Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-19
Accidents and Pistols.


 Face shoclxingIy Burned-singular nKis-
 hap-A Man Shoots Himself by Ace1-
 dent-The Stamford Shooting Case.
 man in WethersfeId named Starr was
 trying some sort of an experiment Thursday
 evening with pail of oil and some varnish.
 It caught fire and blazed up. He threw it
 out of the window. It was dark and @ friend
 named Sperry, living in the same house, was
 passing under the window and received the
 blazing matter full in the face. In his agony
 the injured man started on run with the in
 tention of jumping into a hogshead of water
 near by, but covered as his face was by a
 plaster of burning varnish which completely
 blinded him, he failed to reach the water and,
 stumbling, fell to the ground. Assistance
 was immediately rendered, but the victim's
 face was shockingly burned. It was feared
 that he would lose his eyesight but yester-
 day, although his face presents terrible ap-
 pearance, he is thankful he can see, and his
 friends look forward to his complete re-
 covery.
 Edward P. Thompson, of East Granby, a
 much respected farmer of 60, finding king
 birds making havoc with his honey bees,
 thought to frighten them off and went to the
 house and got an old fashioned, rickety single
 barrel pistol. In trying to fix the hammer so
 that it would stay cooked Mir. Thompson
 placed his thumb upon it, but it slipped off and the pistol was discharged while the mug gle was pointed toward his body.
 The ball entered the body just below the lower extremity of the heart, passing down at an angle of 45 degrees and lodged about one inch from the spinal column.
 Dr. Wooster of Tarifville, and Dr. Els worth of Hartford, extracted the bullet. MT. Thompson lies in a critical condition. John Connolly, aged about fifteen years, an operative in the Thames mill, Greeneville, caught his right hand in the rollers Thursday. The back of his hand was terribly torn and the four fingers broken. It took the surgeons about two hours to dress the wound. I The Stamford shooting case was settled up. Busteed, son of the prominent New | York ex-judge, was fired wildly at by Holly and fired back at Holly, the parties being at l the top and bottom of a pair of stairs re- ! spectively in the house of mutual friend. | The Stamford Advocate says of the finale :: At three, vigorous ringing of the door ' manded "Who comes there? ?" s'A friend, D 1 was the reply, in voice recognized as that of John W. Parker, an officer who learned I of the shooting from Mir. Holly. He had come, he said, to arrest Busteed He was closely questioned as to his authority, war
 rant &c. But finally it was agreed to meet at lawyers office in the Town Hall build 1 ing, at a specified hour Justice Lyon was brought in and the warrant claiming an as- l sault with intent to kill placed before him. He called for the evidence, but MT. Holly refused to testify, and after dividing about 1 thirty dollars among the officers, as fees, &c., | MT. Busteed was declared free man. He | remained in town till 8 late train, and as he l departed his father arrived in search of him. l In canvassing the matter at the depot, the 1 father dropped the remark that he thought ttDick was 8 better shot.
 ''As we go to press, we are informed, from a reliable source, that all pretended interviews 1 with Miss Kinsella are false. She has re- fused to be interviewed by any reporters | from New York. She greatly regrets the whole occurrence, speaks in the highest 1 terms of Mir. Holly's conduct ever since she
 made his acquaintance until the night of this | strange proceeding, for which she is at a loss | to account"
 | The Waterbury American says: James l Coates, a lad of sixteen, while out in boat with several companions on the Northfeld 1 Knife Company's reservoir Wednesday after noon, the 16th, stepped onto a log with his
 gun to look for bullfrogs, and when attempt | ing to get into the boat again he slipped the 1 gun was discharged and the charge entered 1 his arm, close to the armpit. The shot 1 glancing the bone, lodged under the skin. l Dr. Blake worked two hours and succeeded l in extracting twenty more shot.