The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-11-30
Henry Ruff, Young Rancher,
Fatally Wounded While
! Hunting.
NTERMENT TUESDAY
Every Possible Aid Rendered
To No Avail, Death Oc-
curing Saturday.

Henry Ruff, the young man who
was mistaken for deer and shot by
his hunting partner last Friday at 8 80 ,
near his home in the Meadows across
the Clearwater, passed away on Satur
day at 2:30 o'clock The shooting as
near as we can learn, occurred in about
the following manner:
Prince Johnston, for whom Young
Ruff had worked on his farm near
kGrangeville at one time and with whom
Elhe was very friendly, had been invited
to come over to the Meadows with his |
father and have a deer hunt, and they
had accepted the invitation. Henry
Ruff and brother had purchased the
Whitman ranch ON Meadow creek some
time ago, and he and his young four
teen year old brother were living there.
The young men went hunting Thurs
day morning together, but had become
separated. Prince had seen deer go
mp a ridge and was following along
below looking for it. All at once he
saw what he took to be a deer jump
over a log as though it was coming
down the hill toward him. He waited
with the gun covering the opening
ahead; something moved from behind
appeared to be the lightish color of the
lower portion of the deers body, and he
fired just little higher. The cry of
his wounded friend was the response
which froze his blood for the moment,
then he ran to his friends aid, only to
find that his aim had been all too
accurate. The soft-nOSe bullet from
his 30-30 had entered the right side at
the hip bone and penetrated the
body at an upward angle, passing
through the abdominal cavity. Ruff
had killed a deer and was dragging it
down the hill by stick which he had
inserted in its mouth, giving it the ap-
pearance of moving forward, and when
Johnston saw the animal Ruff had just
jerked 1t over a log, which threw it
up in the attitude of jumping the log.
Ruff then stopped resting beside
tree. He was wearing pants of light
fawn color, easily mistaken for deer.
1t was not careless thoughtless mis-
take of a reckless hunter. The young
hunter below had seen real deer
jump over log; he saw something
easily mistaken for deer move beside
4 the tree; the act which followed was
4 the most natural in the world. 1t
was an unfortunate case, but 1t was
4 an unusually deceptive case. As a
81 man of cool Judgment and great hunt
& ing experience said to the writer: 1T
8 was an unusual case; one that would
most likely have deceived the most
experienced hunter and have caused
s him to fire the shot"
A horse was secured and the nervy
syoung man rode TO their cabin in his
Dadly wounded condition. Prince
phoned in to DIR. Slusser to come i'm
mediately that he had shot his friend
through the The doctor started
IS in his auto at six soc clock. transferring
n at the AfccQmas ranch to one of their
Il vehicles He later phoned for DR..
Jesse Rains, who went to his assist
II ance.
The neighbors throughout the whole
= section came to render aid and re-
sponded to every call that was made
q upon them with promptness and cheer
& fulness unsurpassed; the McComas
family especially making several long
and unpleasant trips TO assist the doc
tors in their mission OF mercy. But II
soon became apparent TO the medical
4 2men that their efforts were all in vain
and that no earthly power could save
81 the life of the wounded man. He did
e not suffer greatly, and at times talked
81 to surrounding friends. At one time
VI he said to Princ6.ss know you feel ten
4 times worse over this than / do" He
held no cf1emity, and uttered no ex-
81 preston of censure; but was cheer.
n full and brave to the end
The remains were brought to Grange
q vile Sunday evening by Undertaken
q Maugg, who left here Saturday even.
] ing. The funeral was preached by Rev
n Wood, Tuesday at o'clock p. M, and
8 the remains were followed to their last
resting place by the brother and tive
I sisters, who came here from Roslyn
N and the younger brother who was with
the deceased at the ranch, and a mum
Der of sympathizing friends, including
4 the Johnston brothers and their neigh
bors
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