SHOT DEAD

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 March 1926, Page 3

SHOT DEAD

CANADIAN CAMP CRIME. His figure silhouetted against the lighted window, making him an easy mark for the murderer, Mr. Robert; Tyhurst, an Englishman, lias been shot dead in his office in a Canadian lumber camp. He was a native ol Herefordshire, and his father was formerly well known in London business circles. Two young brothers have been committed for trial, charged with crime.

Mr. Tyhurst lived in Vancouver, and was woods superintendent for the St. Maurice l s ulp and Paper Company. He had gone to their Quebec camp, .at the little village of St. Michel des Saints to investigate serious losses, believed to be due to a gang of timber thieves. He had just completed his report when the murder took place, and the police believe that the gang sought to silence the man who was tracking them down. The murdered man sat with his back It the double windows, and just before 10 o’clock at night a shot crashed through the glass. He sprang to his feet, crying “My God!’’ and fell dead t.o the ground. A motor-rac was seen to dash away down the lane, but it was impossible in the darkness to see who was in it. Mr. Tyhurst was in Canada when the war broke out, and served with distinction in Princess Patricia’s- Regiment, gaining his commission. He leaves a widow, and his mother and sister are living in Vancouver.