Shoot Dead In Mistake. CIVILIANS WITH GUNS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 12 April 1910, Page 5

Shoot Dead In Mistake.

CIVILIAN S WITH GUNS.

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NATION.] PALMERSTON To-night Michael Quxei. )t a ea( i jj y a Detective Quirke, was. siv ; nes fellow-searciier in the R'uwik an< j tobac- • Quirke was a hairdresser , , ne^ the conist at Pahiatua. He J^ i^h his Searchers at Pahiatua, nenti «t. j n tne parents reside. He had assisted search up to the time of bis aciai&. CTec j death. Quirke was unmarried^ X \iabout 37, and was a very popular <a T zen of Pahiatua, and respected! b* everybody. ' »

It appears that both Overtoil, the proprietor of the Princess Hotel, and Michael Quirke mutually mistook each other for Powelka. Overton raised his gun and Quirke his revolver. Overton fired first. Quirke did. not die at once, as at first thought, but has now expired at the hospital.