FOUL PLAT

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1939, Page 6

FOUL PLAT

SHOT IN HEAD

(Per Press Association—Copyright)

1 f WELLINGTON, April 26. 1 About 9.45 last night, John William • Brady, 26. a labourer, employed by the i Hutt Cotnitv at Paraparaumu was driving a three-sea ter car along the main highway on the Wellington side of Pnekakariki Hill, accompanied by two companions'when suddenly be eol- ; lapsed over tin* wheel and the car ran into a bank. The two others were of the opinion that Brady had taken a | fainting fit. They were Tv. M. Davies. | 62 Pilmuir St.', Lower Hutt, and E. i P. Ryan, 126 A, High Street, Lower I Hutt, and both escaped with slight ! cuts. Brady was taken to hospital by a private car. There; after an examination of the body, the police came to the conclusion that there was a possibility of foul play, and this morning a post mortem was held. It resulted in the discovery that the victim had been shot in the back of the head. The bullet was later extracted and handed to the scientific department at police headquarters for examination. lii the meantime, the ear was taken charge of by the police and taken to Paekakariki. Superintendent Lewin. accompanied by Detectives, left this morning to examine it.