Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Fall Saves Life of Man. [ARTICLE]

Fall Saves Life of Man.

M abash, April 11. —John Joy, owner of a billiard room here, is alive because a revolver in the hands of Charley Burden, colored, was broken and failed to explode when ( he leveled it at Joy and thrice pulled the trigger. Burden became unruly In Joy’s establishment and the proprietor attempted to eject him. When the two clinched the negro fell to the floor and the weapon, which he pulled from his pocket as he arose, was put out of commission.