Show attempted suicide james jamea palmer of Gran Grants villo shoots himself with a revolver volver Ee GUA july 12 just juat before noon today to day wilford palmer the 15 year old son of james palmer of this place attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the breast with a 38 calibro calibre revolver revolve the cause for the deed was that his fatuck had given him a scolding tho the facts are as follows this morning young toung woodruff with an older elder brother were sent cent out to do some work a short distance diata uco from home wilfred who in some way had secured a revolver amused himself by y shooting birds birde and did not tho the task allotted him when they arrived at noon the father upon learning ng that the work had not been performed administered a reproof to tho the boy for his hia neglect and thon with the older boy went to the house for dinner act aa moon as they got into the hou house so wilfred walked out to the hay stack and placing the ro revolver volver to his hia left L M amt fired inflicting a wound which will in all probability prove brov i e vio tho bullet entered his breast just under tho the heart and passed through lodging in vie the spinal column on the loft side ide medical aid waa at once dummond and all that was possible was done for tile the wounded boy he was waa alive at last accounts but the wound IB pronounced necessarily fatal nie young man had heroo fore mado threats that lie ho would take his own life and the reproof from his father fur mailed the pretext S L herald |