Show I KIN OF oris SLAIN LAIN HEIR IS IS' SHOT IN MYSTERY Smith Reynolds' Reynolds Cousin Critically Critically Critically cally W Wounded und d by Pistol Pistol Pis Pis- Pis- Pis tol toT Discharge ALONE IN HOME AT TIME Calls for Ambulance With Bullet in in Brain n By United Unitt PUll Press WINSTON SALEM N N. C. C Nov 26 Winston Salem recovering from the sensation afforded by the death of or young oung Smith Reynolds found a anew mystery today taday in the unexplained shooting of R Robert be t Critz rt Reynolds' Reynolds first cousin Critz critically wounded in what appears to be the accidental discharge of a revolver was at the Winston Winston- Salem hospital in Sin no immediate danger danger dan dan- ger according to his physicians Critz who is 32 years old is believed believed be be- to have been inspecting an antique antique an an- tique pistol in his bathroom when an explosion sent a bullet into his head He was an important witness at the inquest last summer into the death of Smith Reynolds who was found fatally shot after a a dinner party at Reynolda Reynold the f family estate ALONE AtONE AX HOME rh The latent victim Um o oTT t g dy that ha has beset the Reynolds fa family was wiLs was alone in the bathroom of his home when the accident occurred In spite of the fact that the bullet reached his br brain l 1 he succeeded in walking to a telephone and summoning an larice an lance an action which his friends say indic indicates t s conclusively that there was no s suicidal intent On the way to the h hospital spital Critz talked to the driver but refused to speak about his injury The revolver was one owned by his bis father for 50 years After an examination at the h hospital hospital hos hos- spital s pital physicians assured the family that Critz was in no no immediate danger danger dan dan- ger but announced that an immediate operation or any attempt to X-ray X the injury would be impossible E. E W. W a law brother speaking for fort the family said it was wholly probable that the injury was caused by accidental discharge while Critz was looking over his fathers father's pistol There is no reason at all he said why Critz should attempt to take his own life Furthermore it is strange be because aus he was not particularly In interested interested in in- in firearms Critz's mother ther is a sister of ot the late R. R J J. J Reynolds Sr founder of v the Reynolds tobacco principality and father of the late Smith Reynolds Reynold CrUz Critz has been employed as as' a t to bacco buyer by the Reynolds company company com corn pany with most of ot his activities at Durham Two years ago he married Alice Dunkley a sister of another important tant witness withers at the Smith Reynolds inquest They have one son County officials said today that they were not investigating the case since it appeared to be a clear accident The city police have nothing to do with it it as the shooting took place outside the city limits I |