The Girl Who Shot Herself After Her Brothers Hid Her Clothes As A Joke

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and, when she couldn’t find her carefully selected outfit that her older brothers had hidden as a joke, she shot herself, making headlines.The sad story of Cathryn Walters, a 21-year-old with a love for the social life, was told in the March 19, 1927 <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/176226013/">issue </a>of The Philadelphia Inquirer. It was reported that she had been getting ready to go out for the evening and had an outfit and a coat all picked out for the occasion. However, as she began to prepare herself, she discovered that the clothing was no longer hanging in the closet where she had previously placed it.Walters quickly pieced together that her two older brothers were responsible for the disappearance and demanded that they give the items back. However, in stereotypical big brother fashion, they only laughed and told her that she would have to find the clothing herself. With her once highly anticipated social e

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vening all of a sudden in doubt, her frustration exploded.The brothers were still giggling in the dining room when they were startled to hear a gunshot come from an adjacent room. They rushed into their sister’s bedroom and discovered that she had taken a pistol and shot herself in the chest. The wound had left her unconscious and laying on the ground.No longer a laughing matter, the brothers ran out of the house and to a nearby police station. Officers quickly rushed the young woman to a hospital, where it was determined that her wound wasn’t very serious and that she would survive. However, the story ended up making headlines.Bad judgement was made all the way around that fateful evening in Philadelphia by the Walters siblings. Things went well beyond an acceptable level for a joke. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but it remains to be seen if her brothers ever played another joke on her again.</article></body>

A century ago in Philadelpha, things got seriously very quick for a group of young adult siblings when an ill-advised prank was played

Siblings often terrorize each other playing pranks and otherwise making life difficult. Typically, these are proving grounds to establish dominance and toughness, but they occasionally veer into something more serious. That is certainly what happened in 1927 after a young Philadelphia woman was getting ready for a night out and, when she couldn’t find her carefully selected outfit that her older brothers had hidden as a joke, she shot herself, making headlines.

The sad story of Cathryn Walters, a 21-year-old with a love for the social life, was told in the March 19, 1927 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer. It was reported that she had been getting ready to go out for the evening and had an outfit and a coat all picked out for the occasion. However, as she began to prepare herself, she discovered that the clothing was no longer hanging in the closet where she had previously placed it.

Walters quickly pieced together that her two older brothers were responsible for the disappearance and demanded that they give the items back. However, in stereotypical big brother fashion, they only laughed and told her that she would have to find the clothing herself. With her once highly anticipated social evening all of a sudden in doubt, her frustration exploded.

The brothers were still giggling in the dining room when they were startled to hear a gunshot come from an adjacent room. They rushed into their sister’s bedroom and discovered that she had taken a pistol and shot herself in the chest. The wound had left her unconscious and laying on the ground.

No longer a laughing matter, the brothers ran out of the house and to a nearby police station. Officers quickly rushed the young woman to a hospital, where it was determined that her wound wasn’t very serious and that she would survive. However, the story ended up making headlines.

Bad judgement was made all the way around that fateful evening in Philadelphia by the Walters siblings. Things went well beyond an acceptable level for a joke. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but it remains to be seen if her brothers ever played another joke on her again.