Show Boy Shot As He I i Part of oi Englishman In I Mock European War LIFFORD COX 14 years of C CLIFFORD age ge West Fifth North street did not know it was was wal loaded A As a result Ralph Clyde Jettie 10 years of age West Fifth North street lies liea in a precarious condition at St. St Marks Mark hospital with a 32 caliber bullet imbedded in his bus back According to the police Clifford obtained a revolver yesterday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- I noon belonging to an older brother and his young youn playmates had suggested sug sug- I that they play war The boy was allowed to keep the revolver with the proviso that he ho take the I unpopular part of Germany in the tha mock European battle Ralph Jettie representing England England Eng Eng- land suddenly charged with his littie littie lit lit- tie band Clifford screamed in terror terror ter ter- when the revolver which he had pointed at Ralph suddenly exploded Ralph fell screaming to the ground and neighbors attracted to the scene sent in a hurried summons to the police The injured lad was wu rushed to the hospital whore where the bullet wa was found to have entered the body less than an inch above the heart It had grazed the lower part of the lung in its progress and lodged somewhere under the left shoulder blade No attempt was made to re remove remove remove re- re move the bullet owing to the boys boy's condition Ralph Jottie is the son of Sar Sarah th Jettie who is a widow According to medical authority the boy has about an even chance for recovery |