ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
CASE OF MR. J. E. BYRNE.
TRAGEDY IN A STABLE.
(Received April 9. 10.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 9,
At tho inquest concerning tho death of Mr. John E. Byrne tho coroner roturned a verdict that it was duo to a bullet wound accidentally self-inflicted.
Mr. John Edwin Byrne, a prominent Sydney racehorse owner and trainer at Mascot, died on March 18. It transpired that he had heard a strange noiso in his' stables. Ho armed himself with a revolver and went to investigate. Later ho was found dying with a bullet wound under his heart. There was one empty cartridge in the revolver. Tho police thought it possible that Mr. Byrne was shot with his own weapon during a struggle with an intruder.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20536, 10 April 1930, Page 11
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