Show ALMA PRATT STOPS A BULLET Missile Struck Him In the Back While He Was Riding Down Capitol Hill But Did No Damage Alma Pratt appeared at Police headquarters head-quarters yesterday afternoon and reported re-ported tiatho had been struck by a bullet from a smallcaliber ride while riding down Capitol hill He also said limat lie had reasons to believe that the shot was not a chance one According to his story he wis riding homeward OH horseback when he was startled by the Indistinct crack of a rifle followed by a sharp sling in his back He thought at llrot that he had been wounded but 1 found upon Investigation that the ball strangely enough had not oven penetrated his coat Hurrying back to discover from whence the bullet came he says that he found Il > rum Barton a member of the National Guard who however denied that he J had fired the shot Pratt is said to have reprimanded Barton some time ago for allowing his cows to trespass on Pratts land |