Ernest Emery BONNELL, 20 year old s/o Wm BONNELL of 101 Simnds Street, St. John, was instantly killed near Spruce Lake yesterday afternoon by the accidental discharge of a gun. He with Robt. McKAY, Wm McKAY, (his son) of Hilyard Street and Jefferson KINNEAR started out early Saturday morn. for a day's shooting at the lake. It was their intention to have returned in the eve., but the elder McKay had an attack of rheumatism and was unable to walk into town. The party spent the night in an old camp, making themselves as comfortable as possible. When morning dawn they did not feel like tramping up with their guns on Sunday. It was decided to remain in the McPherson road till dusk. The party had just finished their lunch about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when a rabbit ran past them. Robt. McKay and Kinnear started out after the rabbit, leaving the two young men to finish their lunch. After a little they too went after the rabbit. Bonnell did not take his gun with him. He had left it standing against a tree and when young McKay called out to him to get it he ran back to the tree. Catching hold of it by the barrel, he pulled it toward him. The trigger caught in a limb at the base of the tree and the gun was discharged. The contents, a heavy charge of shot, entered his head just above the right temple, blowing the top of his head off. His brain was scattered in all directions. Young McKay ran to him, at the same time calling out to his father and Kinnear. The poor fellow moaned slighty but did not speak. He died almost immediately after he was shot. His hair was burned and one side of his face blackened by the powder. The deceased was a sail maker.