SHOT DEAD IN HOTEL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

SHOT DEAD IN HOTEL.

FOLDING RIFLE BUT NO SOUND. A man, believed to be a Canadian, was found shot dead in his room at the Midland Hotel. Manchester. The discovery was made by a chambermaid who went to call him. He was lying on the floor at the foot of the bed, with a bullet wound in the neck. The shot was fired from a sporting rifle. His name is Wilfred Hughes, and he has an uncle living in Manchester. He is believed to be connected with a Manchester business house with ofncesin Pall Mall. His age was about 34. He is said to have had a cheerful disposition, and on previous visits he was frequently heard singing in his room. The weapon from which the shot was fired has a barrel which can be unscrewed, [n that way the gun could easily be carried in a case without attracting attention. The room is in an isolated part of the hotel, and the shot was not heard by anyone. Mr. V. A. Hughes, of Higher Broughton. Manchester, a relative of the dead man. told the "Sunday Chronicle" that he knew hardiy anything about him. except that he occasionally came to Manchester and stayed at the Midland Hotel. "He had travelled about a lot." Mr. Hughes added, "but very few people in Manchester knew him."