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painter by trade, was imot over the heart, with a 33-calibre revolver. The Injured man Is in such condition as to preclude any just verdict lit the matter* but as he has once attempted to take his own life. It Is the opinion of i the police authorities that there is no doubt as to his being responsible for his present sufferings. Ills? wife, who1 is now on the verge of hysterics, had been-away In Hu afternoon and did not return until late, when she found the doors all locked and od one nt homo. About tills time Airs. Huddleston heard a. cry and a shot, but she docs not remember which came ttrst. After the cry her husband came running towards the house. oxcJahnlng that the had been shot. He was looking back and holding his band over the spot just above his hear;, Notwithstanding the fact that Huddleston was able to walk to the house, he was suffering greatly, and the doctors think his condition very serious.Every indication points to the fact that the unfortunate man himself inflicted the wound. Ills own pistol was found in his pocket with one chamber empty and It linit the appearance of having been recently discharged. Huddleston's shirt was also burned, which is regarded as an indication that the pistol had been placed close to Ids breast. The young man Is still under 30 years of age, mid it In alleged that his one falling is intemperance.
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Sun, Sep 17, 1899
Page 14
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