Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Fri. Nov. 10, 1950. GUN KILLS W. KENDALL. South Woodstock Farmer, 29, Dies from Accidental Wound from Own Gun. WOODSTOCK, Nov. 9--Wayne Kendall, 29, South Woodstock farmer, died today from an accidental wound from his own gun while working in the woods. Kendall this morning took his tractor and trailer and went for a load of wood. A gun enthusiast, he took his rifle with him, as was his custom. When he failed to return home at noon, his wife went to look for him, but was unable to find him. She summoned a neighbor, Clyde Woods, South Woodstock garage proprietor, who followed the tractor tracks into the woods and found Kendall lying beside the vehicle, apparently dead. He called Dr. Albert C. Eastman, who came and found Kendall dead as the result of a bullet wound in the head. Apparently Kendall was shot as he was removing his 22 rifle, containing one shell, from the trailer. The gun evidently caught on a chain and went off. Selectmen L. L. Mounce and Rupert Lewis gave permission to remove the body. They said the death was apparently accidental, but turned the case over to Sheriff Melvin W. Moore for investigation. Sheriff Moore ,who was assisted in the investigation by State's Attorney Pelmer D. Ainsworth and Police Chief Wesley Krupinsky, said the death appeared to be "entirely accidental." Kendall was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.Broderick Kendall. His survivors include his wife, the former Lila Read of Thompsonville, Conn., and two children, age two years and six months. Funeral arrangements are pending. Transcribed by,