FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
STRATFORD, Dec. 2. Arthur Fred Lawrence, aged 18, was the victim of a fatal shooting accident at Tob on Saturday night. A circus was to have performed in the township that evening, but failed to arrive. Lawrence, with a number of companions, .was running a, mock circus in a room used* as a gymnasium. A duel was announced between Lawrence and a boy named Corbett, aged 1.7. : The boys took down two ! shot guns from the walls, and commenced the duel. Lawrence snapped the trigger repeatedly, and then Corbett responded. There was loud report and : Lawrence fell, the charge lodging in the jaw and throat. Dr Stevens was summoned, and. the unfortunate lad. was oolrveyed .to Stratford Hospital, but he died before .admittance. Ani examination of the xnri showed that both barrels had been left loaded. ~' :
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 287, 3 December 1912, Page 5
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139FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 287, 3 December 1912, Page 5
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