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Buffalo Bill's Last Shot.

Our readers well remembering Wm. F.
Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," lately a
resident of West Chester, will be interested in
the following tragic occurrence which befell
him as an actor, last night, while in the play
of "May Cody." at Ford's Grand Opera
House, Baltimore. It fell to Bill's lot to fire a
pistol, unfortunately, and without the knowledge
of any one, the weapon proved to be
loaded with a ball cartridge. The bullet struck a
youth named Michael Gardner, who was
sitting in the upper gallery leaning over the
railing. He made no outcry, and the discovery
of the accident was not made until the
audience had left the theatre. He then came down
from the gallery with some of his companions.
It was found that the bullet had
entered the upper part of his chest, near the
shoulder. The ball has not yet been found
and the wound is considered dangerous.