The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-23
Declares He Prefers Not TO
Know Who Fired the
Bullet.
LAD is KILLED
WITH OWN RIFLE
Meets Death While Romping With
a Little Girl While on
Pleasure Trip.


never wish 10 know the name Of the
person who nred the accidental shot
that took the boys life. the body OF
--Eenuie~ Smith. killed while on q pleas
Urz "Trip AT 8It- Holly, Va. late Thurs
day afternoon, lies al his home. sig
Stanton plaCe Northeast. today
The lad VIII be buried tomorrow aft
erEocn from Waugh Memorial Church,
former schoolmates OF The sixteen-year-
old victim acting as paU-bearsrs-
Young Smith met his death while he
played among q group OF a dozen
young people, some Of them from
Washington and some residents Of III
Holly, which is forty-fve miles below
Colonial Beach, but no enc today seems
20 have any idea OF the identity OF the
boy or girI who held the rife
Bernie had few moments before
been engaged ~ target practice. Wit
nesses were so overcome that they were
unable 60 give any clear account Of the
peculiar accident Among them was
Walter Smith. the younser brother o.
he vicIlur his moJLer vSas IN the ho-
tel. a few rods zuay- Mrs Smith and
Ter son reached washington last nizh1
with the body
Father Reaches City
Addison T. Smith. The boys father
who is 0rvars secretary 10 Senator Hey
burn was en route 10 Idaho when re-
called By q MESSAGE telling him Of the
death He reached here this morning
from Newark. Ohio. aE,I IrarlediateIx de-
MED @ report lEaI ne would demand an
invesCIEati0u OF the manner in which
"Iienui5' met his death and thar he vas
dissatisfied with The verdict OF The Coro-
neT- VINO rendered 4 verdict OF accident
81 death.
HE unfortunate affair was an &C
c-GenL We do not know who fired
TIE cla1c5 shot, and ! would prefer
Aol 70 learn shall let the matter
rs main IS Il is said 1Ir- smith.
mystery Slrouds the entire affair
41o-Ls HlL-Ll $--C q companion. Jean
ti-- - street. TINS city had been prac-
ucinS target shooting for some mo-
Bonnie" reloaded his gun. placing
IL against a tree Walter believes TO-
came upon the scene were r-0a--s-a
. that the gun was loaded. and the- one
= lleIn P5ckec II uD during play and
discharged il.
Mother Runs To Scene.
That IS about al that is known Of The
tragedy Walter can recall none Of the
names Of those who were present.
neither can Mrs J. Kirby White. OF the
I GerEnania apartments. nor her husband.
both Of whom were within few feet
OF the little throng on the wharf.
Mrs White ran 10 the boy as soon as
he fell shot through the temple, and
placed a handkerchief 10 the wound
who DID it2' she asked
4 don't know replied every one OF
the dozen persons present
Jean DlEEer was there. 50 was Mr.
AeatLnE, OF Colonial Beach. who had
toWed the launch upon which the visit
Lls boys and girls drew up 20 the Mount
Eoliey wharf. but DinEer and YeatIfre
were equally ign6rant as 10 the one who
nred The accidental shot
Westinghouse IN Party.
Mr.. White recalled this morning that
several WaShiuSJonians were in the
party, among them the owner of the
launch that bore the pleasure seekers.
but after thinking steadily for several
minutes, Mr. White said that he could
not remember the names Of the visitors
from the Capital
our party hdd been there but a dzy
or two" said Mr. White, and they
were all virtually strangers TO US The
boys and girls had Just begun 10 chat
after the visitors landed. when q shot
was heard and Bernie fell dead. It
was one Of those peculiar accidents that
no one saw directly. although IL hap
NeDed IN our very midst
Members OF the Smith and White
families left for Colonial Beach las-
Monday Wednesday they met several
young people who live in the neishbor-
nod OF nj Holly. and these came Up
the hotel Thursday afternoon TO see
their uew-1lade friends
Young Jennie" Smith and his com
paniou, D-nEer. met them. and it was
while the smith lad olayed with an
unknown tWelve-year-Oid girl that he
was struck by the stray bullet He
never regained consciousness
After the tragedy both Mrs. Smith
and young Dinger became hysterical.
tddinz TO the general confusion. Mrs
Smith is said 20 be in a precariOus con-
dition at her home in this city today
The boy died AZ the Mr- Holly Hotel,
about three houSS after being shot. The
nearest physician was AT Hague, Va
six miles away He was DR.. H II
Taylor, and ne made the croSs-counrry
ran 10 the diving boy In twenty min
utes- As soon as he arrived Dr. Taylor
declared the wound fatal
"A more vital spot could not have been
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