A HOME-MADE GUN.
Alfred Evans, employed at St. Kilda, was taken to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, on 28th ult., with his cheek shattered by a gunshot wound. Although the wound was bleeding heavily, and he was unable to speak, he was conscious, and unless blood-poisoning supervenes will probably recover. A constable inspected the shed at the back of the house where Evans was found, and came across a home-made fun nailed firmly to an upright post, t consisted of two pieces of broomhandle, upon one of which was lashed the burst shell of a 12-bore shot cartridge. The cartridge had been bound on by wire to the end of the stick, and the other stick was tied at the back of the butt. This second stick had a nail driven through it, and the nail was so placed that a tap on the lower end of the home-made trigger would bring it down on the cap. Wnat the gun was made for Evans cannot yet say, and the police can only conjecture. It is not likely, however, from its fixed position on the post, that it was intended to shoot birds. Evans must have been very close to it when it exploded.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 63, 11 September 1909, Page 9
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202A HOME-MADE GUN. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 63, 11 September 1909, Page 9
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