Show A ESCAPE LEYLAND GRAHAM SHOT LAST NIGHT together with other boya be was delivering valentines at mrs era residence st valentines day the regard sa their own to bend each other Talau tines last eight a number ef boys in the pastime at mra skinners residence on the corner of ath and Q aaretta a little lad of mr william hodson was slyly delivering ft valentine at tho door while at the ete leyland graham the ll year old son of mr john G graham wag coached aith gate waiting suddenly the fah of a reviver was ea and a ran ont on the till biega of the evening air A few aaa meats afterwards a child was ing murder 1 murder I 1 the ball from the revolver had hit leyland graham the boy at the gate while the lids had run away in fright master leyland was picked up and carried into Mr Skinners home where it wai discovered that he had had a escape from instant death the bullet had coma in contact frith the atif fesing of his cap and glanced upward along the boys skull far abot an inch and a half officer strong who was on the pot Bor barlly lly after the report of the revel tir was heard notified mr graham of th accident and doctor WEB immo aed who found the lad wax net grounded it is open to debate as to where the from the ree identa of the house say heard no report hough they heard the boy scream neighbors d the boya say the shot was filoi from alie front ol 01 the house in all probability proba bilty boano yoons fired to frighten the boys and did net hava nse enough to fira into the air at any rate it was a cowardly deed and the crowd which gathered after dearins the shot were in such practices the officers are making some gatica which may throw further ligat on the sut eject and reveal tha person who fired the ahot the wounded lad is resting comfortably today to day LATEK the theory of the officers cars ia thai ef the yuk men of the place filed at a dog which had followed the boys and was standing in the gateway |