REVOLVER IN LIBRARY
* ■ WEAPON DISPLAYED BY YOUTH INTERVENTION BY POLICE The activities of "a youth who brandished a loaded revolver in the Canterbury Public Library during the last few days were stopped by detectives yesterday afternoon. The quietness of the library is rarely broken by any excitement, but the sight of the youth waving the revolver and showing it to his friends began to cause some alarm to the staff. The alarm was increased when it was discovered on a recent evening that the revolver was loaded. , .. . Further visits by the youth, who m~de the reference room his headquarters were decidedly unwelcome, and yesterday afternoon the matter was reported to the police after the youth had left the library. Detectives arrived, and the youth was found with the revolver in his possession near the library. It was loaded in one chamber at the time. The conclusion of the incident will probably be a relief to users of the library who saw the revolver and feared that it might accidentally discharge.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22419, 4 June 1938, Page 14
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