“TAKEN FOR A RIDE”
GANGSTER CRIME SUSPECTED. MURDER OF BOOKMAKER, T jDU*. af i Press Association — By Blectric Copyright.) SYDNEY, Sept. 29. A mysterious crime was committed early this morning. The body of John Stanislaus Keane, aged 37, a. bookmaker, with three bullet wounds m the head and neck, was found near a pavement at Mascot. . _ The police are of opinion that Peane was the victim of a .gangster outrage. Apparently his murderers “took him for a ride,” shot him at close range, as witnes's the powder marks on his face, and dumped the body where it was found. Two shillings were found in the pockets. The victim lived at Undercliffe, a suburb four miles distant.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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