Runcorn Memories: An unfortunate miss
I'M SURE readers will appreciate this little news item, provided by Runcorn Historical Society archivist Alex Cowan, as much as I did, writes Ray Miller.
Dating back to January 1899, and headlined 'The Son of Buffalo Bill takes an unlucky aim at his wife,' the story reads: "Young Mr Cody, described as the son of Buffalo Bill, has been giving an exhibition of rifle shooting, lassoing, etc, at Hope Hall, Runcorn.
"On Saturday night he was shooting at an object in the mouth of his wife, Madame Rossele, when he missed his aim and the bullet ploughed its way across the woman's forehead, inflicting an ugly wound.
'She was immediately conveyed, bleeding profusely, to a surgery for medical treatment.
"The incident created great excitement amongst the audience."
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