The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-23
ENGINEER GILL
KILLED At LAKE
FORMER CITY ENGINEER OF SPO-
KANE SLAIN BY ACCIDENTAL
DISCHARGE OF HIS OWN GUN
AT MOSES LAKE.
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Spokane, Dec. 22.-Dead from 9
charge of shot, evidently sent crash
ing through his brain from his own
fowling piece, the body of Allan F.
Gill, former city engineer of Spokane
and manager of the Independent as.
phalt company, was found in the
brush about Moses lake about ten
o'clock last night by searching
party headed by Attorney Frank c.
Robertson.
Mr.. Gill's gun evidently had been
accidentally discharged as he moved
about in the thick brush covering
the marsh The top of his head had
been practically torn away and evil
IDENTIFY death was instantaneous.
Beside the corpse of Spokane's for
mer city engineer, the gun from which
the charge of shot had been fred
with such terrible effect was lying,
with the firing pin snapped down
upon an empty shell.
Mr., Gill and Attorney Robertson
left here Saturday for Moses Lake,
90 miles west of Spokane, where
they have been hunting ducks
They separated and went in different
directions about noon yesterday.
That was the last time Mr.. Gill was
seen alive.
The hunters had been stopping
with the Mcdonald brothers, conduct
ing the Moses Lake postoffice in '.on-
nection with their store, near Moses
Lake proper. When Mr.. Gill failed
to return to their stopping place at
the usual dinner time last night, +.
C. Robertson quickly organized q
small searching party. After
ceaseless search of nearly four hours
the body was found in the marsh
about 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Gill and Attorney Robertson
had intended to hunt during the
early hours last night and return to
Spokane tonight.
The vicinity in which Mr.. Gill was
killed is about thirty miles from vii,
son Creek, Wash, the nearest rail-
road station. The body is to be
brought across the open country to
this station today and preparations
have been made to bring it to Spo-
kane some time tomorrow.
The first communications concern
ing the terrible accident were given
TO Mr.. Gills associates here TINS
morning over the long-distance telc-
phone line from Moses Lake by A.
torney Robertson.
Mrs. Gill, wife of the unfortunate
man. had just completed plans, 1t IS
reported, to leave Spokane in a re"
DAYS with her children for . pleasure
trip to California.
Allan F. Gill was one of the Des1
known democratic politicians OF the
city. During the administration OF
Flayd l.. Daggett he was recognized
as a ruling figure in municipal affairs
of the democratic party. 1t has peeA
frequently said of him that he was a
born leader of men, since he had a
singular capacity for outlining poh-
cies and formulating plans while the
democratic party was in power in
Spokane.
He was city engineer through two
administrations of the city govern
ment and he was credited with hav-
ing dictated the appointment OF the
principal officers named by the may
or.
A wife and daughter, Miss Gret-
chen Gill, the latter very we'll known
among Spokane's social circles, re-
main to mourn the death of Mr.. Gill.
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