STRANGE SHOOTING CASE.
WELLINGTON, La^t Night. A singular ca^s of shooting occui'^ed m Na'rn-sl'eet to-day. A. youug m^n named .Tames Jansen. was liaQdii.ig a small brass toy cannon, which he loaded with powcler and a bu"et. He then strapped it on the table, pointed the muzzle to bis : r*east, a.id d.ischa'-gecl it. Medical n?en tl.unlc the bullet has lodged m his atom -eh, bat w^'eh ha^ mfc yet been extracted. Tf. is impossible to say why he com mi steel ihr> rash act, or even whether he will survive.
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 154, 17 August 1881, Page 3
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89STRANGE SHOOTING CASE. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 154, 17 August 1881, Page 3
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