The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-19
NEED ACTION TO
CUT TRAGEDIES
IN NORTH WOODS
Increasing Fatalities Send Home
Lesson That Drastic Mea-
sures Are Needed
LAW ALLOWING ONE
DEER WOULD HELP
Hunter Wouldn't Act so Quick
Iy Shooting at
Shadows
IsHPEMING. Mich. Nov. is.-

rsHPEMING. Mich, Nov. H.
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A man leaps into the air with one
despairing cry, then falls to the
ground. shot TO death or MORALLY
wounded. Nearby, frightened hunt
er lowers his rife and rushes forward
to the aid OF the man he has SO
wantonly struck down. Too late, or
perhaps. the marksman Is q craven
and takes TO his heels, leaving his
victim alone in the forest.
what else could be expected from
a $500 calibre rife, with its long,
congratulated soft-nosed ball that
would penetrate 20 inches Of live hem
lock and Is made to mushroom and
tear flesh into pieces? In the hand OF
q hunter who shoots at shadows and
noises. and who mistakes men for
deer, II IL a murderous weapon.
There Is no excuse for one who
thinks q fellow human being Is the
big game he seeks and so send his
death-dealing bullet on it's mission.
Between deer and man there's no sim
ilarity OF shape, no single outline
alike. What Is TO be done about It?
A closed season would help. SO would
law giving hunter the right TO
shoot but one deer. and that buck.
The hunter wouldn't act so quickly In
shooting at. shadows He would be
ant to wait to see II the oncoming
object wore horns. Besides, the does
and the fawns would be spared.
The dispatches already have re-
ported briefly the fact that three men
have recently been MORALLY wounded
In Dickinson county. II was shortly
after the dinner hour. few miles
east OF Floodwood, that G. Jay Scott
or Allegan, was shot by 0. p. Priest,
OF Stockbridge. He died at 81.
Georges hospital. Iron Mountain.
nine hours later. The ball had struck
at the elbow and passed into the body.
Scott and Priest were members OF
a party of eight from Allegan county.
The pair were hunting together. A
buck deer had been wounded. The
men were following the bloody trail
Scott was dressed In black suit and
wore q black derby hat. Priest saw
the dark form of his companion
thought he had sighted the buck. and
fred the fatal shot. Priest is "a years
OF age and a carpenter by trade.
Scott was a furniture dealer, a bach
elor, 50 years old.
The wounded man was carried 70
camp. A team OF horses procured at
Witch Lake took him to that place
and q freight train conveyed him to
Charming. Priest and another hunter
went along. A physician picked up
on the way urged the immediate re-
moval Of the sufferer to the Iron
Mountain hospital as the one chance
Of saving the life. The prefer OF a
Milwaukee road special train for $50
was refused, even though hig-hearted
railroad men at Claiming offered TO
donate one-half OF the sum. So poor
Scott remained at Charming until the
arrival of the evening passenger
train, slowly bleeding to death. The
doctor labored as best he could TO
save the life and relieve the suffering.
He fully expected Scott to die before
Iron Mountain was reached. The
train was stopped at the hospital, but
Scott was beyond the operating point
and passed from life at III o'clock.
In a swamp east OF Granite Blum,
Dickinson county, Enrico Menuccl
was shot by PasQuali Calcerrs. II
was the same old story. The ball
entered Menucci at the hip. shatter.
ing the bone, and he bled TO death.
The men were hunting together.