The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-18
Awful Story of Accident in
the Cascade Noun
tains.
DIED ON THE ROAD
Russell Yancey Killed by
Accidental Discharge of
His Own Rifle.

y
made mention of the death of Rus
sell Yancey, caused by the accidental
discharge of his own gun at Mad
river. The facts attendant to the
accident were learned last night
when the body of the dead man ar
| rived in Leavenworth. Russell Yam
cey was here from Hunnewell, Mis-
souri,. He came with his wife and
two children to spend month with
the Gibbons and Piersol families.
Himself and family, together with
members of the family of his rela-
tives, left Leavenworth a few days
ago for the Mad river country which
| is located about thirty miles north
of Leavenworth in the Cascade
mountains.
Here was where the sheep be-
| longing to Mr.. Gibbons were ranging
and amid this wild and rugged cOun-
try they had prepared to spend
some time in camp life. Mrs. Yam
| cey, who was in delicate health on
arriving here. began at once to i'm
prove. The conditions in this local
| ity are ideal for those who love out
door sport Last Monday Russell
Yancey and his brother Otis left the
camp on horseback to hunt bear.
| The scenes and experiences were all
new and it was with the greatest of
enjoyment that they set out. They
| succeeded in making their way up
| the mOuntainside a distance of two
miles from camp. Here they came
across some bear tracks Otis Yam
cey's horse was ahead and made
| leap to clear a boulder. Russell
Yancey followed but his horse STUN
bled His rifle which was loaded but
ground and was discharged, the ball
passing through his leg close to the
| hip.
Immediately help was summoned
from LeavenwOrth, but owing to the
| long distance and the conditions of
| the mountain trail, it was Is long
hours before the doctor could arrive
! In the meantime the man was suf.
| fering intense pain and could not be
moved. Those in camp carried the
tent and other necessaries up the
mOuntainSide where they pitched
camp and spent the night. DR.. Hox-
sey arrived at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing. 1t was found that to save the
mans life he must be gotten out
where better care could be given. In
order to do this it was necessary to
cross up the side of the mountain,
Zig-Zag back and forth to the crest
and down over the other side. The
wounded man was placed on
stretcher and over this rough and
dusty road the little party made it's
way. For 13 miles the trail was
steep and hard to travel, but over
this awful trail the wounded man
was carried. Only two men could
carry him at time and there were
four men in the party.
Wife Proved Heroine.
During all this time without sleep
his wife was at his side. Though in
delicate health herself, this woman
is heroine and during the trip over
the trail shared in the hardships of
the journey.
The wounded man weighed 1S5
pounds and the difficulty of getting
him over the mountains seemed al
most an impossibility.
E. D. Shugart had been notified
to meet the party at the wagon road
at 5 D. m. Tuesday. This was twen-
ty-three miles north of Leavenworth
On arriving there the party had not
yet arrived. He spent the night
there and on their non-appearance
by morning went up the hill to meet |
them. The party, more dead than
alive, was placed in the vehicle and
started toward Leavenworth.
Died on the Way.
When about thirteen miles out OF
Leavenworth, when climbing the
hill to the divide, the suffering man
who had been unconscious for some |
time, passed away-he himself cross
ing over the Great Divide.
A coincidence in regard to the
death was the fact that one year ago
the Gibbons baby died at the same
place while climbing the same hill.
In that instance also E. d. Shugart
was the driver and it was in the
same buggy that the sick baby was
being carried to Leavenworth.
The body of Mr.. Yancey was
brought to Leavenworth, where it
was taken to the Hamilton Undertake
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