THE SHOOTING FATALITY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 112, 15 May 1906, Page 3

THE SHOOTING FATALITY.

„ .ggp. VICTIM'S BROTHERS FOUND

DENIAL OF THE DEED

[PIIESS ASSOCIATION.]

WESTPORT, May 15. Edwin and Cecil Herring, aged 15 and !). brothers of' Lily Herring, who was killed by a gunshot on Saturday, were found last night. They state that they wore not in tho house when the gun went off, but were in the garden and heard the shot. They went inside and found their sister lying dead. They became frightened and ran away into the bush.

It would now appear that tho girl, while engaged in household duties, accidentally knocked the gun down, and it exploded, killing her.