A MOCK DUEL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 3 December 1912, Page 5

A MOCK DUEL

TRAGEDY AT TOKO.

(By Tde.gmvh — Prtst Aunnntinm.) STRATFORD, Last Night.

Arthur Fred Lawrence aged eighteen, was the victim of a fatal"shooting accident at Toko on Saturday, night. A circus was to have performed in the township that evening, but failed to arrive. Lawrence, with a number of companions, was running a mock circus in a room used as a gymnasium. A duel was announced between Lawrence and a boy named Corbett, aged seventeen. The boys,took down two shotguns from the Avail, and commenced a duel. Lawrence snapped the trigger repeatedly, then Corbett responded. There was a loud report, and Lawrence fell, the charge lodging in his jaw and throat. Dr Steven was summoned, and the,unfortunate lad was conveyed to the Stratford Hospital, hut died before 'admittance. An examination of the gun showed that both barrels .had been left loaded. An inquest is to be held to-dav.

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