FATAL PLAY WITH A REVOLVER
A boy’s play with an automatic pistol led to the death of Agnes Pauline Burnet (17). a domestic servant employod by Dr W. Rogers, at Barry Docks. The boy (who is 13, and the doctor# son, homo for the holidays from Eton) ran into the room in which she was making beds, and asked her to play soldiers with him. He ran downstairs, returning with an automatic revolver, which ha had taken from a crapboard. With tho remark, “Hands up! I’ve got , peashooter," he pointed the weapon to the girl's head and pulled the trig. B< She died before the doctor could reach the bedfoom.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11785, 22 March 1924, Page 11
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110FATAL PLAY WITH A REVOLVER New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11785, 22 March 1924, Page 11
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