Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-23
NITRO.GLYCERINE
CLAIMS A YOUTH
ANOTHER LIES NEAR DEATHS
DOOR At HOME IN BEGGS.
take A shot At CAN
Hurled Though Tree Top and Into
CrcclS-Other Casualties That
Occurred on sunday.

Beggs, okla. May 22.-Blown
through the branches Of an oak tree
and fifty feet down the side Of a
rocky bluff into y creek when 22-
caliber rifle ball exploded can Of
nitro -glycer'N shortly after noon
Sunday, Clarence Henderson age 10.
dead. an Eddie Bright. age II. il
lying at his home In "A most preca-
rious condition. Brlghts body L. now
mass OF bruises and cuts made 10y
fragments o. tin and rocks and dirt
which tore their way through the skin
and imbedded in the flesh.
The accident occurred mile and
a half east OF Besgs Young Bright
and Henderson. either Of prominent
families of Beggs, were walking In
the woods COR recreation after eating
,heir noondly meal yesterday They
took along 4 target rifle. Near Sec
Ond Creek, shallow stream, they
came upon can apparently hidden
among the rocks near a deserted oil
vel. 1t f. iaid the can was left there
some week, ago by oil field workers.
Picking up the can they placed Il on a
large rock and withdrew short dis
tance to shoot at II little thinking
that # contained a death dealing ex-
plosive.
According to young Bright they
we're about forty or fifty feet distant
from the can when he took n first
shot at It end missed. Henderson
then took aim and shot. There was
terrific explosion as both boys were
hurled up through the limbs Of a
tree. The next realization which
came to tho Bright boy was when he
was crawling up the bank Of Second
Creek he heard Henderson splashine
in the water. lie returned to the wa
er and finally succeeded In dragginl
his compaincn to the top of the bank
Bright then staggered and crawleC
{. milo bac< toward Beggs and i'm
parted the news Of the accident. Re
lief parties buried TO tho scene o
Henderson youth had rolled into thu
creek and was but barely able to keeI
/ mis- head from the water in his dazec
condition. He was brought TO his
home In Beggs, where he died a
$3.50 o'clock
Physicians who attended Hender
son knew that he had but few
hours Of life left in his body Hi
flesh was rendered into a pulp by thu
force Of the explosion, he having beer
several yards nearer the can when h
shot than was Bright. His body wa
also torn ana cut in hundreds o
places.
II Is held that there is little hop
for the recovery Of young Bright
One eye was blinded and his bod,
is literally filled with holes, He ha
been Unconscious n part Of the time
The funeral Of Henderson will b.
held tomorrow afternoon from tn,
homo of his lather Jasper Henderson
a carpenter and mayor Of Beggs.
The youth was Woodman anC
carried a l'fe insurance to the amour
OF 1000
Eddie Bright is the son OF samue
Bright, real estate man OF BeggI
The expl lJsIon was heard for sew
eral miles n either direction, man,
residents Of Besgs having heard it
detonatons
1t is understood that an inyestga
ion will be had having to do wit
alleged criminal negligence.
One Killed, Seven Hurt.
BY Associated Pross
Chicago, May 22.--One man va
killed and seven others probably IA
tally injured in collision between
two automobiles and an auto trucl
at Kedsec Avenue and WashlngtO
Boulevard early today.
The dead; Michael Helpert, a New
York merchant, died on the way t.
the sanltarium.
The injured: Jacob Bartelsteir
face cut
j. II. Donovan, leg fractured
Michael Llman, both legs fractured
j. Wenstcin, internally injured
may die.
Harry Halprleu, cut about legs an,
face.
Mortimer Livingston, right leg frac
tured
c. w. Thorson, chauffeur Of motto
truck, face and deep scalp wounds,
The first touring car and the auto
mobile truck came together Will
force enough TO reduce both vehicle
to wrockage. The seven men VIII,
were in the touring car were hurle
violently TO the pavement The on
among their number who was fatal
hurt died on the way to the hospital
The six others were rendered unoon
sclous bruised. cut and suffering fron
broken bones.
As tho crash Of the two cars oc
CURED the third car plowed through
tho Wrapkpgp at a gppod tpit Ia lpV