SHOOTING TRAGEDY.
INVESTIGATIONS PROCEED. Per Press Association. TAUBIARUNUI. Sept. 4. . So far no a.rrest has been made in connection with the Owhango murder. The police have traced the footmarks of a man from the cowshed across a ploughed field to the bank of the Whakapapa River nearby. In addition to the local police and detectives, ten constables from other districts have arrived to take part in the search for the missing man. Tho police now do not think that the pick handle found near the body was used by the murderer, and are of opinion that the victim was shot through the head with a pea-rifle. The bullet entered the head behind the left ear, coming out on the right side of the head below the eye. It was noticed by tbe Laing family that ..the door of a detached whare was shut at eight o’clock on Sunday morning, but tnat it was lying open after the tragedy was discovered. It is stated that the door would not remain closed unless tbe whare were occupied because the only way to. keep it closed was by fastening it with a plug from the inside. From this it is inferred that the whare was occupied before the tragedy and unoccupied immediately alter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 238, 5 September 1933, Page 2
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210SHOOTING TRAGEDY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 238, 5 September 1933, Page 2
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