MAN DISCOVERED SHOT.
RESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE. IN UNCONSCIOUS CONDITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —-OWN CORRESPONBEN'T.] CAMBRIDGE. Wednesday.' A married man, Mr. John Plescber, of Leamington, 46 years of age, with a family of eight young children, was found by his wife at 6.15 this morning lying unconscious in the yard with a bullet wound in his forehead and a .22 rifle alongside him. A short time before he ieft the house with the rifle. He was fully attired and it was thought he was going shooting rabbits. A neighbour sent word to a doctor and the police. On their arrival Mr. Plescber was still unconscious and he has remained so. The injured man had been out of work for a period, but a week ago he commenced a grocery business in Duk« Street.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 10
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