BOY'S DRAMATIC ACT.
SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH A TOY PISTOL. [BY telegraph.—press association.] Palmerston Xortit, Wednesday. A boy named Sydney Carson, aged 13 years, shot himself in the head with a toy pistol this morning. Death ensued some hours later, and an inquest will be held tomorrow. It appears that lie had a dispute with an elder brother about the pistol, and, when his father subsequently demanded possession of it, the boy, it is stated, placed it to his forehead and fired.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 5
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