SINGULAR SUICIDE.
MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF. TO AVOID ARREST. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, Sunday. A man named Alfred Powdrell shot •himself at Omaiu yesterday. In con-! sequence of complaints from natives concerning PowdTelTs behaviour, Con- j stable Murray went ont to see the man. ■ When within 30yds of Powdrell the latter put his head over the muzzle Of a shot-gun. which had been standing' near by, anl pushed the trigger with a stick, the top of his ahead being blown off. The natives had informed t-be police that they were afraid Powdrell j might shoot someone.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 9
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95SINGULAR SUICIDE. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 9
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