LENGTH OF MAN'S ARM.
TO DECIDE MURDER GXJILT. STRATFORD (Connecticut), May & If old Oliver Bearslee's right arm was so unusually long that he could hold a revolver far enough from his head that no powder marks would be visible from a suicidal shot, then his Titian-haired young wife will probably escape all suspicion of his murder. A wealthy leal estate agent,- Beardslee didn't have time to marry until he was more than 60 years old. "He was old and feeble, and his idea of companionship and mine were widely different from the start, said his handsome young wife, testifying at the inquest. She said that he was madly jealous and shot himself following a drunken quarrel.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 7
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116LENGTH OF MAN'S ARM. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 7
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