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Show 'Fountain Pen' Wounds Girl As Brother Demonstrates CHICAGO. Seven-year-old Oda Drake III, wanted to show his little sister, Sharon, 5, how a fountain pen works. Oda climbed on Sharon's crib and reached for the mantelpiece, where his father had left a "pen." He climbed down to show it to Sharon, and pulled off the top so the ink would flow out. When nothing happened, he pressed on the pocket clip on the side. There was a loud bang and a flash of fire. Sharon fell back wounded and unconscious. Mrs. Azalea Drake, the children's mother, rushed from the kitchen. She called a taxi and took Sharon to a hospital. Physicians said the child had a fractured skull and gave her an even chance to recover. re-cover. The father, Oda Drake Jr., a factory fac-tory worker, said the "pen" was a .S2 caliber fountain novelty pistol given him as a present five years ago. "I thought It was out of the reach of the children," he said. |