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Show jlflN IS SAVED :: ; BY-THICK SKULL Ball Which StriKes WorK-ing WorK-ing Man on Forehead, ' Flattens Against Bone; V- Wound Not Dangerous. ? A2CSA; Aug. JR hard head 'sved George Osgoodby from accidental , death. He was: working in A. P. Grif-, Grif-, -fith's orchard, a short distance from ; the city, when a rifle ball struck him on the forehead over the left eye. Though its force Vas nearly spent. - the bullet flattened out like a piece of ' :. paper. Osgoodby was taken to Azusa, " where the bullet was extracted and the wound dressed bv Dr. Ellis. The strength of the frontal bones is such , ? that the injury is not considered serious. se-rious. ' i Investigation showed that the shot was fired by a boy at target practice, Who overshot the mark. He was a $ considerable distance from the orch- ard where Osgoodby was working, and neither 'could see the other by reason of ihe intervening trees. |