The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-25
SHOOTS FRIEND
BY ACCIDENT
William Farley Wounds Fred
Burkee, Probably Fatally,
In Peculiar Way.
HUSBAND OF "W0MAN
IN CASE" IS BEATEN
Man Who Fired Shot Goes Will
ingly to Jail; Wounded Man
in Hospital.

Fred Burkec. aged 3s years. was shot
through the chest and probably fatally
wounded by William Farley, aged 10, his
friend and roommate, about $50 o'clock
Tuesday night. Burkee is in st. Mark S
hospital and Farley is In the city jail,
with the charge against him left open.
Behind this statement OF facts lies a
story which the officers Tuesday night
were unable to fully straighten out
The shooting occurred at No. Goddard
court, the home OF Mrs. Kate Ford
Hedges. mother-ln- law OF NJ. j. Casey.
who appears to have been the cause Of
the trouble. Casey declares that he went
to the home of his wife's mother and
sought admittance. Upon this being re-
fused. he says, two shots were fired
through the door, which he then broke
down. Upon entering ihe room. Casey
says. he was struck over the head with
a gun and knocked unconscious
Seeks Aid of Police.
At 9:45 o'clock Casey with his face
badly battered. bleeding from a scalp
wound in the back of The head. and very
much under the influence of liquor. en-
tered the police station and told the Off
GERS a rambling story Of having been
shot at twice while trying TO enter either
his own home or the house of his mother
n-law, he was not certain which. The
Sprague was summoned, and after Casey's
scalp wound had been dressed he was
placed in the boys ward to sober UP.
\ few minutes after 10 o'clock William
:. G.. Paul and asked the doctor to come
Immediately TO l59 East Second South TO
attend a man who had been shot DR..
Paul responded and found Burkee shot
through the chest. just TO the left of the
heart. DIR. Paul after applying first aid
treatment. ordered the man sent TO st,
Marks hospital. telephoned for the am
Dulance and himself took q car TO the
ambulance
number designated, found the house dark
and returned TO the hospital.
Half an hour later an investigation was
begun by the police and Bursee was found
In the room which he and Farley had
occupied Then the ambulance was again
summoned and Burkee taken TO the hos
Farley Admits Shooting.
When Officers Cleveland. Newell and
Ekstedt entered the room BurlScc was Sit
ting on a chair. evidently In great pain.
Farley stood up to receive the patroImen
and seemed not at all disconnected.
'Yes, l shot him." he said, in answer
to direct question, but IL was an ac-
cident" To this statement Burkee add
ed his confirmation
Further questioning brought out that
Farley and Burkee had gone TO the
house OF Mrs. Hedges. In Goddard's
court. that when Casey had come there
to his own statement. had shot through
the door: that after Casey had broken
down the door and had entered the room
Burkee had been wounded by shot
which was accidentally discharged while
Farley was beating Casey over the head
with 81 gun. And again Burkee, who has
been the roommate OF Farley for several
weeks. In a faint voice confirmed the
statement.
Farley refused TO state why he and
Burkee had been visitiEg, the residence
of Mrs. Hedges. or to tel why he car
ried his gun with him on this occasion.
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