100 years ago today: 30 shots and yet a full recovery?

United States
March 14, 2021 6:33pm CST
This was borrowed from The Hickory daily record. [volume] (Hickory, N.C.) 1915-current, March 14, 1921, Image 1 Found on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Man tries to rob a home and gets shot for his trouble. Thirty times seems a bit overkill, but then who knows. I'm no gun expert so I have no idea what "No.4 shot" even refers to here. The caption about a hanging on the bottom right refers to six prisoners being convicted of killing British Intelligent officers. Anyhoosles, I told someone here that I don't read about crime anymore and I guess I lied.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174699)
• United States
15 Mar 21
The man was shot with a shotgun. No. 4 shot refers to the size of the pellets in a shotgun shell. No. 0000 is the largest pellets while No. 9 is the smallest. So he was shot once and 30 pellets penetrated his skin. Edit to add: Liar, liar, pants on fire!
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
Ah, so these were not small, but they weren't large either. And yes, I know! But in my defense I didn't know I would find this one I stumbled onto the site today.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil The litltle blurb says "close range". Maybe he just opened the door as the guy was trying to pick the lock and shot him? Who Knows! I've shot a shotgun once, but that's it. I'm.. Well i was going to say "going to bed", but I'm going to get oflfine and watch How It's Made. (I really should find other shows on discovery + to watch)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174699)
• United States
15 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Anything is possible. You have a good evening/night. Talk to you tomorrow.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Mar 21
I suppose it depends on where he was shot.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
In his back and side. I would imagine the shots to his back would have paralyzed him.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum And what @DaddyEvil said too.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
@CarolDM Right, I had to re-read that because I didn't catch one part of it. But still... wow.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
17 Mar 21
Wow, 30 shots and still alive? What was he?
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Mar 21
No, I thought it was 30 bullets but it was just one. Someone here explained that it was 30 pellets from one bullet.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117269)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Mar 21
Dang, that homeowner musta been really ticked off. The wouldbe thief was lucky
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
Apparently it was one shot, but it broke apart and 30 pieces of it embedded in him or something like that. But yeah, I imagine the HO was PO'ed.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148771)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Mar 21
Thanks for sharing this interesting article.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
I just wish it was in a little better condition.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
15 Mar 21
I was going to question the 30 shots; but DE's explanation cleared that up.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
15 Mar 21
20,000 witnessing a hanging? And they thought the Romans were barbarians???
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Mar 21
I can't imagine those 20,000 were there to witness justice being served on behalf of the British officers. Nah, they were there out of pure morbid curiosity.
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