GUNSHOT WOUND CAUSED DEATH
Thomas Halpin Jr., Accidentally Killed Yesterday when Gun Discharged and Charge Went through Heart — No Eyewitnesses Present
Thomas Halpin, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Halpin of this city, met a tragic death yesterday afternoon when he was accidentally killed by a gunshot wound through the heart. The unfortunate affair occurred on the young man's farm 14 miles southwest of Pullman while he was out rounding some stock which he was to deliver at Pulman this morning. Word of his death reached Mr. and Mrs. Halpin here yesterday. Mr. Halpin was taken to the scene by C. L. Thompson in the later's auto.
There were no eyewitnesses to the accident, but the position of the body it lay over a barbed wire fence and the fact that a loose piece of wire buried in the ground near the fence was found caught in the trigger of the shotgun which the young man had been carrying, indicated that the shooting was accidental. It was evident that he held the barrel of the gun in his hand while crawling through the fence. Probably the trigger of the gun caught in the wire causing the gun to discharge. Neighbors out rounding up stock on an adjoining farm discovered the lifeless body and notified the authorities. The body was removed to the family home.
The young man was about 32 years of age and was raised on his uncle's farm just west of Moscow. He was well-known to many people of this section. He owned 960 acres of farm land and was energetic and thrifty. Besides a mother and brother, the deceased is survived by a widow.  and three children.
THEODORE WILCOX SUED
By the United Press Associations. 