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Show SHOT BETWEEN THE ICE HOUSE 10 WATER Till Details of a painful shooting acci (.em were related In police court this i iflrning afur J. R Morris. V Hill, Robert Kitty, John Riley and Ed Brandon bad pleaded guilty to drunk - enm -s The five were arresbsd Saturday Sat-urday evening after Brandon had been wounded by a 22 calibre blank piatol iu the hands of Hill According to the various stories, Harvey Hansen, a 12-year-old boy was invading the 'jungles" in search of bottles. When he came to the place where the five were camped, he asked for the empty bottles lying ly-ing near and was niven permission to take them. Hill, It Is claimed, took from the boy a toy pistol and playfully placing it against Brandon pulled the trigger The paper wad and force of the powder carried clothing into the skin of the victim. "Where did you shoot him?" asked the judge. "Between the Ice bouse and the water lank," was Hill's reply. Riley was given a sentence of tbiee days and Hill was held lor Investigation. In-vestigation. The others In Ihe party re given suspended sentences. Brr.ndon. remained, however, to receive re-ceive treatment from tiie city physician. phys-ician. Will MsLaren, charged with drunkenness drunk-enness was given a sentence of five days or $5 when he pleaded guilty. |