Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-11-16
MISTAKEN FOR DEER.
leon Lord Of Surry Killed by Care
less Hunter.

Leon LORD OF Surry ALLIED Dy care.
less Hunter.
Leon Lord of Surry was instantly
killed Friday by bullet fired by
Frank Saunders of Surry, who shot
at sound and movement in the
bushes, thinking it was a deer, while
hunting in the woods at East Surry.
A distressing feature of the accident
is the fact that, when the scream of
a man told him what he had done,
the man who fired the shot did not
go to his victim, but left him where
he fell, and fled, seeking to hide his
identity. Not until County-Attorney
Whiting and Sheriff Wescott had
! drawn closely about him a net of
circumstantial evidence, did Mr..
Saunders, yesterday morning, come
to Ellsworth and confess his part in
the tragedy. He has been held for
the grand jury, under the special
statute provided for such cases,
furnishing $1,000 bail
The place where the shooting oc-
Cured was near what is known as
the Jarvis woodroad, about a mile
back of the Blue Lantern tea room
: in East Surry. Mr. Lord left his
uOIllO III gully IO " ClOCh III
the forenoon for short hunting
trip alone. Mr.. Saunders was also
, hunting alone in the same vicinity,
neither knowing of the other s
| presence. Shortly before noon Mr..
Lord was making his way through
young growth of hardwood sap
/, lings toward the Jarvis road. Mr.
| Saunders, who was in the road,
I heard the sound and saw the bushes
| move, and without stopping to see
his mark, fired.
| The point from where the shot
was fired to where Mr.. Lord stood
| was only eighty-six feet. Mr.. Lord
was wearing dark suit, with red
patch on his cap and red ribbon on
! his sleeve. Even ordinary caution
on the part of Mr.. Saunders would
have prevented the accident.
The 5000 bullet, already mush-
roomed from where it passed
! through two or three saplings
struck Mr.. Lord in the right side
and passed through his heart
Death must have been practically in
Simultaneous. Mr.. Saunders fired
/ but once.
Not stopping to see whether OF
not his victim was beyond help, Mr.,
| Saunders went home by a round
, about way, saying nothing about the
| accident. When Mr. lord did not
return home Friday afternoon, a
searching party was organized, and
J searched far into the night. The
i search was resumed early Saturday
morning, and Francis Smith, follow.
ing Mr.. Lords tracks in the light
snow, soon came upon the body.
DR.. Knowlton, medical examiner
and Deputy Sheriff Patten were
notified, and were soon at the spot
and County Attorney Whiting and
Sheriff Wescott, the latter being
away from home Saturday, con.
t1nued the investigation Sunday anc
Monday, with the result as already
stated.
The victim of the accident was
twenty-eight years of age, the only
son of the late Clarence Lord, and
the main support of his widowed
F, mother. He leaves also two sisters
Ethel and Myra Lord. He was a
young man who had the respect OF
the community. He was a member
of Lejok lodge, I. o. o. F., of Ellis
worth. The funeral was held al
the church in Surry Monday after
noon, Rev. E. S. Gahan officiating
A delegation from Lejok lodge con.
Quoted the service of that order.
Saunders is twenty-seven years
old, and has a wife and four chill
dren.