The Deadly Pea-rifle.
— o — John Jarmey, aged 24, met his death under tragic circumstances at Palmerston yesterday. He was a farmhand at Mr Chinnery Brown’s and after tea was larking with a servant girl, Ethel Linton, in the kitchen. He offered to kiss her, and she playfully exclaimed that she would shoot him. At the same time she picked up a pea-rifle that was lying behind the door, and pointed it at his head. The next moment Jarmey was writhing on the floor in mortal agony, a bullet having entered his eye and pierced his brrin. Jarmey was an. Englishman who had served in the Boer War with the Norfolk Regiment, and was the possessor of several medals. The girl is completely prostrated.
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 6, 12 January 1906, Page 3
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123The Deadly Pea-rifle. Waipukurau Press, Issue 6, 12 January 1906, Page 3
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