Show Boy Me Meets ts Death th Trying to Escape S Ho Hookey key Penalty S MARION md Ind Sept 29 UP CUP Beca Because sc hookey from school and then w wals wis s afraid to go home Phillip Philllp Barkdull 13 was dead today a victim of ot his plan to escape escape punishment for his hb tru tru- truancy ancy With Wilh his playmate Orville Laughlin 12 young Barkdull could not resist a hike into the country in preference to the schoolroom On their way home Phillip evolved a plan to gain ain sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy Instead o of ot punishment at home borne They sat down on a railroad track and Phillip pointed a a revolver revolver ver yes he had taken from his home a at athis his foot fool Twice he pulled the trigger and md nothing happened Shucks th this s gun Is no good S he said and pointing it at hi his his' head pulled the trigger a third time The gun exploded and the boy bay slumped across the thc tracks dead Orville fled led He told the tragic story only after his playmates playmate's body had been found on the railroad tracks his by a train The Chinese government now open I tes ates 80 radio transmitting sets I. I |