Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
DIR. H. L. BACON'S LIFE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SAVED HAD COMPAN
IONS OBEYED HIM.
PHYSICIAN BLEEDS TO DEATH.
Shot Sewers Artery at Elbow-Others
Fear to Administer Possible Over
dose of Anaesthetic.
MISTAKE EACH OTHER FOR DEER.

WAKEFIELD, Mich, Nov. 10
Especial THAT had his instructions
been followed the life of DR.. II. L. Ba-
con of New London, Wis, would have
been saved after he had been mistaken
for a deer and mortally shot by one OF
his companions. is a statement made III
connection with this fatality. the scene
Of which was the Gogebic iron range.
The physician asked the members of
his parry to give him sufficient NOR
phine to put him to sleep and to tie the
tourninuat tightly enough to stop the
flow Of blood, but they were reluctant to
do this for fear they would administer
on overdose of the drug.
The accident occurred at O'Clock i'll
the afternoon, and the doctor bled CON
tinuOusly from that time until he died
late in the evening.
Both DR.. Bacon and his companion
had taken aim at each other. each under
the impression the other was deer, but
the physicians companion was the first
to press the trigger. The bullet shat
tered an arm, severing the main artery
at the elbow. While serious, a wound of
such nature is not necessarily fatal.
Court Imposes Penalty.
MERRILL. Wis, Nov. 16.-I Special.
u uuSe n. II. Leu IHlS morning pro-
nOunced sentence against Robert Zim-
norman Of this city, convicted of having
set gun which cost the life Of Henry
Bott in October of 1908.
Zimmerman and a few companions
went ostensibly to pick evergreens Three
men from nearby camp were walking
along the trail when Henry Bot, in the
lead, ran into linen thread attached to
a set gun, the gun going off and the bull
lpt Indpinp tho mans hin
hole two inches in diameter, from which
he died the following February after
continued suffering.
Zimmerman refused to plead guilty,
but the jury found him guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree.
Kill Bear and Cubs.
RH!NELANDER, Wis. Nov. 10
Especial. IA black bear weighing 100
pounds, and two of her cubs weighing 60
pounds each, were bagged at Goodman.
hiarinette county, Sunday, by r. e. Lar
son of this city and a party of hunters.
the bears were discovered by acct
dent, one OF the party stepping on
mound of earth which appeared to move
beneath his feet. The hunters had Stun
bied onto the winter quarters of moth
er bear and her family.
There was quick scramble on tbe
part OF the hunters, but well directed
shot from Larson's rifle killed the bear
and the cubs were quickly dispatched.
May Lose His Eye.
SUPERIOR, Wis, Nov. 16.-George
Il, Cooper of McGregor, Mimi. was act
ing as guide Tor party of hunters when
ms own gun was accidentally DISCHARGED
as he was crossing log He was shot
IN the arm and face and may lose an
eye. on
Hunter Is Not Lost.
NEENAH, Wis, Nov. 16.-FrapE
Scott has returned to his home none the
worse because of a thrilling experience
on the lake. Scott came back without
his boat, the stanch little craft havin.r
been left on the east shore of the Lake
where it haG drifted onto sandbar DIR
ing the heavy windstorm
Deer Seem Plentiful.
MADISON, Wis, Nov 16.-How pIen-
tiful deer have become in some portions
of the northern woods is evidenced in
q communication received by Game War
den George w. Rickeman from Mar
lnette, saying that a party of twenty
eight hunters, after one day of hunting.
had returned with twenty-eight deer. ali
that the law would allow them to kill.
Eight Violate Game Laws.
EVANSVILLE, Wis, Nov. 16.-Deo-
uty State Game Warden Nelse johnson
OF Madison arrived Monday morning and
took eight vioiators of the game laws
to GAINESVILLE.