Tragedy in Leicester: Stoneygate Shooting Sensation: Attempted Murder of a Girl: Young Man Kills Himself: Cyclist Seriously Wounded: A sensational tragedy took place in Leicester last night, as the result of which one man is lying dead, and another is at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in a wounded condition. It appears that about ten o’clock a young man named Horace Pinsent, aged 19, who lived with his parents at the King’s Head public house, Burley’s Lane, was walking with a girl about his own age, or slightly older on the London Road near to Knighton Grange Road. The girl’s name is Ada Smith, and she lives in Bedford Street. They had a quarrel about something, and it is stated that the girl expressed her intention of not walking out with him anymore. Anyhow, the result was startling. Without any warning of his intention. Pinsent pulled a revolver out of his pocket and fired point blank at the girl for a distance of only about a yard or so. It is a marvelous thing that she was not killed; as it was, the bullet grazed her cheek and passed through her hat. …. (continues at length) … Mr. Lester’s Narrative: Graphic Story …
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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 191