OCR Text |
Show A Confession. The "Malicious Ouinieo" in ytatL-rd morning's Hesald has : proven to Le a first class hoax. That the toy was B.iot is true, and he was gbot iu the lc;, as described, but the individual with a slouched hat and overal a who perpetrated the outrage, according to thoutoryof the boys, is a myth. The boy who wa injured, yesterday coaftased that he shot him-sell". him-sell". As he now Bfatea it, a number of boys were fooling with a einglc-barreled einglc-barreled pistol iu the neighborhood of Arsenal hill, when one of them handed it, while half-cocked, lo the boy Adkine. He Btuck it in its pants pocket, or was in the act of doing so, when it was discharged, with the result previously Btaled. He snya the other boys, through foar of being punwhed for carelessness, per-Euaded per-Euaded him to tell the story published yesterday morning. The wounded lad is getting along all right, and will be around in a short time. - The only thing we regret about the matter is on account of tho bitter iudignation ho caused ua to waste. Desiring, as we do, to credit tho bja with the kindneea thoy displayed in (uruishiug such an excellent article, wo must nevertheless cnauro thorn for going b.ick ou the yarn. They should have stuck lo it, or let us so far into the hoax, that wc could havo protected ourselves from unnecc-s sarily wasting any ol cur reserved supply of indignation. |