The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-02
HAWLEy MAN SHOT
ACCIDENTALLY IN HEAD
WAS DRAGGING SHOT GUN
WHILE WALKING ALONG
WALLEN-PAUPAC
In Some Way it Became Entangled
in Bushes and Discharged-Walk
ed Mile After Accident-Many
Theories Advanced.

ed Mile After Accident-Many
Theories Advanced. |
The opening of the season for the
lawful shooting of wild ducks on
Monday, September 1, was signalized
in Hawley by the shooting of a duck
hunter by the name of Henry Rose,
and the circumstances of the shoot
ing are as yet involved in quite bit
4 of uncertainty bordering on the mys-
terious.
Henry rose, young married man,
about 23 years of age, early on Mon
i day morning took his gun and went
/ after ducks along the Wallen-Pau-
pack in the vicinity of Tafton. He
/ was unattended with any compan-
! ions. Just what occurred can only
be conjectured. Rose himself says
4 that in carrying his gun in a drag
4 ging condition behind him, holding
it by the muzzle in some way it be-
came so entangled in the bushes that
4 it was discharged, wounding him in
4 the back of the head. He further
says that just preceding the acci
I dent he heard the sound of a gun.
Walked Mile After Accidept.
Rose says he called for assistance A
voice in front of him across the bogs
81 answered him inquiring what was
the matter. He replied that he had
u been shot and wanted assistance;
but the one who answered the call
for help did not come to him, and he
started to walk towards home. He
walked more than a mile from the
place where he says he was wounded
before he was discovered by a
man by the name of Killam. He
was brought to Hawley in an auto.
Dr. a. C. Voigt gave the wounded
man attention, and at his direction
he was removed to DR.. Reed Burns"s
hospital in Scranton on the 6:3S p.
m. E. & W. V. train. Dr. Voigt ex-
presses his opinion that Mr.. Rose
will recover, and at the hospital, al-
though no operation was performed
on Monday night, the same opinion
is expressed as that of DR.. Voigt
Theories of the Accident.
That Mr.. Rose is mistaken about
being wounded by his own gun is
quite generally believed. 1t is point
ed out that close range load of shot
Il would blow off mans head, or pro-
duce hole like that made by huge
Il bullet Furthermore, there would
be powder marks on the clothing.
There were no powder marks visible.
DR.. Voigt says a man might be
wounded by his own gun, if the dis
charge happened to be in an oblique
direction so that only its edge scrap
ed along the skull, and not produce
wound similar to one made by a
large bullet; but he is not of the
opinion that this wound was of that
character, for it was sideways of the
rear of the head, taking a direction
almost if not quite impossible for a
man to inflict on himself. The shot
marks were not in a mass but were
separate and distinct. There were
also shot marks in the same direc-
supposition is that Mr.. Rose was ac-
cidentally shot by some hunter who
was firing at ducks or some other
game.
The Gun Not Found.
At this writing, Tuesday afternoon
Roses gun has not been found and
none can say with any certainty
whether it was fired at all. The
story that the gun was found with
one barrel discharged was told with
out foundation of fact, and until
the weapon is actually found nobody
can tell whether it had been fired al
all.
Henry Rose, or Reese, lived in his
youth beyond P. ]. Keary's on Bone
Ridge. His father moved into Haw'
ley where he conducted business, bu
continued to operate his farm. One
day he was driving into Hawley wheI
p in some manner he fell from the
Ia load and was instantly killed
Whether his neck was broken, or hi
horses killed him by kicking him
was as great mystery as is thC
present condition of his son.