Show HOLD UP YOUR HANDS an almost fatal result of foolishness RECKLESS A JOKE which byarly lands his victim in alie realms of kingdom come A warning to practical joker special to the ENQUIRER conn dec 30 hold up your hands you tenderfoot I 1 am eeck less bobby and will blow conr head off shouted young harry mitchell junior clerk in the borough iee yesterday rooming to lester bennett the western mail carrier the two had previously been engaged in a tri scrap in the fenced off portion of the post office where the sorting is dono and bennett biad just settled down to enjoy a morning paper when li had relieved himself of the above quoted remark he posed dramatically in front of bennett with a 34 caliber army revolver leveled at his head before the mail agent could realize the situation there was a deaf 1 ening report followed by the whiz of a bullet through his whiskers and out of the window into the board fence bennett springing to ilia feet exclaimed im shot and ran out into the street his face and eyes were filled with powder and there was a farrow through his heavy beard made by the flying bullet both men wera nearly frightened out of senses the police were quickly on the scene as were also a hundred other citizens but aa the shooting was looked upon as purely accidental no arrests were made the weapon used was an i old one and supposed to be harmless SHE DID OF A special to the md dec 39 while alien F bernhart was before the bar of tho police court this on the charge of bigamy the funeral of ida benhart his second wife was taking place her old father says that she died of a broken heart when a policemen went to her house to serve a summons to appear as a witness against bernhart he found that death had sealed her lips bengart was married april 9 pa to mary then assuming the name of day wait on the of last july he married ida worthington a widow with two children his dead wife was 37 years of age and left two children while in jail awaiting a preliminary trial he wrote tiyo letters to his dying wife not knowing of her condition and asking hei to bring him a to tho jail besides his first wife another good looking little woman who claimed him as the father of hex two children appeared against him it was learned that he was engaged to be married to another young girl in this city when told of the death of his second wife he made no comment he was committed tor the action of the grand jury |