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Show PRANKISH GIRL IS SHOT BY MISTAKE Her Hat Blew Into Neighbor's Yard, and .He Thought She Was a Chicken Thief. DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 7. Leon a White-house, White-house, aged 17 years, was seriously, and perhaps fatally, shot by mistake by William Wil-liam Massey, a near neighbor, last evening. even-ing. With two other girls, Miss Massey dressed In boy's clothing and went about the neighborhood of her home, corner of South Ninth street and West Tenth avenue, ave-nue, ringing door-bells and playing similar sim-ilar pranks. Her hat blew Into Masey's yard, and when she went after It Massey, thinking hT a chicken thief, fired at her with a pistol, the ball taking effect In her face. Indicting a dangerous wound. Miss Whitehouse Is a daughter of James Whitehouse, a sculptor, now with John IX MeGilvray, the building contractor, in San Francisco. |