Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-01-25
PERRY HAZLETON
At MO. N. A.
KILLED SATURDAY

The remains OF Perry Hazelton,
Ia cadet at the Missouri Military
academy. who was shot accidentally
and killed late Saturday afternoon.
wsre taken to ST. Louis Sunday for
burial. Col. w. r. Kohr and six ca
diets accompanied the body.
Hazleton was IL years Old. and was
a son Of Mrs. Fl. l.. Loheide. Of ST.
Louis. He Is said to have been
shot while in company with three Of
er cadets. Tom ~Broughtony Stuart
Alden and Theo. Lehman, also Of
st Louis, while on a hunting expedl
ton.
Permission to go bunting was re-
fused him BY Lieutenant W. n
Mould, commandant Of Cadets. but
he slipped away and went.
Tic weapon With which ne was kin
cd was his own. 1t having been taxi
Ell from his room by his COM
rades.
While away Sahunday afternoon, the
boss are said to have indulge in
a'get shooting. Hazeaton placed che
target and had inst returned 10 his
companions when the gun IN some
unknown way was discharged. The
bul let entered his neck Just above
the breast bone and lodged aome
Hlere III his head. He lived prob
ably five minutes after he was
shet,
Broughton is said ID have been
bidding the gun when 1t was dis
CHARGED. 1t was a 20 calibre Win
chester. Broughton had shot at the
target few minutes before the acct
dent and WIS attempting to eject
tao empty she'll The mechanism Of
tha weapon is said to have been
working hard Both Alden
ard LohmaB unite ia declaring that
the shooting was purely accldegtai
The lad was the only son Of Mrs
LoEeide. He has lived an outdoor
Life always and his fayorite amuse-
ment had been practicing or hunting
wsAh a rifle which DO had been given
Broughton was his closest frtend.
Hazetton attended the ST. Charles
a4.atary School the first semister
and had been here only a short time
Funeral in St. Louis Monday.
Thefnnerad was held in ST. Louis
Monday afternoon al 3 o'clock His
body was taken home at 8 O'Clock on
the Wabash. He was a son 81 MEa
Loheide b. q former marriage, His
father, G. w. Hazelton, was on the
same train that took The remains 70
st. Louis.
Besides Col. Kohr, the six boys
who weht and acted as pail bearers
were Cadets Burrus, Shelton, M.
Miles, Homer. crowder and Hub
bard.
memorial SSFNlSeo GlSfG
All 3 o'clock Monday afternoon,
memorial services were held at the
Academy here conducted by DIR. a
A. Wallace. Of the Presbyterian
Church.
The following resolutions were pas
ed BY the student body;
Whereas, our Lord. in His infin
its wisdom. has seen tit q remove
from this life a beloved and respect.
ed member OF our student body, Ca
DEF Perry w, Hazieton, therefore be
il
Resolved, That In his death, u
school sustains the distinct loss Of
one OF its brightest and most manly
cadets; and the parents, Of q son
who was both a pleasure and lust
pride to them.
Resolved, That in token OF our ~
spect for the memory Of our lost one,
the President with six cadets shall
attend the funeral IN ~. LOUIS, aiia
act ais pail bearers;
Resolved. That we, the faculty
and cadets oil the Missouri Military
Academy, do here express our deep
and sincere grief adj offer our I'M
reserved sympathy and coincidence 70
The bereaved parents;
Resolved, That q copy Of these
Eresolpaons shall be sent the parents,
a copy preserved in the archives Of
tho Academy and a copy published
in The school paper, THE Eagle
The Committee:
Major J.. IL Brant
Cadet Howard q. Donovan
Cadet BRYAN III. Parpott.