The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-25
Russell AlIer Mistaken for a
rs ,dturday
) EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Was Hunting With Marie Perry in Or
ange and Was Mistaken for a Deer,
Receiving a Bullet Through
the Cheek.

| With bullet wound extending
through both cheeks and fractured up
per jaw through which travelled the mis-
sile when he was accidentally shot for
deer by Marie r. Perry, young Russell
Allen, the l6-year-old son of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Frank Nj. Allen Of east HILL trav-
eled nearly mile TO hunting camp in
Plainfield Saturday noon before medical
ail could be summoned The affair hap
pened near Pigeon pond in Orange at
! 1880 o'clock in the forenoon and after
the injured youth had been attended
| by DIR. II. S. Carver of Marshfeh, he
was brought TO the City hospital in
Barre, where physicians say he will re-
cover
The two young men started for Lyle
Perry's camp short distance from the
little lake, last Friday. A large portion
of the time was spent in quest of deer
and the hunters hoped to secure buck
before nightfall when they resumed the
hunt Saturday morning The Perry boy,
whose ill-timed shot nearly carried death
to his companion, says that they sepa-
rated after leaving camp in the forenoon,
although they were always within hail
ing distance. Allen took the summit
of ridge which bears off to the east
OF the pond and young Perry skirted
along the base, the pair walking along
in parallel directions. Frequently one
would whistle to the other or Indicate
his whereabouts by some other sign.
After they had made considerable prog
ress through the woods. young Allen dis
charged his gun. To the hunter at the
base Of the slope several yards below,
il occurred that his companion had shot
AT a deer, and he began to be on the
alert. As it afterwards developed, Allen
fired his rifle to advise Perry of his
whereabouts.
With the discharge of the gun, Allen
began to make for point where he
expected to find the other hunter. After
the accident he told of running some OF
the distance in his haste to join Perry
The quick cracking of the twigs doubt
less served to excite the latter, and it
was when Allen was still fifteen yards
away that the waiting hunter saw
fash OF gray or brown through the
thicket. With the noise made by bis
he supposed it to be deer
and as Allen was clad in red sweater
Perry did not think of confusing the
other boy for deer.
He fired and instantly from the bushes
,ame cry for help. Perry started for
The spot, but he was met by Allen, who
leld his hand over his face The two
ads went to the border of the pond,
md after thoroughly washing the ragged
wound in Aliens face, they took up the
rail leading toward the camp. AT the
hunters headquarters, another young
nan was sent TO summon DIR. II. 5.
7arver, who arrived from Marshfeld
little later in the afternoon.
The doctor dressed the wounds and
made the wounded boy as comfortable
$ possible, while preparations We're
made for removing him to Barre. The
ospital was reached at 6 o'clock, and
hort time afterward Allen was placed
n the operating table The fracture OF
he jaw was reduced and steps taken
oward preventing tetanus The exam
nation showed that the bullet had en-
cred the face at the right of the upper
p. proceeding thence through the jaw
nd out through the opposite check.
ne tooth was dslodged by the lead
nd another was broken. Physicians
no performed the operation say that
he boy has every chance to recover un-
SIS blood poisoning develops.