery clay.
Many. hunters who went out in ma
chimes got stuck in the heavy mud, and
ftn IN .ls,,v
woe from those who had been waylaid
in the miserable damp
There were lots of birds, but they were
very wild, most of them staying low,
and those that rose made long flights
The best sport was found at Elsinore,
although good shooting was reported
around Chapman and up Santa Monica
canyon.
The train was packed to Kemp and
Delvia, but when the bunch came back
their guns looked as though they had
been used for oars.
B. G. Hinman went to Roscoe for
shooting and Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson and
W. R. Sterling went to Castlake
John Torres went out back of Mon
rovia and Got eighteen birds and a
coyote. Torres shot the coyote in a pc
culiar manner, giving it two barrels as
1t ran toward him, and his partner shot
coyote so that it turned in the direction
of Torres again, who let it have two
more barrels, dropping it at last win
his Belgium.
After Quail Sunday
The following hunters will go out fol
quail next Sunday: Charles Walsh, H
E. Barley, H. B. Coley, W. B. Hawkins
Charles Deber, R. f. Curtis and a host
of others.
The following have been out recently
and got good bags:
Charley King, Paus Paulsen, Tony
Foster, William H. Cline, r. G. Ortman
w w. Brier, p. R. Paulsen, D. G. Ham.
mel, H. ]. O'Neill, w. H. Bollyn, George
II. Chase, Ed Vaughan, Homer Ken.
nedy, Oscar Crist, M. Caubin, N. H
Undertake, G. B. Kirkpatrick, f. H
Taylor, Haines w. Reed, A. H. Wilkins
e. c. Duryea, Albert II. Colby, Marshal
Deats, e. B. Bennett, w. H. Eilers, S
II. Cowan, VIII F. Compton, Arthur
Stoll, E. P. Gray, Fred Hilbrook, Au.
gust Winstel, Jacob Adloff, Cen C. F
A. Last, Max Friese and Charles Kremp.
ell, Ed G. Dieter. Fl. E. Maxon, 7. j
Jarvis, William Eagner, A. Folk, j. j
Jenkins, Robert Brain, Jim Jeffries, Et
Winfield, John Dorner, Eddie Schmidt
Joe Singer, B. II. Dyas, Frank Strong
DR.. Thurston. w. M. sigler, Charles
Marsian, A. w. Sibley, j. Rhodes, d
Southworth and ]. e. Smith
Wild mountain pigeon shooting is fin,
in the hills around Kemp, as the bird.
are being driven down into the valley.
to the feeding grounds and it is easy K
find them in the scrub oak, where the,
go for small acorns