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Show HALLOWEEN PLAY SERIOUS Chicago Boy Is Shot in Game of Hold-TJp CHICAGO, Nov. 1. Halloween proved serious Id the residence of William Will-iam Hood last night Cleveland Hood, a 13-year-old son, was shot during a game of "hold-up" by Frank Wright, a ln ..f the same age. Young Hood was shot Just above the heurt. He was taken to the hospital, hos-pital, where an operation was per-tiiiun-.l, and II was reported thai the outcome f ih- wounds wa.s in doubt. The ahootlng was accidental. The revolver re-volver belonged to Mr Hood and the boys did not look to see If It was loaded. Henry Cannon and Harold Tully, two other boys were dressed -is girls, and a street scene v.as acted out, where the robber steps from a dark alley and cries: ' Hands up or you are dead nin'." Wright was playing the part of the robbei H I and the masquerading girls were the victims. All went well :,iid Hood showed the proner amount of fight, when he found himself looking look-ing into the muzzle of a revolver As he was muttering some fanciful stage talk, his fright became a reality, for the "empty" revolver was discharged dis-charged and the boy sank to the floor Wright was taken to the police station, sta-tion, but was released Inter |