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18I.n18nonntD*=JAMES BUSH SHOT BYACCIDENTAL DISCHARGEfcttt-Pistol Falls on Express Truck and Ball Enters “Breast. Heavy Loss of Blood CausesMuch Anxiety. Hopes HeldnhOut for Recovery.IIII/rrSS01 i itl1CtctcmS'.)«-James Bush was dangerously wounded at the Northeastern depot this morning by the accidental discharge of his pistol. The ball struck just under the right collar rlt; bone ranging a little upward. The loss of blood was heavy and much anxiety, is felt for him. At one time life seemed extinct for some seconds after being placed inthe Y. M. C. A.It seems that the accident came about this way: Expressmen are allowed under the law to carry guns, which the boys here carry in their pockets. Bush had, on starting for this trip, placed Earl Leggett’s pistol and his own in his inside breast pocket. Cleveland Laird, who makes his trip with James Bush, stated that after they reached the depot, as they stood by the truck, near the electric light post to the south of the depot, James Bush took the two pistols from his pack and remarked that they looked exactly alike. At this, as Bush moved his hand down his pocket with both pistols, the Laird boy turned, the pistol firing while his attention was on something else. At the shot he looked and one pistol fell to the ground and Bush pitched the other onto the truck and remarked, “I’m shot.” The only explanation says Laird is that the pistol dropped and struck the edge of the truck.Bush was first laid on a truck on the platform for a few minutes, then removed to the Y. M. C. A.Doctors were unable to locate the ball but his lungsowere not injured and the chances for recovery are much better than were thought at first. He was removed safely to his homo at one o’clock.ofulklt;blPrsemcrheofd;II
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Laurel Ledger
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Thu, Apr 01, 1909
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