SENSATIONAL SHOOTING CASE.
A madman gives tli© Soldiers a scare. In Sydney recently a sensational shooting case occurred at’the Paddington Barracks; At * \ about balf-past 2 o’clock a man was seen looking curiously about the entrance of the barracks. No one accosting him, he entered and walked towards the sentry on duty, who was a few paces from him, He then drew arevolver and fired; but luckily he fired low. The shot hit the sentry, inflicting an ugly - wound in the leg. The man then rushed away to the guardroom, which he entered,, firing shot after shot. Several soldiers narrowly escaped the balls, one of which whistled close beneath Sergeant Pirie’s nose. The sergeant, - however, concluded that he had madman to deal with, and said, il Don tbe a fool. Drop that revolver, and shake handa|| The would-be assassin did so, and' no sooner was his hand gripped than it was held fast The sergeant closed with the man, others came to his assistance, and in a few moments the disturbance -was coded by the prisoner j being securely handcuffed. A large number of cartridges were found in his pockets.' He . * proved to be a man named Wijliam Hunter, suffering from religious mania,
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1058, 11 July 1883, Page 2
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