Latest Particulars. [BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN REPORTER.]

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1610, 28 October 1882, Page 3

Latest Particulars. [BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN REPORTER.]

Auckland, Last Night. From the police icport it appears that the father's -wound extends from below the right rar to the left w here the missile had lodged. Drs. Dal/iel and Sandcs extracted the ball, but not without borne ciilliculty. The youth's wound is considered to be a more serious one, as the shot entered the jaw close under the right ear, and loged in a vital part of the neck. It is with the greatest difficulty that this sufferer can swallow anything. Both shots were lircd with a six-chambered Colt'b revolver. On the evening previous to the committal of the deed, the youth and his father were down in a gully near to their residence, engaged in ball practice, with the object of seeing which was the be^t shot. The father and son slept in the same room, but in different beds. About 4.4.1 a.m. the inmates of the house were aioused bj' the report of fireaims, and on going into Mr Long's bedroom Mr. Adams was informed by the elder Long that he had been shot by his son. The youth then pioeecdcd to the kitchen, where he shot himself About five months since Lon^ gave his son £70, which he soon squandered, and it is believed that the fact of there being but small chance of getting any moic was the cause of the attempted minder, and suicide. Dis. Dalziel and S.indcs met in consultation this forenoon regarding Messrs Long. They icpoit that the oa-.es are progi easing as favoiably as could be expected, but would not take the responsibility of ordering their removal to the hospital in their present condition. Mi Long, senr., is still suffering from the shock to his ncivous system, but has slept a little during the forenoon. The son is not feeling the piesence of the bullet so much as lie did ye«teiday, an 1 can swallow with loss difficulty, so that the doctor^ do not consider it advisable to make anj further attempt at present to search for the bullet.