SHOT IN THE HAND
COURTING UNDER FIRE. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Invercargill, Aug. 19. A young man named David Cody, a resident of Heddon Bush, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from a wound in one of his hands caused by a rifle ball. It is stated that he was courting the daughter of a neighbouring farmer, but affairs had not been viewed with favour by the parents of the girl. Their interchange of love messages was chiefly by letters left by Cody in a secret depository near the girl’s home. The other night Cody made his way to the depository. When a -few yards from the spot he wished to reach, he was challenged by someone hidden in the darkness. He took no notice .and a moment afterwards heard the click of what he took to be a rifle. He continued on his way, and had gone some little distance when a report rang out and he was struck by a bullet. It is understood that the bullet struck the bone in his hand, and that it was only removed with considerable difficulty. Another young man, a brother of the girl with whom Cody was corresponding, has been arrested.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 210, 20 August 1914, Page 2
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