Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-05-19
H. Grace Accsdently Shot
Near Ten Mile
vOUND SERIOUS, NOT Fatal
,,,ured Man Found In Dying
Condition
II got shot down in the
timber by my own gun ac-
cidentally. 1t fell out on

cidentally. 1t fell out on
rock"
Having been shot through the body
hv his 4O-25 caliber Colts revolver,
and believing that the wound would
prove fatal, Ed Grace, q prospector
alone in his cabin seventeen miles east
Of Elk City, wrote the above message
on slip Of paper Monday evening.
He was found Tuesday morning about
| 8 o'clock by his nearest neighbor, John
Bsston, whose home is three miles
away. Baston hurried eight miles to
the nearest telephone, and notified
Elk City. A. w. Davis, Schuyler
franklin and DR.. w. F. McMahan
/ left at once and brought Grace to Elk
City, arriving here at 4 o'clock We'd
/ nesday morning.
Grace's body is pierced through and
| through, the ball having entered on
/ the right front chest between about
the seventh and eighth ribs and came
out below and to the left of the left
shoulder blade. Though no vital
point was cut, and Grace is feeling
6ne at the time this is put to type
Thursday morning., it is yet too
early to tell what the outcome Of the
injury will be-
Grace Tells About 1t
Grace appeared to be in his usual
health when the News man called to
zee him Wednesday morning, and of
the two, Grace talked.the most, and in
his rich brogue jocularly told how it
felt to be on the shore of the Great
Wide River and no boatman there to
take you across.
Il was prospecting ON the Topeka,
owned by Mrs. Parr and myself, at
the time the accident occurred" said
Grace. Il found some float and was
crawling through some brush in search
OF the ledge when a gun went off near
me, | did not know it was my gun.
experienced sensation in my back
which felt like somebody was prodding
me with big round pole. On arising
saw the blood trinkling down my
right side, and then, for the first time,
knew l was shot. was a half mile
from my cabin. l threw the gun off,
which hung on strap over my shoul-
der, and started for the house. Sever
al times my eyes were unable to guide
me and | would sit down and rest
awhile. Only by holding my hands
tightly over the wound in my right
chest was | able to get a satisfying
breath. :
Night Spent Alone
Il can never forget that night l
spent alone in that cabin" said Grace,
and from the expression on his face
and the tones Of his voice it seemed
mat the feelings of horror would over
whelm him. All night the blood
moved from the wounds, and, at times,
urace hoped for death rather than
suffer the slow wasting of his strength,
and perhaps starvation. When Bas-
Ton found him, Grace's cabin looked
more like slaughter pen than pros
pector's abode; his bedding was sat
ufated and Grace was smeared from
mead to foot with his own blood.
ihe whole force of men at the
american Eagle mine turned out and
cleared road for the wagon that was
sent to bring Grace to Elk City. and
several OF the men walked ahead of
.ae team the entire seventeen miles.
'aat the driver might avoid rough
places and give the injured man as
'0mlortable a trip as possible.
uraces recuperative powers are
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