The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Brown, J.A.
issued: 2022-08-29
issued: 1926-04-01
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note: THE PRINCETON STAR Published in the Interests of Mining add Agriculture in the Similkameen >M: Twenty-Seventh Year—No. 20 PRINCETON, B.C., THURJSDAY, APRIL J, 1926 PER YEAR: Sa.oo Cash Single Copy gc. Supposed Toy Was Loaded Revolver OWNER OF THE GUN RECEIVED INJURY WHICH FORTUNATELY IS NOT OF A SERIOUS NATURE 60ALM0NT NEWS By C. R. M. Last Saturday noon Ernie Garrison picked, what looked like a toy revol- ver, and which he thought was a cigar lighter, from an open drawer in a dresser before which Lynn Q. (Tug) Wilson, proprietor of the place in which the incident happened, was adjusting his collar and tie. Ernie got the surprise of his life when he snapped the trigger. The weapon, instead of producing the innocent little flame expected, discharged a .32 calibre bullet which found lodgement in "Tug's" side. |5 ~—-.. . The injured man-was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Smith examined the wound and took x-ray photographs in order to locate the bullet. In the meantime the hapless cause of the accident was required to appear and arrange $5,000 bail, pending the nature of the "Injury irhiph had been inflicted, and the possibility of an investgation being necessary, if. Fortunately the injury was not of ai serious nature. The bullet struck a rib and glancing outward and downward- was shown by Jhie x-ray photo to be buried in the muscles of the baqk. There, it is understood, ;it will be allowed to remain, unless its presence should cause discomfiture which is not expected at the present. It was not the first time that /Tug" has been under fire as he sa/f considerable front line, service/ during the great war. WILL KEEP GARBAGE WELL BACK FROM ROAD It was brought to the attention of the board of trade on Monday evening that the garbage at the dumping ground on One Mile road was encroaching altogether too closely upon what is to be a section of our trans- provincial highway. It was considered advisable to have as much of the rubbish burned as possible and the balance scrape…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26). Bottom of page cut off.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0418745
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text