April 2, 1916 ~ BOY SHOOTS HIS BROTHER.

April 2, 1916

BOY SHOOTS HIS BROTHER.

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Twelve-Year-Old Is Seriously Wounded When Children Play 'Bad Man.'

Charles Watson, 12 years old, was shot and seriously wounded yesterday afternoon by his 9-year-old brother, Will, at the Watson home, 3026 York street.  Charles was playing in the yard and his younger brother was in the house.  The children's mother and father were absent at the time.  Charles entered the house and was met by Will, who pointed a small rifle at him.

"Hold up your hands," shouted  Will. "I'm playing that I am a bad man."

He pulled the trigger. The bullet entered his brother's right temple, just over the eye.

Will, frightened when he saw his brother fall, rushed out of the house, screaming for help.  Neighbors picked up the wounded child and took him to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Monroe, 3019 Poplar street.  He later was taken to the General hospital.

The boy's condition is critical, phycicians believing that his chance for recovery is slight.

The two boys are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Watson.