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I never got in on that, but the dozens of BB pocks in the plaster are unmistakable hallmarks of fun. As was the BB gun range in the art room, IвЂ™m sure. вЂњKnife-throwing rangeвЂќ being a fancy way of saying вЂњgarage.вЂќ Chucking knives and hatchets at the garage was a much-enjoyed activity. Likewise, to this day the evidence of the knife-throwing range is also evident. It shot three-inch steel darts at about 200 mph. There were also countless tiny puncture marks in the front door, walls and trim from the blowgun. They used to shoot relatively large-caliber handguns in the basement while people had drinks and conversation, unbothered, at the kitchen table directly above. Just stick the gun in it and blast away at a target on the other end of the basement. It was a ten-foot-long tube made of chicken wire and fiberglass insulation mounted horizontally on a stand. Years earlier WilliamвЂ™s buddy George Kaull constructed a giant silencer in the basement. This newly revealed information brings our bullet-hole tally up to four.)Д®verything considered, there were lots and lots of rounds spent in that house. The Englishman shot a hole in the east wall in the front room, about three feet beyond the jamb. However, after James drew a diagram showing where the shooter was and where the furniture was in relation to the where the bullet hole is, it became apparent we were talking about two different bullet holes.

What they do when they want to shoot someone, I have no idea. TheyвЂ™re not a gun-crazed nation like America. James shrugged and said, вЂњHe was an Englishman.вЂќ I assume he was referring to the fact that they donвЂ™t allow people to own handguns in the UK, so lots of Englishmen have never even held a gun. I asked how, wondering if the gun was jammed or misfired or what. (This just in: James says it was a visiting Englishman who accidentally let one go with one of WilliamвЂ™s guns during a dinner party. My theory, based on the available forensic and circumstantial evidence, is this: One night he shot it with a big gun. The third bullet hole is in the jamb of the opening separating the two front rooms. In my mind, that incident was a clear-cut case of a couple guys impulsively deciding to liven up the evening.

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I have always suspected that William knew full well it was loaded, and I think Wayne knew on some level, too. Blew a hole in the bedroom wall and through the bathroom ceiling. He was telling Wayne, possibly for the thousandth time, what a smooth trigger pull it had: вЂњGo ahead, dry fire it, feel the action. This was the gun William carried at all times, and slept with under his pillow. The very credible story I got from him was that he and William were hanging out in the bedroom smoking weed and playing with WilliamвЂ™s. IвЂ™m not so sure he bears all the blame, though. The other culprit was Wayne, supposedly. In this instance they sat down to a nice home-cooked dinner after the smoke had cleared. Udo is a classy guy and he understands that discharging firearms indoors when visiting people in their homes is surely the apex of rudeness. I asked Udo how it came about, and he excitedly explained in his German accent, but I couldnвЂ™t make any sense out of it, except that it was all very chaotic, and he was horrified. Broken glass, smoke, ringing ears, shock, yelling, etc. One came about when after cocktails WilliamвЂ™s friend Udo accidentally shot the neighborвЂ™s house through the window in the art room. In all fairness to William, two of them were accidental discharges by other people. There were three bullet holes inside William BurroughsвЂ™ house that I know of.

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