A GIDDY GUNMAN.
" Prairie " Bill's Bad Blunder. Shoots a Mug m the Mug. i And is Committed to the Supreme ! Court. { "I'ralrie Hill, 1 or Mr. William Me Cloud, the Yftitkeo gun -man wan la to, be n little more keerful with his shootIn' ironH, or ono of theße day« he might hit the object he «hoot« at. Bill, some years ago, throw <lown the "ky-urds." mked m bis chips, got aboard his muatung an<l bid "pood -bye" to the boyn
i of Scbk-inter tnltilnp town In the Wild | West- 1111 l had bocn otUccutcd to the | fiiel, that i I "DKKD.S SI'KAK LOl.?I)KR THAN j WO I IDS." 1 tiiwl In llils way ho learned to hliool, j I and n-ckoiK'd thut with llio Mhootln' i I IrotiH ho could drive a nail Into :i wall, blow th<! eyi' out of v no^dlo. iho froth off of a louk Hle'trvor. and atao blow what h* could do. Hot till HIII'h blowing iiixl tiliootin' ffot a b«d blow whf-n h«< bltuv Into th«- \ Amkland Show about < "tirlMiuurt, [ wh(>ro « Rtmy bullet from onoybf hiK , j (runM nearly ejiiis«*ri tin* und«'rtiik«T lo ' : recolvo a sj>^cdy ord«-r. Sin«'<* Ihrn j I Uttlo huj< been licitrrl of "rr«lrlo Hill" ; : and lilk wontH'rfm »hoon«. tin th* 4 ro> ' [ cfut Walkato Show, wh<-n ho agiilii j i mndf lil»nj»**lf famous for h\n bad ; Hhootlnjf. Whll'? th«'r<> !»■• wan trralihcd ! • by the John Department, l>rt>ueht i«
■the Police Court at Hamilton, <ui4 charged with having caused netunl bodily harm to one l.csllo Wilson 'by Hhooting him with v rifle bullet. Sergeant Hnstie tmU\ that MoCl&ud whs at the Show giving dltiplriys * : ot nno shooting. He invited anyone prosent to go Into the tent and he woiild .CHU> THK ABII OI'F A CIfJARISrTB hold In the inotiUk.of. thu invitee. Tim only mug on the ground w . l 3 |,f«,Uo Wilson. Lighting n "fatf" Leslie -.wit down on a box ui'thn'tcnL with ihn '■fagr"'ln his mouth. IV II picked up M\fl rifle. hru.Hhed buck hlh 'flowing lock*, and pulled tho irlgger. ' Tho 'Tug"' disappeared, and Leslie foil oft* the box. Tho crowd laughed and enjoyed AUo Joke immensely. HIM said, "See. I hiv« shot him dead! " Everyone laughed again, except. \Vllhoii. Someone went to the fallen youth, and found not oh.'y tho cigarette Kone, but also part of tho mug* Jaw. "l'mirie" tumbled then to tho fact thnt It wjih no joke, and «ent , for « doctor, who ATTKNOBf) TO THE ML'Ci'K MTQ. and tho show cloned. J^itor, the. mnjr fuskeil Bill about tblußH, and tooly JCJ to p«y Jlniim»j»"«' i Ijiwyor KosrcrK told tho i!ourt Uill would plvc an exhibition of" liln aktti. If neeewjiiry. Hergoant llustlo was willing, It Mm lawyer held the cigarette between'- bin teeth. ' The Sorpcant reckoned that proper f;»rc biwl not \-x-rnx ex*sr«lj»etl by tbe nccuHcd.' If flfjilh had cnnuctl on an InJuo** inflicted under »ueh rJrcunijitante«, MeCloud would Imve been charged with Diutmhiuchtcr. ''.., |,««|h» V'llhom, tho nuip, Mid h^ wan j-»rc«ii«red to lot the matter 'drop. When be xat down on the box be bad neve-n fulHO teeth. The»e di»apyeiir'>«t when ihe bullet tirklrd mm. Hr did not InHtltute pr-orietlinftN a«r/tlnt<t Mcrioud, nn ho had offered to hold the cigarette of hl« own froe will. . The Mnglntniie j*»ld thai \i wa* an unuHual cane and very interesting from a lesal point of view. Tho neeu*<-d re- | llort for bin nitracilon «>n «h« ptiblio bt'll<!\injj thnt there wan j» c<TUiln element of danger. It i«erm<»ij «•> Ilia | \N'ornhJp Unit It- mum neeenwrlly i UK A UANOKnnI'S ACT; ; for inHiiine.e, MrClotid knew iitiiltiiit; about ihe irmpi-mim;iu of bin Mib* I jreth. lib* Wo^blp. Mr. Howr*. ! pointed him Uvu Ihin- WT" iii (m« i tliorliifji d«;ilint,* wiih N«-w | <:»*>;> bcwrlnK dtr«rily on t|i<* < potnt. '• Thci'c wn* !<"'. '«* H'JtJjjtand. any j Act drilling mMh dnitti<-foi>* pf<rform> ' itn'i'Off. li» 'hr «ii«<>K iivallnbl.- for t<»f-».rem-v«. in.'iUfe wan alleu^l. Th"|!« >u»» I i mply » «: : « : *'' " f woimdlns ftiihom i mallrr. ,»*«»n«-lu«lini; t Hii* Worship f<tfl I ii!\v?«>- n«<t •> jmiUU f«>r htm to d"U<e. , Ai^eordtncb b«- commit UmS ,Mr«Mnini <i>r | trial ni ih<- 1 t\nirt bj»it i.e. ! Ing allowed m o»o hiifriy nf JLW' i .'
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NZ Truth, Issue 471, 27 June 1914, Page 12
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689A GIDDY GUNMAN. NZ Truth, Issue 471, 27 June 1914, Page 12
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