Show Gun accident at sends boy to hospital The condition of Reed who was still confined to the Roosevelt Hospital is reported satisfactory by his A son of Mr and Af ten Richens of Reed was injured when a shotgun he was firing exploded in his The accident happened Saturday June ACCORDING to reports about the Reed had removed the lead shot from a intending to fire it to scare a bull away from some He fired once and the wadding from the shell failed to clear the On the next shot the barrel burst and a piece of the metal from the about 3 inches long and a half flew striking the youth's slashing a deep gash and severing an I ACCIDENT should serve to remind boys or adults it is dangerous to fool with or guns unless one knows exactly what he is and then use every possible precaution to avoid an an investigating officer as he displayed the shotgun at the Standard office |