The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-12-04
Youth Errs in Presuming Other Men
! Had Disappeared and Discharges
Rifle at Close Range.
BUILDS FIRE FOR DYING HUNTER
Then Begins Race on Foot for As
sistance But Loss of Blood Soon
Brings End.

the death of Alex Pequin, who was
shot on Wednesday of last week in
the woods near Pit, is given in the
current issue of the Baudette Region,
watch says:
"Mistaking Alex Pequin of Bau-
dette for moose John Dahl of Will
liams fired shot in the woods south
| west of Pitt Wednesday that resulted
in Pequin's death several hours Ia
ter, after Dahl had run 80 miles in
frantic efforts to secure assistance.
"Pequin and a companion named
Eli Blanche, both of Baudette, were
working for A. G. Grignon of Pitt
and as they kept bachelor quarters
they decided to go to the woods and
shoot a moose for their winter sup
ply of meat. s...-.
"On the day of the shooting Pc
quin and Blanche were together in
the woods for time but decided to
separate. Dahl coming on their
tracks and noticing they had back
tracked, thought they had returned
I to their camp.
Makes Fatal Mistake.
"a few minutes after he saw a
fresh moose trail and was soon in
pursuit of the animal. He had gone
some distance when he saw black
object about twelve rods ahead of
him, and as there were no tracks of
men to be seen he felt certain that
the object was the moose. He raised
his gun, 80 Winchester, and fired:
A moan followed and rushing up
Dahl was Mortified to find that he had
shot a man. It was Pequin, who had
cut in on the trail, only to be mis-
taken for the moose.
Aids His Victim.
"Dahl made hurried examination
of the wound and discovered that the
shot had hit Pequin on the right side
and had also passed through the arm,
and that no vital spot had been
touched.
"There was a good chance to save
/ the mans life and Dahl did every
thing in his power to do it. He light
ed a fire and made Pequin as COM -
Portable as possible, and then set out
for his own cabin to get blankets and
water. He covered the six miles there
and back in remarkably quick time
and on his return he wrapped the
injured man in the blankets, got him
water and cut more wood for the
fire. Pequin appeared in good condi-
tion and assured Dahl that he was
feelying fine. AS Dahl left to bring
relief Pequin was sitting up smok-
ing.
Pequin Bleeds to Death.
"The young fellow then hurried to
Pequin's camp four miles distant, to
get Blanche, but he had not returned,
SO he hurried to the home OF Mr..
McCumber eight miles away and sent
a man to Pitt to telephone for medi-~
cal assistance.
"McCumber and his hired man
hitched a horse to a sleigh and with
Dahl started out for the scene OF the
shooting. They got within three
quarters of mile of the spot when
they ran into spruce swamp and
they were compelled to walk the re-
mainder of the distance. 1t was sew
| en- in the evening when they reached
the injured man. The fire had burned
low and Pequin's life was slowly eb-
bing away. He had almost bled to
death and he died as he was being
carried through the swamp a quar-
tier of an hour later.
Dahl Gives Himself Up.
aDahl arrived in Baudette today to
! give himself up to the authorities,
but as yet no action has been taken
other than to forward an account OF
the tragedy to the county attorney.
He is s25 and bears good reputa-
| ton.
sPequin's costume resembled the
color Of moose, and the red which
usually distinguishes the hunter was
entirely lacking. There is very
general feeling in favor of young
Dahl"