Revolver Crime in a Street at Leicester: A Passing Cyclist Shot: Our Leicester Correspondent telegraphs: – The most select neighbourhood of Leicester was last night the scene of a tragedy in which a lover attempted to kill his sweetheart, shot a passing cyclist and then killed himself. The young man, Horace Pinsent, aged 19, was walking along Stoneygate with Ada Smith when, according to a statement which she later gave to the police, she informed him that she thought it would be better if their acquaintance was discontinued. Thereupon Pinsent, who is the son of a local publican, became very strange in his manner, and the girl ran away from him. He followed her, took out a revolver, and fired her. The bullet grazed her face, passing through the rim of her hat. Pinsent then behaved like a madman. He ran down the road and shot a passing cyclist, named Hytch, who, having heard the cries was going to the assistance of the girl, and received a bullet in the neck. Then Pinsent turned the revolver on himself and shot himself dead through the mouth. The girl was uninjured, but Hytch lies in a critical condition.
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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913