SERIOUS RESULT OF "TIN KETTLING."

Evening Star, Issue 3205, 29 May 1873, Page 3

SERIOUS RESULT OF "TIN KETTLING."

The Bathurst Free Press states that, on a Saturday night lately, an asomewhat serious nature took place at Wallerawang. A young man named Rosier had a short time before that date taken unto himself a wife, and the newly-married couple had lived in the house of the bride’s father-in-law for the time being. Four men—we cannot say young men, for one of them, we believe, is a master-tradesmen—acquaint-ances of the newly-married pair, being anxious fora “ lark, ” sallied forth with the inlcntir-n of serenading the couple while at the father-in-law’s house, the instruments of music being nothing more nor less than kerosene cans. They commenced the music at some distance from the house, but cca'ed to play and sat down oa their instruments when they bad arrived close to the place. The father-in-law, whose name is Murphy, being considerably annoyed at the disturbance caused by the four visitors, proceeded to the door and threw a stick at one of them, bub the missile did not hit the intended mark. He then went inside, and shortly afterwards the intruders hoard a voice which seemed to proceed from the garden, saying, “ If you’re not out of that in half a minute, I’ll shoot you ” The report of a gun immediately followed, and three of the men f, und themselves wounded. One of these (a young man named M‘Andrews) staggered and fell, and had to be assisted to his resi dence by bis compauhns, who had not been so seriously injured as himself, The police were informed of the occurrence, and after telegraphing to Bathurst, forwarded the wounded man to the hospital hero, where ho now lies. There is a mark of a large shot immediately above his right eye, another on his arm, another on his right fide, several on his breast and legs, while shot seems to have passed right through bis hand. In a'l he has about sixteen shot marks upon his body, but none of them appear dangerous wounds. It was from bis own lips that we received the above particulars. He says that the names of bis three companions were Hoy, Rummery, and Pullen, and that they could not have been more than five minutes at the place altogether. He accounts for the great scattering of the shot on the ground that the gun vas fired through the palings, and believes that the person who fired the shot was about thirty yards from where tbe four men were standing. Morphy was arrested by the police, and is, we are informed, now in custody.