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Show ' CHAIH.KS CLVKK li.VDLY I U'OIXDKI) liV PISTOL BILLET) 1 ' I ,1 Charles Clark, son of Daniel Clark of this city, who is staying with his J grandmother, Mrs. Charles Craw-j forth of Spring City, was severely! i j wounded in the arm by a bullet from '' a "supposed to be empty" 45-caliberi revolver, Thursday evening. i Charles, along with some of his' playmates, were making valentines In the basement of a neighbor's i H home, when one or the boys spied a large revolver in one corner of th" room. The boys examined the gun, thinking it was not loaded, but when one of the youths attempted to put it back in its place, his finger ac-cidently ac-cidently touched the trigger and the bullet pierced young Clark's right arm, about four inches above tho t wrist, coming out on the opposite rC side. Dr. Sundwall, who was Immediate ly summoned, dressed the boy's wounds, and found that many or the , bones in the wrist were badly broken and splintered. I At tho present time tho lad Is get ting along as well as can bo expected. |