DEATH IN PADDOCK

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 December 1934, Page 7

DEATH IN PADDOCK

SOLVING TUAKAU MYSTERY TESTS WITH WEAPONS [PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, December 19. The efforts of the police to solve the mystery of the death of Charles Raymond Einch, who was found shot in a paddock near Tuakau on Sunday evening, were advanced a stage further today, when four pea-rifles were sent to Auckland to be examined by experts. The rifles included that belonging to Finch. They are all known to have been used recently for rabbit shooting in the vicinity of where the body was found. From the results of tests with the four weapons, and also by a minute examination of the shells and the bullets found by the police, it is hoped to determine from which weapon the fatal shots were fired. Residents within a radius of about two miles of the scene of the fatality were interviewed. Statements were taken from a number of them. The Auckland police party returned to the city this evening. Finch was, apparently, smoking a pipe when he received the first bullet wound. His pipe was found under his body, and there was a fresh tobacco stain on his shirt. It is thought that he pitched forward, and that the bowl of the pipe came into contact with his shirt as he lay on the ground. The mystery of Finch’s death is causing much speculation in the Tuakau district. WOMAN"EXECUTED REPRIEVE EFFORTS FAIL [BY CABLE—PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, December 18. Dramatic eleventh hour efforts are being made to save Mrs. Ethel Major, who is being executed at Hull to-mor-row, for the poisoning of her husband with strychnine. She will he the first woman to be executed in Britain since 1926. Aiderman Stark, the Lord Mayor, and many prominent local people are interceding. Sir J. Gilmour (Home Minister) rejected an application for a reprieve, following on the Criminal Appeal Court’s dismissal of an appeal. The Lord Mayor and other prominent people have telegraphed to Their Majesties, declaring that the impending execution greatly distressed thousands of women. Their Majesties’ private secretary has transmitted the Lord Mayor’s telegram to Sir J. Gilmour. LATER. Mrs. Major was hanged.