The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-06
PUBLIC UTILITIES
 CASHIER KILLED
w. F. JlB5 IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE ON DUTY YES
 TERDAY MORNING.
Jar Caused Revolver to Be Discharged and Popular Official Died From Ef feet of Wound He Received.

MemDerS or the local Masonic or
 ders, Knights of Pythias, Royal
 Neighbors, Woodmen of America and Spanish-American War Veterans met
 last night in the Buckstaff bath house
 to arrange for representation at the funeral of w. F. Jibb, cashier of the
 Public Utilities, who was accidentally
 killed in his office yesterday morning
 S. F. Dillon general manager of the Public Utilities, and a very warm and
 personal friend of Mr. Jibb. was made
 general chairman of the committee
 which consists of the following T. $. Garen, MaSons; $. (. Caesall.
 Knights of Pythias; U. J. Hickman.
 Royal Neighbors; G. .R. Gower, Mod.
 eln Woodmen of America, and Bow
 Brown, Spanish-American War Vet erans. owing to the fact that certain
 relatives of the deceased are now on
 their way to this city to attend the
 funeral no date has beet set for the
 obsequies. Due announcement of
 tlis however. will be made. together
 with full information concerning the
 part to be taken by the aforemau- tiontd fraternal orders, of which Mir Jibb was member.
 II is douhtfuI if any tragedy n
 recent years has occasioned the sin. cere regret as did the accidental aootina of this widely known and equally popular official of the Public Utilities and in his death is seen l lesson that can be profitahly learned
 ny a who handle firearms ot ang E.nd. Mr. Jibb was very careful. and while lis death was in no way . due to Carele ssness the sma lest pos si0le incident caused his revolver to
 be discharged and in less than two
 hours a wife had lost her husband aad
 two loving children were made fath.
 eriess.
 1t had been the custom of Mr. Jib0 to keep within easy reach of him his revolver .3S.calibre weapon. wlich
 was mounted Of 45 Colts frame. 1 He had the gun in corner on t6e
 shelf and had placed it in trolt of ' him, the muzzle pointing towards his 1 body. In laying the gun down the
 jar although ehght, as tine weapon ] was not deposited with any force whatever, discharged the cartridge | the bullet entering the left side. strlh- 1 ing over rib, cutting the :pl 7en l and coming out of his back. then fly i ing across the room striking the | wooden window frame. breaking the glass and knocking a large piece ou. ] of hfi iIl in, fn III from the Public Utilities
 An examination of the revolver
 showed that the little point that rests cn the cartridge had almost worn through the outside metal so that the slightest jar woud send the hammer
 through the carriage and discharge
 he pistol
 Ernest Latta had been in Mr. Jibb's cage about thiIty second before the i gun went off One of the ladies work i ing in the office was the first to each
 Mir Jibb. The shot and her scream immediately brought other employes ! to his assistance. They found him oXcitedly feeling over his person. a. if to determine where the 5ulet had struck him
 "I guess am done for" Was his comment
 An ambulance was immediately summoned and Mr. Jibb conveyed to the Leo N Levi Memorial hospta,
 where Dr. A. C. Prichard gave rrst
 aid Al tbe hospital Drs. Laws. Eae and Ellsworth also attended the wounded man. lie knew that he was very dangerously wounded and was informed that an operation was necessary. Mrs. Jibb and his two children were summoned The pa tent never recovered and died wir.
 out regainiug ou,cjousuess.
 His death cast a gloom over the Public Utilities General Manager ! Dillon was in Little Rock yesterday but as soon as he learned of the tragedy on reaching this city hurried immediately 10 the home Of the i widow who was overcome by the shock. Other officials and employees i Of the company also expressed the;r 1 sorrow. In fraternal circles the news
 of Mir. Jibb's deat1 had a most de 1 pressing effect for he was oval and conscientious member of the lodges to which he belonged He has been cashier of the Public | Utilities for nearly seven years. and
 was much thought of by the officials 1
 of these interests. He numbered his l friends by the hundreds and the fam