MYSTERY UNSOLVED
PALMER SHOOTING INCIDENT WAS IT ACCIDENTAL? ISpecial to "Northern Advocate”! AUCKLAND, This Day. The police today are continuing the investigation of the mysterious shooting at William Palmer, commander of A Squadron of Frontiersmen, near Orakei, late on Monday night. No motive has yet been suggested. Fragments of bullets picked up on the road lead to the belief that more than two shots were fired. The position and condition of the two bullets recovered from wood in the boatshed at the roadside furnish the ground for the suggestion that they were not fired direct at Palmer, but ricochctted from the roadway. From this it is deduced either that the shots were fired to frighten Palmer, or that the assailant was inexperienced in the use of the weapon. The fragments of bullets were sprayed for a distance of 20 to 25 feet from the boatshed, and it is regarded as possible that the shots were fired from behind Palmer. The bullets, which were of .38 calibre, were automatic pistol bullets. Such weapons have been absolutely prohibited In New Zealand since 1920.
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Northern Advocate, 10 July 1935, Page 2
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