OBIT: Roy JAMES, 1904, Elmora, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, November 4, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 43

The Trigger Caught

  "It's a pretty good old gun."
  The words were spoken by sixteen-year-old Roy James, son of Thomas 
James of Elmora, this county, while he and George Weakland, a lad of 
about his own age, sat in the kitchen of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood's house at 
Bakerton Sunday evening waiting for their friend, Charles Wood, to 
finish his supper.  He referred to a double-barreled shotgun which 
stood in a nearby corner, and for which he reached, drawing the weapon 
toward him, muzzle first.  There was a sudden loud report, an 
exclamation of "Oh, my," and the youth pitched forward over the gun, a 
great bleeding wound over his heart. He died within five minutes 
without regaining consciousness.
  The wounded boy's companions and Mrs. Wood who had been in an 
adjoining room were at first almost paralyzed with horror, but soon 
recovered enough to do what they could to stanch the gaping wound, 
pending the arrival of Dr. S. T. Williams of that place.  The physician 
arrived half an hour after the accident to find the patient dead.  It 
is believed he did not live five minutes after receiving the wound.
  The remains of the lad were removed to his home later in the evening 
and early Monday morning word of the fatality was phoned to the office 
of Coroner E. L. Miller of Johnstown. That official was in Pittsburg 
when the message came and did not learn of the fatality until his 
return on the 1:58 train in the afternoon.  Upon hearing the 
circumstances of the case he decided that an inquest would be 
unnecessary.
  The dead boy's mother died about a year ago.  Besides his father, 
Thomas James, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, all 
at home:  Samuel, Bright, George, Edward and Elizabeth.