Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1920 — MAN’S FACE PARTLY SHOT OFF AT WEDDING “BELLING” [ARTICLE]

MAN’S FACE PARTLY SHOT OFF AT WEDDING “BELLING”

Careless handling of a shotgun on the part of some person at a belling” northeast of town Monday night cost Arthur Bond’s large portion of his face. The gun loaded only with wads, was fired with the muzzle winthin a few inches of Arthur’s face, tearing a big hole m the right cheek and shattering the jaw z bone. ; . The charavan was being held at the home of Mrs. Mac Lowry in the southwest corner of Tippecanoe township, where her son George and his bride were staying following their marriage on Saturday. A number of men and boys of the neighborhood had met by agreement and gdne to the Lowry home to ’bell the couple. ; \ While the party was in the yard near the house, some fellow pulled the trigger of his gun without noticing where it was pointed. Bond s face received the entire discharge of wads and burned powder.—-Pu-laski County Democrat.