MURDER MYSTERY.
FATAL STRUGGLE WITH BURGLAR. TRACING OF THE -PISTOL. ARREST BELIEVED IMMINENT. (Aust. tint] N.Z. Press As*u.) LUNDIES, Feb. 10. Alfred Webb, the victim of the shooting during the struggle with a burglar in a Bayswater hat, died of his injury. (Aust. and N.Z. Press Assn.) (Received February 13, 1 a.tiC) LONDON. Feb. 12. A member of the Royal Air Force stationed at Earn borough, at present on leave at Worcester, went to the local police station, and said the weapon used lor the murder of Alfred Webb (who was shot by -a burglar whom he .surprised in liis home at Bayswater) was stolen from him « few days ago. ffe was able to name the suspect and Scotland Yard ascertained that the suspect gave the pistol to another jinui, for whom a search is now being made. .The News of the World says an arrest is imminent. The weapon is a tiny automatic of Spanish manufacture, uncommon in England. ,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 5
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