The sun., 1917-02-26
EDWIN GOULD, JR., KILLED;
FIRES GUN USED AS CLUB;
TRACEDYATyE yEKYL ISL LAND
His Weapon Discharged While
He Tries to Stun Trapped
RaccOOn.
BODY DUE HERE TO-DAY
Mother i'm New York Pros
trated-Father in Florida
When News Reaches Him.

Edwin Gould, Jr., grandson Of Jay
Gould. nephew of George J. Gould and
the older of the two sons of Edwin
Gould. president OF the St. Louis and
Southwestern Railroad. was killed early
last Saturday night by the accidental
discharge of his own shotgun while nc
was attempting to stun a trapped rae
coon on Latham Hammock. the Gould
island game preserve two miles from the
Jekyl Island winter resort. short dis
tance off Brunswick. Ga.
The news reached the members OF the
Gould family in this city early yestcr-
day morning. David II. Taylor of 10
Broadway. legal representative and per-
sonal friend of Edwin Gould. Sr.. oh
tained the details of the accident by tele-
phone from members Of the Jekyl Island
Club. and learned also that the body 81
the young man. which was embalmed
! yesterday morning at Brunswick. Ga.
! will arrive here this afternoon in care
! of the father.
Young Gould. who was in his twenty
| fourth year. left Jekyl Island at p. NJ.
with a companion on Saturday In
| canoe. landed at Latham Hammock. n
| small island where his father and his
fathers friends had often shot ducks, and
| spent several hours hunting and eNamih-
| ing traps and snares that had been set
| for small animals. About I L. NJ. ne
! discovered a large raccoon in one or the
| trans Instead of shooting II he tried to
kin IL with blows from the butt of his
| shotgun. forgetting apparently that the
| gun was loaded.
Death Almost instantaneous.
: After the gun had been jolted heavily
: two or three times the charge in II en-
ploded and the birdshot with which the
! gun was loaded entered Mr.. Goulds body
at the groin and abdomen, having al
| most the power at that close range OF
an explosive shell. Death. Therefore,
was practically instantaneous. Mr.. Gould
was dead before his young companion
! Moves Reynolds of New York. tutor
in the Doyss family at Jekyl Island
could realize the completeness of the
/, tragedy.
The tutor covered the body ran to the
canoe and padded back to Jekyl Island
where he notified members OF the Jekyl
Island Club at the clubhouse. Half a
dozen men returned with the tutor To
Latham Hammock. found Mr.. Gould
body and took il to Jekyl Island. II was
after II r NJ. when they returned and
Edwin Could. Sr, at st. Augustine. Fla.
The father directed that the body he
embalmed and shipped to New York
immediately Railroad connections wer,
such that II was Impossible for him tt
reach Brunswick TO meet the body of his
son. 50 he went on to Savannah anG
Joined il there
At ttr,nswick where the body ol
Young Mr.. Gould had been embalmed
the Gould private car Dixie was waiting
and the body was placed aboard the car
Al savannah the Dixie was attached t.
n fast train which is due to arrive here
at o:45 +. NJ, to-day.
Mother Frustrated.
Mrs. Edwin Gould. the young mans
mother. was infd1med yesterday morn
ing of the death OF her son after Mr.
Taylor had corroborated over the Ions
distance telephone the first brief mes
sage received by telegraph. She wa:
Frustrated by the shock Mr. Taylor
said last night she was doing as well al
could h. expected under the circum
stances. Various members OF the Goult
family George Jay Could, Mrs Heller
Gould Shepard and her husband amons
them. called at the Edwin Gould home
at 936 Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon
Edwin Gould. Jr., had been at tn,
Jekyl Island winter resort since Christ
mas, spending most of his time hunting
and fishing, of which he was eXtremel.
fond. When the Edwin Gould place OF
, Jekyl Island was closed few days agt
young Mr.. Gould moved to the club
house. He had been employing par
of his time while in the Soutl
in studying finance, preparatory T.
taking desk in the Guarant.
Trust Company next year. Before h
made up his mind to enter business h.
had studied law under private tutors
with the expectation of being admitte
to the bar All OF his education ha.
4 been privately received. He had neve
gone 10 college, His younger brother
Frank Miller Gould. is freshman a
Yale.
Reports Of the accident received las
night from Jekyl Island and from Bruins
wick, Ga, stated that young Gould ha
been warned by friends on several occa
sions to be more careful in handlin
: loaded guns. his habit OF carrying
? shotgun or rifle without the safety cate
snapped on having been noted. TIL
young man who was with him when II
was killed told members Of the Jek,
l Island Club that II was impossible I
say just what discharged the shotgun
, but he believed the trigger had bee
pulled by being caught in part OF tn
raccoon trap.
Edwin Gould. Sr.. had been at Jeky
Island with his son for a week. and unit
the day before lhc fatal accident whc
he went to st. Augustine. Fla, with hi
| friend Col Nelson Burr. Mrs, Goul'
the young mans mother, was plannin
tc join her husband and son at Jek!
Island but had been delayed because
the illness of her mother, Mrs. GeorG
+ Shrady, who is recovering from a
attack OF pneumonia, Mrs, Gould
father was one of President Grant
physicians Her brother. DR.. George
Shrady. is now superintendent of II
aqueduct police.
The Gouds have been prominent men
bers OF the Jekyl Island colony for
number Of years and their cottage Is OF
OF the handsomest on the island. whIC
since the European war especially h,
grown in popularity among persons
great wealth who formerly spent the
winters on the Riviera or at other Eur
pean resorts.
Latham Hammock. two miles fro
Jckyl Island. was purchased sever
years ago by Edwin Gould Sr