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Leicester Evening Mail: Thursday 24th April 1913

Attempted Murder of a Girl: Would-be Rescuer Seriously Wounded: Assailant’s Determined Suicide; Grim Tragedy of an Apprentice’s Jove: … … (Very long review of the incident) (see elsewhere) … … (include) … … HORACE Pinsent, 19, an engineer’s apprentice and son of a local publican, who was the assailant and now lies dead at the mortuary killed by his own hand …

Ada Smith, a young woman of 18 years, residing at 155 Bedford Street, who had a marvellous escape from being murdered by her sweetheart. … …

As a result of a conversation in which the girl contended that she ought to give Pinsent up because she thought he was too good for her, the man suddenly produced a five-chambered revolver and fired at her, the bullet passing through the brim of her hat … …

Pinsent would not hear of this and became very strange in his manner. He turned pale and bit his lip, and Miss Smith was so alarmed that she ran away. …

Pinsent immediately pursued her, and, when nearing the corner of Ratcliffe Road, he overtook her, gripped her around the shoulder, pulled a revolver out of his waistcoat pocket, pointed it at her head and fired …  …

Pinsent was a bound apprentice at the Eclipse Foundry in Graham Street, being an engineer’s pattern maker, and he is well spoken of by his employers, who regarded him as a promising and capable workman. … … 

Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent, the father and mother of the unfortunate youth have kept the King’s Head in Burley’s Lane for nine years and are well known and respected in the locality. Horace was the youngest of three, having an elder brother and sister, and considerable sympathy is felt for the family in their trouble. In conversation with a “Mail” reporter this morning Mr. Ernest Pinsent, the eldest son, explained that his brother Horace, who celebrated his nineteenth birth last December, had been “keeping company” with Miss Smith for six months.  She was looked upon as his sweetheart, and he thought a lot about her, and took her to his home regularly:

A Case of Jealousy.: Horace was, he added, a teetotaller, sturdily built and strong, but a quiet sort of lad and of very good disposition. He was not hot-tempered at all, and we cannot understand how he came to act as he did. He was never heard to make a threat of any sort, or we would have spoken to him about it. It is undoubtedly a case of jealousy. The last we saw of him alive, Mr. Pinsent added, was about ten minutes to eight last night. He and I are members of the “Hope and Anchor” Lodge of Odd Fellows, and he then went to pay the money for the two of us at the Magazine Hotel in Newarke Street, and to take our insurance cards. I understand that the girl went with him … (continues at length) …

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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913

Lancashire Evening Post: Thursday 24th April 1913

Shots in Street: Young Man fires at Girl and Cyclist: Dramatic End to Pursuit: A tragedy occurred late last night at Leicester whereby a man and young woman were injured, and another man committed suicide. A young man named Horace Pincent (19), living in Archdeacon-lane, was walking with a girl named Ada Smith, who resides in Bedford-street. In London-road a quarrel ensued between the couple, and Pincent, it is alleged, shot at her, a bullet grazing her face and going through her hat. A man named Hitch, residing in Wood Hill, was passing on a bicycle, and, getting off to intervene, he was shot through the neck. Pincent, it is declared, then fires two more shots without doing any harm. He then made off. A chase ensued, and it was after going a quarter of a mile that the end came, Pincent committing suicide by blowing his brains out before his pursuers reached him.

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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913

Hinckley Times: Saturday 26th April 1913

Leicester Lover Kills Himself After Attempting Murder: A painful tragedy occurred in Leicester on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of one man named Horace Pinsent, aged 19, was walking along the London Road accompanied by a girl of about his own age, when they quarreled over something; the girl intimating that she would no longer walk out him. Without the slightest warning the youth drew a revolver and fired point blank at girl. She had, however a miraculous escape, for although she was only a yard away from Pinsent when the weapon went off, the bullet only grazed her cheek and went through her hat. Her screams, together with the report of revolver, attracted the attention of passers-by, and Mr. Herbert Hytch who was amongst crowd, made for Pinsent. Before reached him, however, he was hit by a bullet in the neck. After firing two more shots Pinsent made for the town. The crowd pursued him and on nearing Toller Road he turned the weapon on himself and with the last cartridge shot himself through the head, death resulting instantaneously. Mr. Hytch was taken to the Leicester Royal Infirmary in a car and the body of Pinsent was removed on the fire brigade ambulance to the mortuary. The girl, who was greatly distressed, was taken into a house nearby, but after a time she was able to journey to the Central Police Station to give her information to the police.

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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913

East Anglian Daily Times: Saturday 26th April 1913

LOVER’S REVOLVER SHOTS. An inquest was held at Leicester on Friday night on Harold Pinsent, aged nineteen, pattern maker’s apprentice, who on Wednesday night shot at his sweetheart, Ada Smith, fired at and wounded Mr. Hytch, who went to the girl’s assistance, and then turned the pistol on himself. Letters in the deceased’s writing showed that be contemplated taking his own life, and that of the girl. Mr. Hytch, who was unknown to the parties, is progressing favourably. The Jury found that Pinsent killed himself, and that the evidence was insufficient as to the state of his mind.

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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913