From the Ogden Standard Examiner (Ogden, Utah) 
February 22, 1940

MINE FOREMAN
FATALLY SHOT
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   SUPERIOR, Wyo., Feb . 22. -- (AP) -- Samuel Gillilan, 49-year-old mine company foreman, was trying out the .22 caliber rifle he gave his son, George, 19, for Christmas.
   The gun discharged and Gillilan was fatally injured, a bullet wound in his right temple. County Coroner J. Warden Ople said the shooting apparently was accidental and resulted when Gillilan arose from the kneeling poition he assumed while shooting at bottle targets.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010