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near Sperryville, Lewis county; James Stoddard, of Oak Bluff, Canada, 

 was near Malone on October 3rd when a gun he carried exploded acci- 

 dentally; Frank Tansley of Rockwood on October 28th stumbled on a log 

 and his exploding gun sent a bullet through his abdomen; Frank White, 

 a farmer residing at Malone, accidentally shot and killed himself on Novem- 

 ber 14 while deer hunting at Duane. 



Among those injured were Albert Fisher, who, while hunting on Roger 

 Mountain near Saranac Lake was shot through the body by some person 

 unknown who mistook him for a deer. Charles Osier of Tupper Lake on 

 September 22, while trailing a rifle along the ground, blew off his right 

 hand and part of his arm. Charles DeLong of Fort Plain on November 

 4th accidentally shot himself in the right side. 



Mr. Wolcott's detailed report is as follows: 



So far as has been ascertained there were 1 5 shooting casualties during 

 the hunting season of 1909 in New York State, as compared with 7 last 

 year and 17 in 1907. Of the casualties this year, 5 or 6 proved fatal, 

 whereas last year there were only two fatalities. About one-half of the 

 shooting accidents reported this fall occurred in the Adirondacks and 

 two or three were due to persons being mistaken for deer. 



September 17. — Jesse Moyer of Chases Lake, aged 26 years, while 

 hunting about 15 miles from Sperryville, Lewis county, was shot and killed 

 by an unknown hunter. 



September 19. — Herbert Westcott, while near Eaton Brook Reservoir, 

 Madison county, was accidentally shot in the left arm by some boys who 

 were hunting in the woods near by. 



September 20. — Albert Fisher, of Saranac Lake, while hunting on 

 Roger Mountain, was mistaken for a deer by an unknown hunter and shot 

 through the body. 



September 21. — Charles Osier, who had been working on the Whitney 

 preserve in the Adirondacks, while near Horseshoe, accidentally discharged 

 his rifle and the bullet went through his right hand, shattering it, passing 

 out at the elbow. 



October 8. — Henry Lewis, proprietor of the Wayside Inn, Lake Clear 

 Junction, while hunting at Little Fish Pond, twelve miles from Saranac 





