CONSTABLE SHOT.
WHILE BRINGING IN A
PRISONER
A REPORT ED AMB USH
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. Received 12.10 p.m. to-day. DARAVIN, Nov. i. Y message from Katherine says that Mounted Constable Clapp, while bringinrr in a prisoner to Katherine, was ambushed and shot dead en route to Katherine. Details are meagre. Clapp has been responsible for many prosecutions at Alarranibay. It is stated that a threat of violence had been Another report states that Clapp arrested a prisoner and took lus revolver from him, which lie stuck in his belt- and which accidentally went off. __
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 November 1927, Page 9
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94CONSTABLE SHOT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 November 1927, Page 9
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