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Find Bullet Lodged in House Beneath Window on South Main Street HomeA strange incident, and with an•unusually happy ending:, has beenuncovered at the home of Mrs.Peter Keely, of 438 South Mainstreet. The discovery of a large caliber bullet, a few inches below the window frame of the home embedded in the weather boarding, proved that tho residents had a narrow escape from possible injury. Last Friday afternoon, while sitting in a room with a neighbor, Mrs. Keely and her companion heardwhat resembled the report of a pistol. Her neighbor interpreted the ^ound as a window closing rapidly Mrs. Keely declared no win-^*jows were open.On Monday morning Mrs. Keely*chanced to see part of a large caliber bullet, measuring about half an tech in diameter, sticking in theently shot at the level of the mark left in tho house. Apparently the missle had been well spent before striking the house.Bemembering the occurence on the previous Friday afternoon, Mrs. Keely feels fortunate that the bullet did not find Its mark a few inches higher, with the result of possible injury or death to a member ‘of the family.Her father R. C. Cooper, of Transfer, who la her guest, reported the affair to the police, but with no clue to go on, the chances of discovery of tho person firing the shot are slight. It is believed by some that the discharge was accidental, the product of some careless person, either in the borough or some distance away. Bullets of that call-from two to three miles, and theshot may (have beej* flre4 from aKoo$ fceneaOt the aWP*#ipns cmmm
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Greenville Record Argus
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 13, 1927
Page 6
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