The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-04
BOY SHOT SELF
WHILE PLAYING
WITH A RIFLE
LITTLE EDWIN sRossToN SENT
q BULLET ENTIRELY THROUGH
| HIS BODY.
Awful; Accident to Former Little
srunwiek Boy In JacksonvilIe-op-
eration Was Performed ard the Lit
tie Fellow Still Alive Yesterday.

The many friends of Mrs. Edwin
.Brobston, who resided in this CITY tor
: many years, will regret to learn of
Ehe unfortunate accident witch oc-
CURED to her, son, Edwin, II years of
age, in Jacksonville, on Saturday.
The little fellow was accidentally
shot while playing with rifle and
is reported to 'te in a critical con-
dition. The Jacksonville Metropolis
of yesterday contained the following
about the accident:
Edwin Brobston, the 11-year-old son
of the late Edwin Brobston, of Riv.
erside avenue and Barrs street, is
lying dangerously wounded at tne
home of Attorney Augustus H. King.
from bullet wound inflicted upon
himself at noon Saturday while play
ing with small rifle.
Despite the serious nature of the
wound caused by the missile, which
went entirely through the boys abdo-
men and came out in the back after
ploughing through the intestines,
stomach and liver, physicians in at
tendance reported at o'clock today
that he was doing well and had a
fair chance for recovery.
In company with Augustus H. King.
Jr., the young son of Attorney King,
and Anderson Butler, the boy who
owned the rifle, young Brobston went
to the river just below the King resi-
dence Saturday to shoot fish.
Fired with the belief that he could
pick off a particularly large fish as
dt swan about, Edwin aimed and
pulled the trigger There was no re-
port and the boy picked up the weap-
on and leaned it against his stom-
aoa. AS he did so the BULLET ex-
ploded and ploughed through his
body.
For the moment, Edwin failed to
realize he had been shot, and shouted
to his young companion:
4 ooh! The gun kicked me-.
In a moment, however, blood was
seen coming from the wound, and
Edwin started toward horne. On the
way he met Mrs. Beverly Nalle,
neighbor of his mothers.
Edwin was crying and Mrs. Nalle
asked him what was the matter.
I'm shot," whimpered the hoy.
Thinking that the little fellow was
playing an April fool joke upon her,
Mrs. Nalle asked the boy where ae
had been shot, and the boy disclosed
the wound in the stomach.
About this time, the King hoy and
his sister Olive, came running up and
Offered to take the wounded boy to
the King home. Realizing that Mrs
Brobston had been seriously i'll and
that the shock of learning of the ac-
cident might cause her to suffer a
serious relapse, Mrs. Nalle and the
King 10y supported Edwin on ether
side and took him to Attorney Kings
residence
AS Edwin and Augustus King had
been playmates and fir friends for
several years, the wounded boy made
no objection to the arrangements He
was taken to the house, where a
room was hurriedly prepared for him
and Mrs. King summoned Drs. Will
liam Edison Ross, Raymond c. Turck
and J. V. Parramore.
Examination of the wound revealed
the fact t5lat after the bullet had
q entered, the abdomen, it had passed
y through the stomach. liver and in
& testines, before passing out through
n the back. In order to close the
y wounds, it was necessary for the ply
sicians to take six stitches in the in
A testines, and an equal number in the
q stomach. in addition to several in
& the liver.
a While the operation was going on
Mrs. Brobston was unconscious of the
seriousness of her sons injuries, hav-
y ing merely teen informed that ne
had been slightly hurt while at play.
Mrs. Brobston was notified of the
accident late Saturday night, when
it was found that the hoy would
IN probably recover and she called at
the King home this morning, where
an affecting scene was witnessed.
# Both mother and son bore up well
under the strain
Reports from the physician ut noon
indicate that the injured boy is rest
ing easily and that unless blood pois-
oning sets in he will probably recov-
z er.
This is the fourth accident that has
befallen the boy within week.