BANK OFFICER SHOT
BULLET WOUND IN HEAD (P A ) WHANGAREI, Sept. 19. A bank officer was found shot in the head in the Bank of New Zealand, Whangarei. this morning. He is: Mr. James Louden Fleming, aged 41, of Whangarei. His condition is serious. Mr. Fleming was found at. about 8 a.m. with a bullet wound in .the head and a revolver beside him. He was lying in the living quarters of the bank. . , Alter he had been given medical attention he was taken to the Whangarei Hospital, wheiv it was found that the bullet had entered the right temple region and was deeply embedded in the skull. , . , „„ The weapon found beside Mr. Fleming was a .44 calibre revolver of the type issued to bank officers for the protection or bank property. The bank regulations require that the officers shall give the revolvers regular attention.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22438, 19 September 1947, Page 6
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145BANK OFFICER SHOT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22438, 19 September 1947, Page 6
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