Show YOUNGSTER IS SHOT BY IS COMPANION A At t the home of Peter 01 North Thirteenth Thirteen th West e t street yesterday Herbert erbert W W. Lofthouse 5 years ol old an anson and andson andson son of Herbert Lofthouse was shot shot and and seriously woun wounded ed by Alfred Martin a fifteen year old y old ar-old messenger er boy Martin and other boys hoys were playing pInyin with a 22 caliber rifle belonging belonging- to Paul 11 years old The ball entered the l left ft arm of tho the Lofthouse Lofthouse- child passed through the ab abdomen ab- ab b- b domen lomen lodged in the fleshy part of or orthe the right leg leba The Tho child was tal taken en to the German American hospital where it was reported this morning morning- that thal while his condition was serious he lie had a fair fall fairchance fairchance chance to recover The police pollee were told that young Martin Marlin was as coming comin from a chicken coop where they had been pla play play- Ing with the rifle loa loaded ed an and the tho hammer hammer ham ham- mer cocked when It was discharged As soon as the thc Lofthouse child fell fen Alar Martin tin picked him up and carried him to to hi his mother who lives next door Martin claimed that the shooting was b ba a accidental The rhe boy who owns the rifle rIne t told the police pollee that he ho had accidentally shot a playmate in in Park lark City about live years ago |