Mr Williams shot in eye in ‘act of stupidity’
MR Mark Williams, who for many years acted as handicapper to the Frankston Athletic Sports Club, was the victim of a stupid joke at the A.N.A. sports on Monday last.
In a spirit of jocularity, a man pointed a starter’s revolver at Mr Williams and pulled the trigger.
Luckily, it contained only blank cartridges. However, the cartridge exploded and the wad hit Mr. Williams in the right eye.
It is feared that he will lose the sight of the eye.
As “The Age” says, the same thing has been done so often with such lamentable results that it is hard to imagine how any sane person with any worldly experience could perpetrate so stupid a joke without thought.